Job 5 · Verse 25

Job 5:25

Thou shalt know also that thy seed shall be great, and thine offspring as the grass of the earth.
Job 5:25, King James Version

Job 5:25 in other translations

BSBYou will know that your offspring will be many, your descendants like the grass of the earth.
WEBYou will know also that your offspring will be great, your offspring as the grass of the earth.
ASVThou shalt know also that thy seed shall be great, And thine offspring as the grass of the earth.
YLTAnd hast known that numerous is Thy seed, And thine offspring as the herb of the earth;
DARBYAnd thou shalt know that thy seed is numerous, and thine offspring as the herb of the earth.
BBEYou will be certain that your seed will be great, and your offspring like the plants of the earth.
WebsterThou shalt know also that thy seed will be great, and thy offspring as the grass of the earth.

What does Job 5:25 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
25. as the grass--(Psa 72:16). Properly, "herb-bearing seed" (Ge 1:11, 12).

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 25 Thine offspring as the grass - Thou shalt have a numerous and permanent issue.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Job 5:17-27

Eliphaz gives to Job a word of caution and exhortation: Despise not thou the chastening of the Almighty. Call it a chastening, which comes from the Father's love, and is for the child's good; and notice it as a messenger from Heaven. Eliphaz also encourages Job to submit to his condition. A good man is happy though he be afflicted, for he has not lost his enjoyment of God, nor his title to heaven; nay, he is happy…

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Job 5:25 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וְֽ֭יָדַעְתָּVe.ya.da'.taand you will knowH3045
כִּי\־ki-thatH3588
רַ֣בrav[will be] manyH7227
זַרְעֶ֑ךָzar.'E.khaoffspring yourH2233
וְ֝צֶאֱצָאֶ֗יךָve.tze.'e.tza.'Ei.khaand descendants yourH6631
כְּעֵ֣שֶׂבke.'E.sev[will be] like [the] vegetation ofH6212
הָאָֽרֶץ\׃ha.'A.retzthe earthH776

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Job 5:25

  • Psalms 112:2

    His seed shall be mighty upon earth: the generation of the upright shall be blessed.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • Job 42:13-16

    He had also seven sons and three daughters. And he called the name of the first, Jemima; and the name of the second, Kezia; and the name of the third, Keren–happuch. And in all the land were no women found so fair as the daughters of Job: and their father gave them inheritance among their brethren. After this lived Job an hundred and forty years, and saw his sons, and his sons’ sons, even four generations.

  • 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. Behold, that thus shall the man be blessed that feareth the Lord. The Lord shall bless thee out of Zion: and thou shalt see the good of Jerusalem all the days of thy life. Yea, thou shalt see thy children’s children, and peace upon Israel.

  • Leviticus 26:9

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

  • Psalms 127:3-5

    Lo, children are an heritage of the Lord: and the fruit of the womb is his reward. As arrows are in the hand of a mighty man; so are children of the youth. Happy is the man that hath his quiver full of them: they shall not be ashamed, but they shall speak with the enemies in the gate.

  • Isaiah 44:3-4

    For I will pour water upon him that is thirsty, and floods upon the dry ground: I will pour my spirit upon thy seed, and my blessing upon thine offspring: And they shall spring up as among the grass, as willows by the water courses.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
thy seed.
42:13-16; Ge 15:5; Le 26:9; De 28:4; Ps 112:2; 127:3-5; 128:3-6
great. or, much. as the grass.
Ps 72:16

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Context

  • Job 5:24

    And thou shalt know that thy tabernacle shall be in peace; and thou shalt visit thy habitation, and shalt not sin.

  • Job 5:25

    Thou shalt know also that thy seed shall be great, and thine offspring as the grass of the earth.

  • Job 5:26

    Thou shalt come to thy grave in a full age, like as a shock of corn cometh in in his season.

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Job 5:25 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Asimismo echarás de ver que tu simiente es mucha, y tu prole como la hierba de la tierra.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Et tu sauras que ta postérité est nombreuse, et tes rejetons, comme l’herbe de la terre.
German
Elberfelder 1871		und du wirst erfahren, daß deine Nachkommenschaft zahlreich sein wird, und deine Sprößlinge gleich dem Kraut der Erde.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Scies quoque quoniam multiplex erit semen tuum, et progenies tua quasi herba terræ.