10 Have you not put (A)a hedge around him and his house and all that he has, on every side? You have (B)blessed the work of his hands, and his possessions have increased in the land.

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10 “Have you not put a hedge(A) around him and his household and everything he has?(B) You have blessed the work of his hands, so that his flocks and herds are spread throughout the land.(C)

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(A)The angel of the Lord (B)encamps
    around those who fear him, and delivers them.

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The angel of the Lord(A) encamps around those who fear him,
    and he delivers(B) them.

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And I will be to her (A)a wall of fire all around, declares the Lord, and I will be the glory in her midst.’”

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And I myself will be a wall(A) of fire(B) around it,’ declares the Lord, ‘and I will be its glory(C) within.’(D)

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who by God's power are being guarded (A)through faith for a salvation (B)ready to be revealed in the last time.

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who through faith are shielded by God’s power(A) until the coming of the salvation(B) that is ready to be revealed(C) in the last time.

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And all these blessings shall come upon you and (A)overtake you, if you obey the voice of the Lord your God. Blessed shall you be in the city, and (B)blessed shall you be in the field. Blessed shall be (C)the fruit of your womb and the fruit of your ground and the fruit of your cattle, the increase of your herds and the young of your flock. Blessed shall be your basket and your (D)kneading bowl. Blessed shall you be (E)when you come in, and blessed shall you be when you go out.

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All these blessings will come on you(A) and accompany you if you obey the Lord your God:

You will be blessed(B) in the city and blessed in the country.(C)

The fruit of your womb will be blessed, and the crops of your land and the young of your livestock—the calves of your herds and the lambs of your flocks.(D)

Your basket and your kneading trough will be blessed.

You will be blessed when you come in and blessed when you go out.(E)

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22 (A)The blessing of the Lord makes rich,
    and he adds no sorrow with it.[a]

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 10:22 Or and toil adds nothing to it

22 The blessing of the Lord(A) brings wealth,(B)
    without painful toil for it.(C)

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For thus said the Lord of hosts, after his glory sent me[a] to the nations who plundered you, (A)for he who touches you touches (B)the apple of his eye:

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Footnotes

  1. Zechariah 2:8 Or he sent me after glory

For this is what the Lord Almighty says: “After the Glorious One has sent me against the nations that have plundered you—for whoever touches you touches the apple of his eye(A)

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God's Covenant with Abram

15 After these things the word of the Lord came to Abram in a vision: (A)“Fear not, Abram, I am (B)your shield; your reward shall be very great.”

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38 (A)By his blessing they multiply greatly,
    and he does not let their livestock diminish.

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38 he blessed them, and their numbers greatly increased,(A)
    and he did not let their herds diminish.(B)

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25 if I have (A)rejoiced because my wealth was abundant
    or because (B)my hand had found much,

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25 if I have rejoiced over my great wealth,(A)
    the fortune my hands had gained,(B)

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He dug it and cleared it of stones,
    and planted it with (A)choice vines;
he built a watchtower in the midst of it,
    and hewed out a wine vat in it;
and (B)he looked for it to yield grapes,
    but it yielded wild grapes.

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He dug it up and cleared it of stones
    and planted it with the choicest vines.(A)
He built a watchtower(B) in it
    and cut out a winepress(C) as well.
Then he looked for a crop of good grapes,
    but it yielded only bad fruit.(D)

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12 And Isaac sowed in that land and reaped in the same year a hundredfold. The Lord (A)blessed him,

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12 Isaac planted crops in that land and the same year reaped a hundredfold,(A) because the Lord blessed him.(B)

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And now I will tell you
    what I will do to my vineyard.
I will remove (A)its hedge,
    and it shall be devoured;[a]
(B)I will break down its wall,
    and it shall be trampled down.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 5:5 Or grazed over; compare Exodus 22:5

Now I will tell you
    what I am going to do to my vineyard:
I will take away its hedge,
    and it will be destroyed;(A)
I will break down its wall,(B)
    and it will be trampled.(C)

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