English Standard Version
Job 5:25
25You shall know also that your offspring shall be many, and your descendants as the grass 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.
- New King James Version (NKJV)You shall also know that your descendants shall be many, And your offspring like the grass of the earth.
- New Living Translation (NLT)You will have many children; your descendants will be as plentiful as grass!
Context of Job 5:25
23For you shall be in league with the stones of the field, and the beasts of the field shall be at peace with you. 24You shall know that your tent is at peace, and you shall inspect your fold and miss nothing. You shall know also that your offspring shall be many, and your descendants as the grass of the earth. 26You shall come to your grave in ripe old age, like a sheaf gathered up in its season. 27Behold, this we have searched out; it is true. Hear, and know it for your good."
Read all of Job 5Job 5:25 word by word
וְֽ֭יָדַעְתָּ כִּי־רַ֣ב זַרְעֶ֑ךָ וְ֝צֶאֱצָאֶ֗יךָ כְּעֵ֣שֶׂב הָאָֽרֶץ׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Job 5:25
- Job 42:13He had also seven sons and three daughters.
- Genesis 15:5And he brought him outside and said, "Look toward heaven, and number the stars, if you are able to number them." Then he said to him, "So shall your offspring be."
- Leviticus 26:9I will turn to you and make you fruitful and multiply you and will confirm my covenant with you.
- Deuteronomy 28:4Blessed shall be 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.
- Psalms 112:2His offspring will be mighty in the land; the generation of the upright will be blessed.
- Psalms 127:3Behold, children are a heritage from the Lord, the fruit of the womb a reward.
- Psalms 128:3Your wife will be like a fruitful vine within your house; your children will be like olive shoots around your table.
- Psalms 72:16May there be abundance of grain in the land; on the tops of the mountains may it wave; may its fruit be like Lebanon; and may people blossom in the cities like the grass of the field!
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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