Job 1:21

saying: “Naked I came from my mother’s womb, and naked I will return. The LORD gave, and the LORD has taken away. Blessed be the name of the LORD.”

Berean Standard Bible, public domain. Read all of Job 1

7 songs meet this passage

  • Beautiful Things · Benson Boone

    resonates with Job 1:21

    Job's words acknowledge God as giver and taker, the same tension this line names, though Job's response is worship rather than dread.

  • Promises (Radio Version) · Maverick City Music, Naomi Raine & Joe L Barnes

    resonates with Job 1:21

    Mirrors Job's choice to bless God's name even in the midst of devastating loss.

  • Praise You In This Storm · Casting Crowns

    resonates with Job 1:21

    Directly echoes Job's posture of worship even in catastrophic loss, naming God sovereign over both gift and grief.

  • Hallelujah · Leonard Cohen

    resonates with Job 1:21

    Like Job's praise amid loss, this closing line offers worship stripped of triumph, present even in failure and grief.

  • “Union's been on strike, he's down on his luck”

    Livin' On a Prayer · Bon Jovi

    resonates with Job 1:21

    Tommy's loss of work and dignity mirrors the ancient experience of hardship that strips a person down to what truly remains: faith and relationship.

  • Dreams · Fleetwood Mac

    strains against Job 1:21

    Job's response to loss turns toward blessing God; the song lingers in memory and ache without that upward turn, which is a real but not condemnable difference.

  • Amarillo by Morning · George Strait

    resonates with Job 1:21

    Job's acceptance of loss without bitterness mirrors the narrator's matter-of-fact recounting of what's been taken from him.

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