New Living Translation
Job 5:25
25You will have many children; your descendants will be as plentiful as grass!
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
23You will be at peace with the stones of the field, and its wild animals will be at peace with you. 24You will know that your home is safe. When you survey your possessions, nothing will be missing. You will have many children; your descendants will be as plentiful as grass! 26You will go to the grave at a ripe old age, like a sheaf of grain harvested at the proper time! 27“We have studied life and found all this to be true. Listen to my counsel, and apply it to yourself.”
Read all of Job 5Job 5:25 word by word
וְֽ֭יָדַעְתָּ כִּי־רַ֣ב זַרְעֶ֑ךָ וְ֝צֶאֱצָאֶ֗יךָ כְּעֵ֣שֶׂב הָאָֽרֶץ׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Job 5:25
- Job 42:13He also gave Job seven more sons and three more daughters.
- Genesis 15:5Then the Lord took Abram outside and said to him, “Look up into the sky and count the stars if you can. That’s how many descendants you will have!”
- Leviticus 26:9“I will look favorably upon you, making you fertile and multiplying your people. And I will fulfill my covenant with you.
- Deuteronomy 28:4Your children and your crops will be blessed. The offspring of your herds and flocks will be blessed.
- Psalms 112:2Their children will be successful everywhere; an entire generation of godly people will be blessed.
- Psalms 127:3Children are a gift from the Lord; they are a reward from him.
- Psalms 128:3Your wife will be like a fruitful grapevine, flourishing within your home. Your children will be like vigorous young olive trees as they sit around your table.
- Psalms 72:16May there be abundant grain throughout the land, flourishing even on the hilltops. May the fruit trees flourish like the trees of Lebanon, and may the people thrive like grass in a 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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