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Job 5:25

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

KJV

Scies quoque quoniam multiplex erit semen tuum, et progenies tua quasi herba terræ.

Vulgate

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

LXX

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

ASV

וְֽ֭/יָדַעְתָּ כִּי רַ֣ב זַרְעֶ֑/ךָ וְ֝/צֶאֱצָאֶ֗י/ךָ כְּ/עֵ֣שֶׂב הָ/אָֽרֶץ

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

7 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֶ֣רֶץ
'rts
noun · 2484×
הָ
h
noun · 11×
וֹ
v
noun · 226×
יָדְע֖וּ
yd'v
verb · 944×
כִּֽי
ky
pronoun · 4439×
עֵ֣שֶׂב
'shb
noun · 33×
רַב
rb
verb · 458×

Historic Christian voices

2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • Deut 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.
  • Gen 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.
  • Isa 44:3 — 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:
  • Job 42:13 — He had also seven sons and three daughters.
  • Lev 26:9 — For I will have respect unto you, and make you fruitful, and multiply you, and establish my covenant with you.
  • Ps 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.
  • Ps 112:2 — His seed shall be mighty upon earth: the generation of the upright shall be blessed.
  • Ps 127:3 — Lo, children are an heritage of the LORD: and the fruit of the womb is his reward.
  • Ps 128:3 — Thy wife shall be as a fruitful vine by the sides of thine house: thy children like olive plants round about thy table.