New American Standard Bible 2020
Job 5:25
25You will also know that your 12descendants will be many, And 3your offspring 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.
- 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 you will be in league with the stones of the field, And the animals of the field will be at peace with you. 24You will know that your tent is secure, For you will visit your home and have nothing missing. You will also know that your descendants will be many, And your offspring as the grass of the earth. 26You will come to the grave at a ripe age, Like the stacking of grain in its season. 27Behold this; we have investigated it, and so it is. Hear it, and know for yourself.”
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 42:13He also had seven sons and three daughters.
- Genesis 15:5And He took him outside and said, “Now look toward the heavens and count the stars, if you are able to count them.” And He said to him, “So shall your descendants be.”
- Leviticus 26:9So I will turn toward you and make you fruitful and multiply you, and I will confirm My covenant with you.
- Deuteronomy 28:4“Blessed will be the children of your womb, the produce of your ground, and the offspring of your animals: the newborn of your herd and the young of your flock.
- Psalms 112:2His descendants will be mighty on the earth; The generation of the upright will be blessed.
- Psalms 127:3Behold, children are a gift of the Lord, The fruit of the womb is a reward.
- Psalms 128:3Your wife will be like a fruitful vine Within your house, Your children like olive plants Around your table.
- Psalms 72:16May there be abundance of grain on the earth on top of the mountains; Its fruit will wave like the cedars of Lebanon; And may those from the city flourish like the vegetation 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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