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Job 5:25

New American Standard Bible (NASB ©1995) [2]
— “You will know also that your descendants will be many, And your offspring as the grass of the earth.
King James Version (KJV 1769) [2]
— Thou shalt know also that thy seed [shall be] great, and thine offspring as the grass of the earth.
English Revised Version (ERV 1885)
— Thou shalt know also that thy seed shall be great, and thine offspring as the grass of the earth.
American Standard Version (ASV 1901) [2]
— Thou shalt know also that thy seed shall be great, And thine offspring as the grass of the earth.
Webster's Revision of the KJB (WEB 1833)
— Thou shalt know also that thy seed [will be] great, and thy offspring as the grass of the earth.
Darby's Translation (DBY 1890)
— And thou shalt know that thy seed is numerous, and thine offspring as the herb of the earth.
Rotherham's Emphasized Bible (EBR 1902)
— And thou shalt know, that numerous is thy seed, and, thine offspring, like the young shoots of the field.
Young's Literal Translation (YLT 1898)
— And hast known that numerous [is] Thy seed, And thine offspring as the herb of the earth;
Douay-Rheims Challoner Revision (DR 1750)
— Thou shalt know also that thy seed shall be multiplied, and thy offspring like the grass of the earth.
Geneva Bible (GNV 1560)
— Thou shalt perceiue also, that thy seede shalbe great, and thy posteritie as the grasse of the earth.
Original King James Bible (AV 1611) [2]
— Thou shalt know also that thy seede shalbe great, and thine offspring as the grasse of the earth.
Lamsa Bible (1957)
— You shall know also that your descendants shall be many, and your offspring like the grass of the earth.
Brenton Greek Septuagint (LXX, Restored Names)
— And thou shalt know that thy seed [shall be] abundant; and thy children shall be like the herbage of the field.
Full Hebrew Names / Holy Name KJV (2008) [2] [3]
— Thou shalt know also that thy seed [shall be] great, and thine offspring as the grass of the earth.

Strong's Numbers & Hebrew NamesHebrew Old TestamentColor-Code/Key Word Studies
Thou shalt know 3045
{3045} Prime
ידע
yada`
{yaw-dah'}
A primitive root; to know (properly to ascertain by seeing); used in a great variety of senses, figuratively, literally, euphemistically and inferentially (including observation, care, recognition; and causatively instruction, designation, punishment, etc.).
z8804
<8804> Grammar
Stem - Qal (See H8851)
Mood - Perfect (See H8816)
Count - 12562
also that x3588
(3588) Complement
כִּי
kiy
{kee}
A primitive particle (the full form of the prepositional prefix) indicating causal relations of all kinds, antecedent or consequent; (by implication) very widely used as a relative conjugation or adverb; often largely modified by other particles annexed.
thy seed 2233
{2233} Prime
זֶרַע
zera`
{zeh'-rah}
From H2232; seed; figuratively fruit, plant, sowing time, posterity.
[shall be] great, 7227
{7227} Prime
רַב
rab
{rab}
By contraction from H7231; abundant (in quantity, size, age, number, rank, quality).
and thine offspring 6631
{6631} Prime
צֶאֱצָא
tse'etsa'
{tseh-ets-aw'}
From H3318; issue, that is, produce, children.
as the grass 6212
{6212} Prime
עֵשֶׂב
`eseb
{eh'-seb}
From an unused root meaning to glisten (or be green); grass (or any tender shoot).
of the earth. 776
{0776} Prime
אֶרֶץ
'erets
{eh'-rets}
From an unused root probably meaning to be firm; the earth (at large, or partitively a land).
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary

Job 5:25

_ _ as the grass — (Psalms 72:16). Properly, “herb-bearing seed” (Genesis 1:11, Genesis 1:12).

Matthew Henry's Commentary

See commentary on Job 5:17-27.

John Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Job 5:25

Know — By assurance from God's promises, and the impressions of his Spirit; and by experience in due time.

Geneva Bible Translation Notes

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Cross-Reference Topical ResearchStrong's Concordance
thy seed:

Job 42:13-16 He had also seven sons and three daughters. ... After this lived Job an hundred and forty years, and saw his sons, and his sons' sons, [even] four generations.
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.
Leviticus 26:9 For I will have respect unto you, and make you fruitful, and multiply you, and establish my covenant with you.
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.
Psalms 112:2 His seed shall be mighty upon earth: the generation of the upright shall be blessed.
Psalms 127:3-5 Lo, children [are] an heritage of the LORD: [and] the fruit of the womb [is his] reward. ... 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.
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. ... Yea, thou shalt see thy children's children, [and] peace upon Israel.

great:
or, much.

as the grass:

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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Chain-Reference Bible SearchCross References with Concordance

Gn 15:5. Lv 26:9. Dt 28:4. Jb 42:13. Ps 72:16; 112:2; 127:3; 128:3.

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