Job 5:25

Thou shall know also that thy seed shall be great, and thine offspring as the grass of the earth.

A Conservative Version

In The King James Version

Thou shalt know also that thy seed shall be great, and thine offspring as the grass of the earth.

In Context

24And thou shall know that thy tent is in peace, and thou shall visit thy fold, and shall miss nothing.

26Thou shall come to thy grave in a full age, like a shock of grain comes in its season.

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Cross References

Genesis 13:16And I will make thy seed as the dust of the earth. So that if a man can number the dust of the earth, then may thy seed also be numbered.

Leviticus 26:9And I will have respect to you, and make you fruitful, and multiply you, and will establish my covenant with you.

Job 42:13He had also seven sons and three daughters.

Psalms 112:2His seed shall be mighty upon earth. The generation of the upright shall be blessed.

Psalms 128:3Thy wife shall be as a fruitful vine in the innermost parts of thy house, thy sons like olive plants round about thy table.

Matthew Henry on Job 5:18-27

17 Behold, happy is the man whom God correcteth: therefore despise not thou the chastening of the Almighty: 18 For he maketh sore, and bindeth up: he woundeth, and his hands make whole. 19 He shall deliver thee in six troubles: yea, in seven there shall no evil touch thee. 20 In famine he shall redeem thee from death: and in war from the power of the sword. 21 Thou shalt be hid from the scourge of the tongue: neither shalt thou be afraid of destruction when it cometh. 22 At destruction and famine thou shalt laugh:… Read the whole commentary →

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