Job 1:10
Have thou not made a hedge about him, and about his house, and about all that he has, on every side? Thou have blessed the work of his hands, and his substance is increased in the land.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
In Context
9Then Satan answered LORD, and said, Does Job fear God for nothing?
11But put forth thy hand now, and touch all that he has, and he will renounce thee to thy face.
Cross References
Genesis 26:12And Isaac sowed in that land, and found in the same year a hundredfold. And LORD blessed him.
Genesis 30:43And the man increased exceedingly, and had large flocks, and maid-servants and men-servants, and camels and donkeys.
Genesis 49:25even by the God of thy father, who shall help thee, and by the Almighty, who shall bless thee with blessings of heaven above, blessings of the deep that couches beneath, blessings of the breasts, and of the womb.
Deuteronomy 28:2and all these blessings shall come upon thee, and overtake thee, if thou shall hearken to the voice of LORD thy God:
Deuteronomy 33:27The eternal God is [thy] dwelling-place, and underneath are the everlasting arms. And he thrust out the enemy from before thee, and said, Destroy.
Job 1:3His substance also was seven thousand sheep, and three thousand camels, and five hundred yoke of oxen, and five hundred she-donkeys, and a very great household, so that this man was the greatest of all the sons of the east.
Matthew Henry on Job 1:7-13
Satan before God; Satan Permitted to Afflict Job. ( b. c. 1520.) 6 Now there was a day when the sons of God came to present themselves before the Lord , and Satan came also among them. 7 And the Lord said unto Satan, Whence comest thou? Then Satan answered the Lord , and said, From going to and fro in the earth, and from walking up and down in it. 8 And the Lord said unto Satan, Hast thou considered my servant Job, that there is none like him in the earth, a perfect and an upright man, one that feareth God, and… Read the whole commentary →