Job 1:21

Thither] i.e. to the womb of mother earth. This v. (but somewhat differently rendered, cp. 1 Timothy 6:7) is used in the Burial Service. All is from God, and He has the right to do what He will with His own.

The lord] It will be noticed as a rule the Hebrew author only uses in the dialogues such names for the Deity as were common to other peoples besides the Hebrews, e.g. 'God,' 'the Almighty.' The occurrence of the Heb. title 'Jehovah' here and in Job 12:9 is commonly explained on the supposition that it was a slip on his part. It is keenly disputed whether the name may not have been much older than the time of Moses, and known in Babylonia and Assyria. The evidence must at present be regarded as indecisive, though such a wide diffusion is not antecedently unlikely: see on Genesis 2:4; Exodus 3:13.