After all these things happened, the word of the Lord came to Abram in a vision. [84] God said, “Abram, don’t be afraid. I will defend you. And I will give you a great reward.”
Job 1:10 - Easy To Read Version You always protect him, his family, and everything he has. You have made him successful in everything he does. Yes, you have blessed him. He is so wealthy that his herds and flocks are all over the country. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 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. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Have You not put a hedge about him and his house and all that he has, on every side? You have conferred prosperity and happiness upon him in the work of his hands, and his possessions have increased in the land. American Standard Version (1901) 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. Common English Bible Haven’t you fenced him in—his house and all he has—and blessed the work of his hands so that his possessions extend throughout the earth? Catholic Public Domain Version 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? Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Hast not thou made a fence for him, and his house, and all his substance round about: blessed the works of his hands, and his possession hath increased on the earth? |
After all these things happened, the word of the Lord came to Abram in a vision. [84] God said, “Abram, don’t be afraid. I will defend you. And I will give you a great reward.”
Isaac planted fields in that place. And that year he gathered a great harvest. The Lord blessed him very much.
When I came, you had little. Now you have much, much more. Every time I did something for you, the Lord blessed you. Now it is time for me to work for myself—it is time to build my own house.”
In this way, Jacob became very rich. He had large flocks, many servants, camels, and donkeys.
After Joseph was made the ruler over the house, the Lord blessed the house and everything that Potiphar owned. The Lord did this because of Joseph. And the Lord blessed everything that grew in the fields of Potiphar.
Job owned 7,000 sheep, 3,000 camels, 1,000 bulls, and 500 female donkeys. He had many servants. Job was the richest man in the east.
“I wish my life was like it was\par a few months ago.\par At that time God watched over me\par and cared for me.\par
Life was very good then.\par I washed my feet in cream,\par and I had plenty of the finest oils. {\cf2\super [59]} \par
I have been wealthy.\par But that didn’t make me proud!\par I earned a lot of money.\par But that is not what made me happy!\par
The Lord blessed Job with even more things than he had in the beginning. Job got 14,000 sheep, 6,000 camels, 2,000 cows, and 1,000 female donkeys.
God blessed those people.\par Their families grew.\par They had many, many animals.\par
The Lord’s angel builds a camp\par around the people that follow him.\par The Lord’s angel protects those people.\par
Lord, when you do\par good things to good people,\par you are like a large shield\par protecting them.\par
God, why did you pull down the walls\par that protect your “vine”?\par Now every person who passes by\par picks its grapes.\par
May our God and Master be kind to us.\par May everything we do provide for us,\par and may God provide everything we do. {\cf2\super [517]} \par
A blessing from the Lord will bring you true wealth. And it won’t bring troubles with it.
My friend dug and cleared the field.\par He planted the best grapevines there.\par He built a tower in the middle of the field.\par He hoped for good grapes to grow there.\par But there were only bad grapes.\par
The Lord says,\par ‘I will be a wall of fire around her,\par protecting her.\par And to bring glory to that city,\par I will live there.’”\par
Why? Because hurting you\par is like hurting the pupil of God’s eye.\par
Lord, bless the things that belong to Levi. Accept the things he does. Destroy the men who attack him! Defeat his enemies, so that they will never attack again.”
God lives forever. He is your place of safety. God’s power continues forever! He is protecting you. God will force your enemies to leave your land. He will say, ‘Destroy the enemy!’
He will love you and bless you. He will make your nation grow. He will bless your children. He will bless your fields with good crops. He will give you grain, new wine, and oil. He will bless your cows with baby calves and your sheep with lambs. You will have all these blessings in the land that he promised your ancestors [46] to give you.
God’s power protects you through your faith, and it keeps you safe until your salvation comes. That salvation is ready to be given to you at the end of time.
David’s men protected us night and day! They were like a wall around us—they protected us while we were with them caring for the sheep.