Job 5:25
Thou shalt know also that thy seed shall be multiplied, and thy offspring like the grass of the earth.
Douay-Rheims 1899
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 tabernacle is in peace, and visiting thy beauty thou shalt not sin.
26Thou shalt enter into the grave in abundance, as a heap of wheat is brought in its season.
Cross References
Genesis 13:16And I will make thy seed as the dust of the earth: if any man be able to number the dust of the earth, he shall be able to number thy seed also.
Leviticus 26:9I will look on you, and make you increase: you shell be multiplied, and I will establish my covenant with you.
Job 42:13And he had seven sons, and three daughters.
Psalms 112:2His seed shall be mighty upon earth: the generation of the righteous shall be blessed.
Psalms 128:3behold the inheritance of the Lord are children: the reward, the fruit of the womb.
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 →