CINXE.COM

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "//www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="//www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1" /><title>Job 5:25 You will know that your offspring will be many, your descendants like the grass of the earth.</title><link rel="canonical" href="https://biblehub.com/job/5-25.htm" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/new9.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><meta property="og:image" content="https://biblehub.com/visuals/19/18_Job_05_25.jpg" /><meta property="og:title" content="Job 5:25 - Eliphaz Continues: God Blesses those who Seek Him" /><meta property="og:site_name" content="Bible Hub" /><meta property="og:description" content="You will know that your offspring will be many, your descendants like the grass of the earth." /><script type="application/javascript" src="https://scripts.webcontentassessor.com/scripts/8a2459b64f9cac8122fc7f2eac4409c8555fac9383016db59c4c26e3d5b8b157"></script><script src='https://qd.admetricspro.com/js/biblehub/biblehub-layout-loader-revcatch.js'></script><script id='HyDgbd_1s' src='https://prebidads.revcatch.com/ads.js' type='text/javascript' async></script><script>(function(w,d,b,s,i){var cts=d.createElement(s);cts.async=true;cts.id='catchscript'; cts.dataset.appid=i;cts.src='https://app.protectsubrev.com/catch_rp.js?cb='+Math.random(); document.head.appendChild(cts); }) (window,document,'head','script','rc-anksrH');</script></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="/vmenus/job/5-25.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="/bmc/job/5-25.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="/">Bible</a> > <a href="/job/">Job</a> > <a href="/job/5.htm">Chapter 5</a> > Verse 25</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div><div id="ad1"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/ad5.htm" width="100%" height="48" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="/job/5-24.htm" title="Job 5:24">◄</a> Job 5:25 <a href="/job/5-26.htm" title="Job 5:26">►</a></div></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="topverse"> <a href="#audio" class="clickchap2" title="Context and Audio Bible"> Audio </a> <a href="#crossref" class="clickchap2" title="Cross References"> Cross </a> <a href="#study" class="clickchap2" title="Study Bible"> Study </a> <a href="#commentary" class="clickchap2" title="Commentary"> Comm </a> <a href="#lexicon" class="clickchap2" title="Lexicon"> Heb </a> </div><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheadingv"><b>Verse</b><a href="/bsb/job/5.htm" class="clickchap" style="color:#001320" title="Click any translation name for full chapter">  (Click for Chapter)</a></div><div id="par"><span class="versiontext"><a href="/niv/job/5.htm">New International Version</a></span><br />You will know that your children will be many, and your descendants like the grass of the earth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/job/5.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />You will have many children; your descendants will be as plentiful as grass!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/job/5.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />You shall know also that your offspring shall be many, and your descendants as the grass of the earth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/job/5.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />You will know that your offspring will be many, your descendants like the grass of the earth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/job/5.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />Thou shalt know also that thy seed <i>shall be</i> great, and thine offspring as the grass of the earth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/job/5.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />You shall also know that your descendants <i>shall be</i> many, And your offspring like the grass of the earth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/job/5.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />“You will also know that your descendants will be many, And your offspring as the grass of the earth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/job/5.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />&#8220You will know also that your descendants will be many, And your offspring as the grass of the earth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/job/5.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />“You will know also that your descendants will be many, And your offspring as the grass of the earth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/job/5.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />You will know also that your seed will be many, And your offspring as the vegetation of the land.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/job/5.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />“You will know also that your descendants will be many, And your offspring as the grass of the earth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/job/5.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />You will also know that your offspring will be many and your descendants like the grass of the earth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/job/5.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />You will also know that your offspring will be many and your descendants like the grass of the earth. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/job/5.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />Thou shalt know also that thy seed shall be great, And thine offspring as the grass of the earth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/job/5.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />You will have more descendants than there are blades of grass on the face of the earth. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/job/5.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />Thou shalt know also that thy seed shall be great, and thine offspring as the grass of the earth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/job/5.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />"You will find that your children are many and your descendants are like the grass of the earth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/job/5.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />You will have as many children as there are blades of grass in a pasture. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/job/5.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />You'll know that you'll have many children; and that your offspring will be like the grass of the earth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/job/5.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />You will know that your offspring will be many, your descendants like the grass of the earth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/job/5.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />You will also know that your children will be numerous, and your descendants like the grass of the earth. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/job/5.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />You shall know also that your descendants shall be great, and your offspring as the grass of the earth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/job/5.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />Thou shalt know also that thy seed will be great, and thy offspring as the grass of the earth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/job/5.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />You will know also that your offspring will be great, your offspring as the grass of the earth. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/job/5.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />And have known that your seed [is] numerous, "" And your offspring as the herb of the earth;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/job/5.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> And hast known that numerous is Thy seed, And thine offspring as the herb of the earth;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/job/5.