KJV 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.
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Job 1:10
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.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
Have You not placed a hedge on every side around him and his household and all that he owns? You have blessed the work of his hands, and his possessions have increased in the land.
WEB World English Bible
Haven’t you made a hedge around him, and around his house, and around all that he has, on every side? You have blessed the work of his hands, and his substance is increased in the land.
ASV American Standard Version
Hast not thou made a 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.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
Hast not Thou made a hedge for him, and for his house, and for all that he hath—round about?
Surrounding context — Job 1
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 escheweth evil?
9 Then Satan answered the LORD, and said, Doth Job fear God for nought?
10 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.
11 But put forth thine hand now, and touch all that he hath, and he will curse thee to thy face.
12 And the LORD said unto Satan, Behold, all that he hath [is] in thy power; only upon himself put not forth thine hand. So Satan went forth from the presence of the LORD.
13 And there was a day when his sons and his daughters [were] eating and drinking wine in their eldest brother’s house:
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These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
הֲלֹֽא־H3808 · lonotאַ֠תָּהH859 · at.tahyou(m.s.)שַׂ֣כְתָּH7753 · sukhto hedgeבַעֲד֧וֹH1157 · be.adabout/through/forוּבְעַד־H1157 · be.adabout/through/forבֵּית֛וֹH1004 · betplaceוּבְעַ֥דH1157 · be.adabout/through/forכָּל־H3605 · kolallאֲשֶׁר־H834 · a.sherwhichל֖וֹH9033 · ohimמִסָּבִ֑יבH5439 · sa.vivaroundמַעֲשֵׂ֤הH4639 · ma.a.sehdeed: workיָדָיו֙H3027 · yadhandבֵּרַ֔כְתָּH1288 · ba.rakhto blessוּמִקְנֵ֖הוּH4735 · miq.nehlivestockפָּרַ֥ץH6555 · pa.ratsto break throughבָּאָֽרֶץ׃H776 · e.retsland: country/planet
Cross-references
Psalm 34:7The angel of the LORD encampeth round about them that fear him, and delivereth them.Zechariah 2:5For I, saith the LORD, will be unto her a wall of fire round about, and will be the glory in the midst of her.1 Peter 1:5Who are kept by the power of God through faith unto salvation ready to be revealed in the last time.Deuteronomy 28:2-6And all these blessings shall come on thee, and overtake thee, if thou shalt hearken unto the voice of the LORD thy God.Proverbs 10:22The blessing of the LORD, it maketh rich, and he addeth no sorrow with it.Job 31:25If I rejoiced because my wealth [was] great, and because mine hand had gotten much;Zechariah 2:8For thus saith the LORD of hosts; After the glory hath he sent me unto the nations which spoiled you: for he that toucheth you toucheth the apple of his eye.Genesis 15:1After these things the word of the LORD came unto Abram in a vision, saying, Fear not, Abram: I [am] thy shield, [and] thy exceeding great reward.Psalm 107:38He blesseth them also, so that they are multiplied greatly; and suffereth not their cattle to decrease.Genesis 26:12Then Isaac sowed in that land, and received in the same year an hundredfold: and the LORD blessed him.Psalm 90:17And let the beauty of the LORD our God be upon us: and establish thou the work of our hands upon us; yea, the work of our hands establish thou it.Deuteronomy 7:13And he will love thee, and bless thee, and multiply thee: he will also bless the fruit of thy womb, and the fruit of thy land, thy corn, and thy wine, and thine oil, the increase of thy kine, and the flocks of thy sheep, in the land which he sware unto thy fathers to give thee.Isaiah 5:5And now go to; I will tell you what I will do to my vineyard: I will take away the hedge thereof, and it shall be eaten up; [and] break down the wall thereof, and it shall be trodden down:Job 42:12So the LORD blessed the latter end of Job more than his beginning: for he had fourteen thousand sheep, and six thousand camels, and a thousand yoke of oxen, and a thousand she asses.Genesis 30:43And the man increased exceedingly, and had much cattle, and maidservants, and menservants, and camels, and asses.Deuteronomy 33:27The eternal God [is thy] refuge, and underneath [are] the everlasting arms: and he shall thrust out the enemy from before thee; and shall say, Destroy [them].Isaiah 5:2And he fenced it, and gathered out the stones thereof, and planted it with the choicest vine, and built a tower in the midst of it, and also made a winepress therein: and he looked that it should bring forth grapes, and it brought forth wild grapes.1 Samuel 25:16They were a wall unto us both by night and day, all the while we were with them keeping the sheep.
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