Parallel Verses

Julia Smith Translation

Didst thou, not hedge about him and about his house, and about all that is to him from round about? Thou didst bless the work of his hands, and his possession spread abroad in the earth.

New American Standard Bible

Have You not made a hedge about him and his house and all that he has, on every side? You have blessed the work of his hands, and his possessions have increased in the land.

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.

Holman Bible

Haven’t You placed a hedge around him, his household, and everything he owns? You have blessed the work of his hands, and his possessions have increased in the land.

International Standard Version

Haven't you surrounded him with a fence on all sides, around his house, and around all that he owns? You have blessed everything he puts his hands on and you have increased his livestock in the land.

A Conservative Version

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.

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.

Amplified

Have You not put a hedge [of protection] around him and his house and all that he has, on every side? You have blessed the work of his hands [and conferred prosperity and happiness upon him], and his possessions have increased in the land.

Bible in Basic English

Have you yourself not put a wall round him and his house and all he has on every side, blessing the work of his hands, and increasing his cattle in the land?

Darby Translation

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 spread abroad in the land.

King James 2000

Have not you made a hedge about him, and about his house, and about all that he has on every side? you have blessed the work of his hands, and his possessions are increased in the land.

Lexham Expanded Bible

Have you not put a fence around him and his household and around {all that belongs to him} {on every side}? You have blessed the work of his hands, and his livestock has increased in the land.

Modern King James verseion

Have You not 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 livestock have increased in the land.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

Hast thou not preserved him, his house, and all his substance on every side? Hast thou not blessed the work of his hands? Is not his possession increased in the land?

NET Bible

Have you not made a hedge around him and his household and all that he has on every side? You have blessed the work of his hands, and his livestock have increased in the land.

New Heart 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.

The Emphasized Bible

Hast not, thou thyself, made a hedge about him, and about his house, and about all that he hath, on every side? The work of his hands, thou hast blessed, and, his substance, hath broken forth in the land.

Webster

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.

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.

Youngs Literal Translation

Hast not Thou made a hedge for him, and for his house, and for all that he hath -- round about?

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
Hast not thou made an hedge
שׂוּך 
Suwk 
Usage: 3

about him, and about
בּעד 
B@`ad 
at, for, by, over, upon, about, up, through
Usage: 104

בּית 
Bayith 
Usage: 2053

and about all that he hath on every side
סביבה סביב 
Cabiyb 
Usage: 334

thou hast blessed
בּרך 
Barak 
Usage: 330

the work
מעשׂה 
Ma`aseh 
Usage: 234

of his hands
יד 
Yad 
Usage: 1612

מקנה 
Miqneh 
Usage: 76

References

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Easton

Fausets

Hastings

Smith

Context Readings

Job's Character And Greatness

9 And the adversary will answer Yehovah and say, Did Job fear God gratuitously? 10 Didst thou, not hedge about him and about his house, and about all that is to him from round about? Thou didst bless the work of his hands, and his possession spread abroad in the earth. 11 But send forth now thy band and tough upon all which is to him, if he will not bless thee upon thy face.



Cross References

Psalm 34:7

Behold, the messenger of Jehovah surrounding to those fearing him, and he will deliver them.

Job 31:25

If I shall rejoice because of the Multitude of my riches, and because my hand found much;

Genesis 15:1

After these words, the word of Jehovah was to Abram in a vision, saying, Thou shalt not fear, Abram: I a shield to thee, thy reward great exceedingly.

Genesis 26:12

And Isaak will sow in that land, and will find in that year a hundred measures; and Jehovah will praise him.

Genesis 30:30

For little which was to thee before me, and it will break forth into a multitude; and Jehovah will praise thee at my foot: and now when shall I make to myself a house?

Genesis 30:43

And the man will break forth greatly, greatly; and there will be to him many sheep and maids, and servants, and camels and asses.

Genesis 39:5

And it will be from the time he appointed him over his house, and over all which is to him, and Jehovah will bless the Egyptian's house on account of Joseph; and the blessing of Jehovah will be upon all which is to him in the house and in the field.

Genesis 49:25

By the God of thy father, and he will help thee, and by the Almighty, and he will bless thee with the blessing of the heavens above, the blessing of the sea lying under, the blessing of the breasts and the womb.

Deuteronomy 7:13

And he loved thee and blessed thee, and multiplied thee: and he blest the fruit of thy womb, and the fruit of thy land, thy grain and thy new wine and thy new oil, and the young of thy cows and thy flocks of sheep, upon the land which he sware to thy fathers to give to thee.

Deuteronomy 28:2-6

And all these blessings came upon thee and overtook thee, when thou shalt hear to the voice of Jehovah thy God.

Deuteronomy 33:11

Bless, Jehovah, his strength, and thou wilt accept the work of his hands: smite through and through the loins of those rising up against him, and those hating him, lest they shall rise up.

Deuteronomy 33:27

The God of the beginning testifying, and underneath, the perpetual arms: and he will thrust out the enemy from before thee, and will say, Destroy.

1 Samuel 25:16

They were a wall to us, also the night, also the day, all the days we were with them feeding the sheep.

Job 1:3

And his possession will be seven thousand sheep, and three thousand camels, and five hundred pair of oxen, and five hundred she asses, and service exceedingly much; and that man shall be great above all the sons of the east.

Job 29:6

In washing my goings with butter, and the rock will pour out with me streams of oil;

Job 42:12

And Jehovah blessed the latter state of Job more than his beginning: and there will be to him fourteen thousand sheep, and six thousand camels, and a thousand yoke of oxen, and a thousand she-asses.

Psalm 5:12

For thou wilt bless the just, O Jehovah: thou wilt surround him with favor as a shield

Psalm 71:21

Thou wilt increase my greatness, thou wilt surround me, thou wilt comfort me.

Psalm 80:12

Wherefore didst thou break down her walls, and all passing by the way plucked her?

Psalm 90:17

And the sweetness of Jehovah our God shall be upon us: and the work of our hands prepare thou it upon us; and the work of our hands prepare thou it.

Psalm 107:38

And he will bless them, and they shall multiply greatly, and he will not diminish their cattle.

Psalm 128:1-4

Song of ascensions Happy every one fearing Jehovah; going in his ways.

Proverbs 10:22

The blessing of Jehovah it will make rich, and it will not add pain with it

Isaiah 5:2

And he will dig it up, and he will free it from stones, and he will plant it with a vine of purple grapes, and build a tower in its midst, and he will also hew out a wine-vat in it: and he will wait for grapes to be made, and it will make wild grapes.

Isaiah 5:5

And now I will make known to you now what I do to my vineyard, taking away its hedge, and it was for consuming, breaking down its wall, and it was for a treading down.

Zechariah 2:5

And I will be to her, says Jehovah, a wall of fire round about, and I will be for glory in the midst of her.

Zechariah 2:8

For thus said Jehovah of armies: After glory he sent me to the nations spoiling you: for he touching upon you touched the gate of his eye.

1 Peter 1:5

Who by the power of God watching ourselves by faith to salvation ready to be revealed in the last time.

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