Job 5:25

And thou shalt know that thy seed is numerous, and thy offspring as the herbage of the earth.

Leeser Tanakh

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 there is peace in thy tent; and thou wilt look over thy habitation, and shalt miss nothing.

26Thon wilt go in a ripe age unto the grave, as a shock of corn is carried home 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 shall thy seed also be numbered.

Leviticus 26:9And I will turn myself unto you, and make you fruitful, and multiply you; and I 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 is [then] as a fruitful vine in the recesses 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 →

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