Job 5:25
Likewise, you will know that your offspring will be manifold and your progeny will be like the grass of the earth.
Catholic Public Domain 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 you will know that your home has peace, and, concerning your appearance, you will not sin.
26You will enter the grave with abundance, just as a crop of wheat is gathered in its time.
Cross References
Genesis 13:16And I will make your offspring like the dust of the earth. If any man is able to number the dust of the earth, he will be able to number your offspring as well.
Leviticus 26:9I will look with favor upon you, and I will cause you to increase; you will be multiplied, and I will confirm my covenant with you.
Job 42:13And he had seven sons and three daughters.
Psalms 112:2Blessed is the name of the Lord, from this time forward and even forever.
Psalms 128:3The sinners have made fabrications behind my back. They have prolonged their iniquity.
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 →