Job 5:25
23 For you will have a covenant with the stones of the field, and the wild animals will be at peace with you.
24 You will know that your tent is secure, and find nothing amiss when inspecting your home.
You will know that your offspring will be many, your descendants like the grass of the earth.
26 You will come to the grave in full vigor, like a sheaf of grain gathered in season.
27 Indeed, we have investigated, and it is true! So hear it and know for yourself.”
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- You will know that your offspring will be many, your descendants like the grass of the earth.
- KJV
- Thou shalt know also that thy seed shall be great, and thine offspring as the grass of the earth.
- WEB
- You will know also that your offspring will be great, your offspring as the grass of the earth.
- ASV
- Thou shalt know also that thy seed shall be great, And thine offspring as the grass of the earth.
- DARBY
- And thou shalt know that thy seed is numerous, and thine offspring as the herb of the earth.
- BLB
- And you will know that your seed [is] numerous, and your offspring like the grass of the earth.
- ÅB
- Og du skal få se at din slekt blir tallrik, og dine etterkommere som jordens urter.
- OTB
- Du vil også vite at dine etterkommere vil være mange,
Og dine avkom så rikelige som gresset på jorden. - B1930
- Og du skal få se at din ætt blir tallrik, og dine efterkommere som jordens urter.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Psalms 112:2
His descendants will be mighty in the land; the generation of the upright will be blessed.
Read in contextPsalms 72:16
May there be an abundance of grain in the land; may it sway atop the hills. May its fruit trees flourish like the forests of Lebanon, and its people like the grass of the field.
Read in contextDeuteronomy 28:4
The fruit of your womb will be blessed, as well as the produce of your land and the offspring of your livestock— the calves of your herds and the lambs of your flocks.
Read in contextGenesis 15:5
And the LORD took him outside and said, “Now look to the heavens and count the stars, if you are able.” Then He told him, “So shall your offspring be.”
Read in contextJob 42:13–16
And he also had seven sons and three daughters.
Read in contextPsalms 128:3–6
Your wife will be like a fruitful vine flourishing within your house, your sons like olive shoots sitting around your table.
Read in contextLeviticus 26:9
I will turn toward you and make you fruitful and multiply you, and I will establish My covenant with you.
Read in contextPsalms 127:3–5
Children are indeed a heritage from the LORD, and the fruit of the womb is His reward.
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