Job 5:25

And thou shalt know that thy seed shall be abundant; 1 And thy children shall be like the herbage of the field. 1

Updated Brenton Septuagint

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

24Then shalt thou know that thy house shall be at peace, 1 And the provision for thy tabernacle shall not fail. 1

26And thou shalt come to the grave like ripe corn reaped in its season, 1 Or as a heap of the corn flour collected in proper time. 1

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Cross References

Genesis 13:16And I will make thy seed like the dust of the earth; if anyone is able to number the dust of the earth, then shall thy seed be numbered.

Leviticus 26:9And I will look upon you, and increase you, and multiply you, and establish my covenant with you.

Job 42:13And there were born to him seven sons and three daughters. 1

Psalms 112:2Let the name of the Lord be blessed, 1 From this present time and forever. 1

Psalms 128:3The sinners wrought upon my back: 1 They prolonged their iniquity. 1

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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