Job 1:10

You have blessed everything he does. His flocks and herds have increased so much they fill the whole 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

9“Is it for nothing that Job respects God?” Satan answered. “You've placed a protective fence around him and his family—in fact around everything he has.

11But if you reach out and take everything he has, he will definitely curse you to your face.”

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Cross References

Genesis 26:12Isaac sowed grain that year, and the Lord blessed him with a harvest that was a hundred times what he planted.

Genesis 30:43In this way Jacob became an extremely rich man with large flocks, and many male and female slaves, camels, and donkeys.

Genesis 49:25The God of your father will help you and the Almighty will bless you with blessings from the heavens above, with blessings from the depths below, with blessings for many children.

Deuteronomy 28:2You will have all the following blessings and even more, if you do what the Lord your God says.

Deuteronomy 33:27The eternal God is your home, and he holds you up with his everlasting arms. He drives out the enemy ahead of you, and gives the order, “Destroy him!”

Job 1:3He owned seven thousand sheep, three thousand camels, five hundred teams of oxen, and five hundred female donkeys, as well as many servants. He was more wealthy than anyone else in 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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