Job 5:25
23 For thou shalt be in league with the stones of the field: and the beasts of the field shall be at peace with thee.
24 And thou shalt know that thy tabernacle shall be in peace; and thou shalt visit thy habitation, and shalt not sin.
Thou shalt know also that thy seed shall be great, and thine offspring as the grass of the earth.
26 Thou shalt come to thy grave in a full age, like as a shock of corn cometh in in his season.
27 Lo this, we have searched it, so it is; hear it, and know thou it for thy good.
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 seed shall be mighty upon earth: the generation of the upright shall be blessed.
Read in contextPsalms 72:16
There shall be an handful of corn in the earth upon the top of the mountains; the fruit thereof shall shake like Lebanon: and they of the city shall flourish like grass of the earth.
Read in contextDeuteronomy 28:4
Blessed shall be the fruit of thy body, and the fruit of thy ground, and the fruit of thy cattle, the increase of thy kine, and the flocks of thy sheep.
Read in contextGenesis 15:5
And he brought him forth abroad, and said, Look now toward heaven, and tell the stars, if thou be able to number them: and he said unto him, So shall thy seed be.
Read in contextJob 42:13–16
He had also seven sons and three daughters.
Read in contextPsalms 128:3–6
Thy wife shall be as a fruitful vine by the sides of thine house: thy children like olive plants round about thy table.
Read in contextLeviticus 26:9
For I will have respect unto you, and make you fruitful, and multiply you, and establish my covenant with you.
Read in contextPsalms 127:3–5
Lo, children are an heritage of the LORD: and the fruit of the womb is his reward.
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