Job 5:25

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“You will know that your offspring will be many, your descendants like the grass of the earth.”

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BSBPD

“You will know that your offspring will be many, your descendants like the grass of the earth.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

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

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

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

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“And hast known that numerous <FI>is<Fi> Thy seed, And thine offspring as the herb of the earth;”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Job 5:25 — 10 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Genesis 13:16I will make your offspring like the dust of the earth, so that if one could count the dust of the earth, then your offspring could be counted.
  2. 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.”
  3. Leviticus 26:9I will turn toward you and make you fruitful and multiply you, and I will establish My covenant with you.
  4. 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.
  5. Job 42:13And he also had seven sons and three daughters.
  6. 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.
  7. Psalms 112:2His descendants will be mighty in the land; the generation of the upright will be blessed.
  8. Psalms 127:3Children are indeed a heritage from the LORD, and the fruit of the womb is His reward.
  9. Psalms 128:3Your wife will be like a fruitful vine flourishing within your house, your sons like olive shoots sitting around your table.
  10. Isaiah 44:3For 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.

Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain) via OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).

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