Job 5:25

In 11 translations

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.great: or, much

WEB

You will know also that your offspring will be great, your offspring as the grass of the earth.or, seed

ASV

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

LSV

And have known that your seed [is] numerous, || And your offspring as the herb of the earth;

YLT

And hast known that numerous [is] Thy seed, And thine offspring as the herb of the earth;

DBY

And thou shalt know that thy seed is numerous, and thine offspring as the herb of the earth.

DRC

Thou shalt know also that thy seed shall be multiplied, and thy offspring like the grass of the earth.

GNV

Thou shalt perceiue also, that thy seede shalbe great, and thy posteritie as the grasse of the earth.

JPS

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

LXXE

And thou shalt know that thy seed shall be abundant; and thy children shall be like the herbage of the field.

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WLC

וְֽ֭יָדַעְתָּ כִּי־רַ֣ב זַרְעֶ֑ךָ וְ֝צֶאֱצָאֶ֗יךָ כְּעֵ֣שֶׂב הָאָֽרֶץ׃

LXX-Br

Γνώσῃ δὲ ὅτι πολὺ τὸ σπέρμα σου, τὰ δὲ τέκνα σου ἔσται ὥσπερ τὸ παμβότανον τοῦ ἀγροῦ.

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• Psalms 112:2His descendants will be mighty in the land; the generation of the upright will be blessed.
• Psalms 72:16May 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.
• Deuteronomy 28:4The 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.
• Job 42:13–16And he also had seven sons and three daughters. He named his first daughter Jemimah, his second Keziah, and his third Keren-happuch. No women as beautiful as Job’s daughters could be found in all the land, and their…
• Genesis 15:5And 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.”
• Leviticus 26:9I will turn toward you and make you fruitful and multiply you, and I will establish My covenant with you.
• Psalms 128:3–6Your wife will be like a fruitful vine flourishing within your house, your sons like olive shoots sitting around your table. In this way indeed shall blessing come to the man who fears the LORD. May the LORD bless you…
• Psalms 127:3–5Children are indeed a heritage from the LORD, and the fruit of the womb is His reward. Like arrows in the hand of a warrior, so are children born in one’s youth. Blessed is the man whose quiver is full of them. He will…
• Isaiah 44:3–4For I will pour water on the thirsty land, and currents on the dry ground. I will pour out My Spirit on your descendants, and My blessing on your offspring. They will sprout among the grass like willows by flowing…

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