Job 5:25
And have known that your seed [is] numerous, || And your offspring as the herb of the earth;
Literal Standard 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 have known that your tent [is] peace, || And inspected your habitation, and do not err,
26You come in full age to the grave, || As the going up of a stalk in its season.
Cross References
Genesis 13:16And I have set your seed as dust of the earth, so that, if one is able to number the dust of the earth, even your seed is numbered;
Leviticus 26:9And I have turned to you, and have made you fruitful, and have multiplied you, and have established My covenant with you;
Job 42:13And he has seven sons and three daughters;
Psalms 112:2His seed is mighty in the earth, || The generation of the upright is blessed.
Psalms 128:3Your wife [is] as a fruitful vine in the sides of your house, || Your sons as olive plants around your 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 →