Job 1:10

Have you not fortified him, as well as his house and every one of his belongings around him, blessed the works of his hands, and his possession has increased in the land?

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In The King James Version

Hast not thou made an hedge about him, and about his house, and about all that he hath on every side? thou hast blessed the work of his hands, and his substance is increased in the land.

In Context

9Answering him, Satan said, “Does Job fear God to no purpose?

11But extend your hand a little, and touch all that he possesses, and see if he still praises you to your face.”

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Cross References

Genesis 26:12Then Isaac sowed in that land, and he found, in that same year, one hundredfold. And the Lord blessed him.

Genesis 30:43And the man was enriched beyond limit, and he had many flocks, women servants and men servants, camels and donkeys.

Genesis 49:25The God of your father will be your helper, and the Almighty will bless you with the blessings of heaven above, with the blessings of the abyss that lies beneath, with the blessings of the breasts and of the womb.

Deuteronomy 28:2And all these blessings shall come to you and take hold of you, but only if you listen to his precepts.

Deuteronomy 33:27His habitation is above, and the everlasting arms are below. He shall cast out the enemy before your face, and he shall say: ‘Be utterly broken!’

Job 1:3And his possession was seven thousand sheep, and three thousand camels, along with five hundred pairs of oxen and five hundred she-donkeys, and also a very large family. And this man was great among all the people 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 →

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