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Job 5:25
25And thou shalt know that thy seed is numerous, and thine offspring as the herb of the earth.
Job 5:25 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Thou shalt know also that thy seed shall be great, and thine offspring as the grass of the earth.
- New International Version (NIV)You will know that your children will be many, and your descendants like the grass of the earth.
- English Standard Version (ESV)You shall know also that your offspring shall be many, and your descendants as the grass of the earth.
- New King James Version (NKJV)You shall also know that your descendants shall be many, And your offspring like the grass of the earth.
Context of Job 5:25
23For thou shalt be in league with the stones of the field, and the beasts of the field shall be at peace with thee. 24And thou shalt know that thy tent is in peace; and thou wilt survey thy fold, and miss nothing. And thou shalt know that thy seed is numerous, and thine offspring as the herb of the earth. 26Thou shalt come to the grave in a ripe age, as a shock of corn is brought in in its season. 27Behold this, we have searched it out, so it is; hear it, and know thou it for thyself.
Read all of Job 5Job 5:25 word by word
וְֽ֭יָדַעְתָּ כִּי־רַ֣ב זַרְעֶ֑ךָ וְ֝צֶאֱצָאֶ֗יךָ כְּעֵ֣שֶׂב הָאָֽרֶץ׃Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Job 5:25
- Job 42:13And he had seven sons and three daughters.
- Genesis 15:5And he led him out, and said, Look now toward the heavens, and number the stars, if thou be able to number them. And he said to him, So shall thy seed be!
- Leviticus 26:9And I will turn my face towards you and make you fruitful, and multiply you, and establish my covenant with you.
- Deuteronomy 28:4Blessed shall be the fruit of thy womb, and the fruit of thy ground, and the fruit of thy cattle, the offspring of thy kine, and the increase of thy sheep.
- Psalms 112:2His seed shall be mighty in the land; the generation of the upright shall be blessed.
- Psalms 127:3Lo, children are an inheritance from Jehovah, [and] the fruit of the womb a reward.
- Psalms 128:3Thy wife shall be as a fruitful vine in the inner part of thy house; thy children like olive-plants round about thy table.
- Psalms 72:16There shall be abundance of corn in the earth, upon the top of the mountains; the fruit thereof shall shake like Lebanon; and they of the city shall bloom like the herb of the earth.
Commentaries on Job 5:25
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 25Thine offspring as the grass - Thou shalt have a numerous and permanent issue.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 25Thou shalt know also that thy seed shall be great - Margin, “much.” That is, thy posterity shall be numerous. This was one of the blessings supposed to be connected with the favor of God; see the notes at Isaiah 53:10. And thine offspring as the grass of the earth - On the meaning of the word here rendered offspring, see the notes at Isaiah 48:19. Nothing is more common in the Scriptures, than to compare a prosperous and a happy man to a green and…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 17-27Verses 17-27 Eliphaz gives to Job a word of caution and exhortation: Despise not thou the chastening of the Almighty. Call it a chastening, which comes from the Father's love, and is for the child's good; and notice it as a messenger from Heaven. Eliphaz also encourages Job to submit to his condition. A good man is happy though he be afflicted, for he has not lost his enjoyment of God, nor his title to heaven; nay, he is happy because he is afflicted…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 25descendants like the grass of the earth: See Genesis 22:17; Leviticus 26:9; Deuteronomy 28:4, 11–12.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2525. as the grass--(Psa 72:16). Properly, "herb-bearing seed" (Ge 1:11, 12).Read the comment
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Commentaries on Job 5
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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