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.

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  • Psalms 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.

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  • Deuteronomy 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.

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  • Genesis 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.

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  • Job 42:13–16

    He had also seven sons and three daughters.

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  • Psalms 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.

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  • Leviticus 26:9

    For I will have respect unto you, and make you fruitful, and multiply you, and establish my covenant with you.

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  • Psalms 127:3–5

    Lo, children are an heritage of the LORD: and the fruit of the womb is his reward.

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