Job 5:25
And thou shalt know that thy seed is numerous, and thine offspring as the herb of the earth.
Darby Translation
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 shalt know that thy tent is in peace; and thou wilt survey thy fold, and miss nothing.
26Thou shalt come to the grave in a ripe age, as a shock of corn is brought in in its season.
Cross References
Genesis 13:16And I will make thy seed as the dust of the earth, so that if any one can number the dust of the earth, thy seed also will be numbered.
Leviticus 26:9And I will turn my face towards you and make you fruitful, and multiply you, and establish my covenant with you.
Job 42:13And he had seven sons and three daughters.
Psalms 112:2His seed shall be mighty in the land; the generation of the upright shall be blessed.
Psalms 128:3Thy wife shall be as a fruitful vine in the inner part of thy house; thy children 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 →