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21 He said,

“Naked I came forth from my mother’s womb,(A)
    and naked shall I go back there.[a]
The Lord gave and the Lord has taken away;
    blessed be the name of the Lord!”

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Footnotes

  1. 1:21 Go back there: to the earth; cf. Gn 2:7; see note on Sir 40:1.

For we brought nothing into the world, just as we shall not be able to take anything out of it.(A)

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