Job 5:25
Thou shalt perceiue also, that thy seede shalbe great, and thy posteritie as the grasse of the earth.
Geneva Bible 1599
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
26Thou shalt goe to thy graue in a ful age, as a ricke of corne commeth in due season into the barne.
Cross References
Genesis 13:16And I will make thy seede, as the dust of the earth: so that if a man can number the dust of the earth, then shall thy seede be numbred.
Leviticus 26:9For I will haue respect vnto you, and make you encrease, and multiplie you, and establish my couenant with you.
Job 42:13He had also seue sonnes, and three daughters.
Psalms 112:2His seede shall be mightie vpon earth: the generation of the righteous shall be blessed.
Psalms 128:3Thy wife shalbe as the fruitfull vine on the sides of thine house, and thy children like the oliue plantes 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 →