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />And thou knewest the multitude of thy seed, and thine offspring as the grass of the earth.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/job/5.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />Thou shalt know also that thy seed shall be multiplied, and thy offspring like the grass of the earth. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/job/5.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />Likewise, you will know that your offspring will be manifold and your progeny will be like the grass of the earth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/job/5.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />You shall know that your descendants are many, and your offspring like the grass of the earth. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/job/5.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />You shall know that your descendants will be many, and your offspring like the grass of the earth.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/job/5.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />You shall know also that your descendants shall be many, and your offspring like the grass of the earth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/job/5.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />And you will know that your seed is abundant and your offspring as grass of the Earth<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/job/5.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />Thou shalt know also that thy seed shall be great, And thine offspring as the grass of the earth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/job/5.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />And thou shalt know that thy seed <i>shall be</i> abundant; and thy children shall be like the herbage of the field.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/job/5-25.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/XAwuD5NuZq0?start=816" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/job/5.htm">Eliphaz Continues: God Blesses those who Seek Him</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">24</span>You will know that your tent is secure, and find nothing amiss when inspecting your home. <span class="reftext">25</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/3045.htm" title="3045: wə·yā·ḏa‘·tā (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConjPerf-2ms) -- A primitive root; to know; used in a great variety of senses, figuratively, literally, euphemistically and inferentially.">You will know</a> <a href="/hebrew/3588.htm" title="3588: kî- (Conj) -- That, for, when. ">that</a> <a href="/hebrew/2233.htm" title="2233: zar·‘e·ḵā (N-msc:: 2ms) -- A sowing, seed, offspring. From zara'; seed; figuratively, fruit, plant, sowing-time, posterity.">your offspring</a> <a href="/hebrew/7227.htm" title="7227: raḇ (Adj-ms) -- Much, many, great. By contracted from rabab; abundant.">will be many,</a> <a href="/hebrew/6631.htm" title="6631: wə·ṣe·’ĕ·ṣā·’e·ḵā (Conj-w:: N-mpc:: 2ms) -- Issue, offspring, produce. From yatsa'; issue, i.e. Produce, children.">your descendants</a> <a href="/hebrew/6212.htm" title="6212: kə·‘ê·śeḇ (Prep-k:: N-msc) -- Herb, herbage. From an unused root meaning to glisten; grass.">like the grass</a> <a href="/hebrew/776.htm" title="776: hā·’ā·reṣ (Art:: N-fs) -- Earth, land. From an unused root probably meaning to be firm; the earth.">of the earth.</a> </span><span class="reftext">26</span>You will come to the grave in full vigor, like a sheaf of grain gathered in season.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/15-5.htm">Genesis 15:5</a></span><br />And 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.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/127-3.htm">Psalm 127:3-5</a></span><br />Children 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 not be put to shame when he confronts the enemies at the gate.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/22-17.htm">Genesis 22:17</a></span><br />I will surely bless you, and I will multiply your descendants like the stars in the sky and the sand on the seashore. Your descendants will possess the gates of their enemies.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/deuteronomy/28-4.htm">Deuteronomy 28:4</a></span><br />The 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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/128-3.htm">Psalm 128:3-4</a></span><br />Your 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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/13-16.htm">Genesis 13:16</a></span><br />I 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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/44-3.htm">Isaiah 44:3</a></span><br />For 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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/28-14.htm">Genesis 28:14</a></span><br />Your descendants will be like the dust of the earth, and you will spread out to the west and east and north and south. All the families of the earth will be blessed through you and your offspring.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/proverbs/17-6.htm">Proverbs 17:6</a></span><br />Grandchildren are the crown of the aged, and the glory of a son is his father.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/48-16.htm">Genesis 48:16</a></span><br />the angel who has redeemed me from all harm—may He bless these boys. And may they be called by my name and the names of my fathers Abraham and Isaac, and may they grow into a multitude upon the earth.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/54-13.htm">Isaiah 54:13</a></span><br />Then all your sons will be taught by the LORD, and great will be their prosperity.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/49-25.htm">Genesis 49:25</a></span><br />by the God of your father who helps you, and by the Almighty who blesses you, with blessings of the heavens above, with blessings of the depths below, with blessings of the breasts and womb.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_chronicles/4-27.htm">1 Chronicles 4:27</a></span><br />Shimei had sixteen sons and six daughters, but his brothers did not have many children, so their whole clan did not become as numerous as the sons of Judah.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_kings/4-20.htm">1 Kings 4:20</a></span><br />The people of Judah and Israel were as numerous as the sand on the seashore, and they were eating and drinking and rejoicing.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/33-22.htm">Jeremiah 33:22</a></span><br />As the hosts of heaven cannot be counted and as the sand on the seashore cannot be measured, so too will I multiply the descendants of My servant David and the Levites who minister before Me.”</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">You shall know also that your seed shall be great, and your offspring as the grass of the earth.</p><p class="hdg">thy seed.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/job/42-13.htm">Job 42:13-16</a></b></br> He had also seven sons and three daughters… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/genesis/15-5.htm">Genesis 15:5</a></b></br> 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.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/leviticus/26-9.htm">Leviticus 26:9</a></b></br> For I will have respect unto you, and make you fruitful, and multiply you, and establish my covenant with you.</p><p class="hdg">great.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/72-16.htm">Psalm 72:16</a></b></br> There shall be an handful of corn in the earth upon the top of the mountains; the fruit thereof shall shake like Lebanon: and <i>they</i> of the city shall flourish like grass of the earth.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/job/5-4.htm">Children</a> <a href="/esther/10-3.htm">Descendants</a> <a href="/job/5-23.htm">Earth</a> <a href="/2_kings/19-26.htm">Grass</a> <a href="/job/5-9.htm">Great</a> <a href="/2_kings/19-26.htm">Herb</a> <a href="/nehemiah/9-23.htm">Numerous</a> <a href="/nehemiah/7-61.htm">Offspring</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/4-23.htm">Plants</a> <a href="/esther/10-3.htm">Seed</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/job/8-4.htm">Children</a> <a href="/job/18-19.htm">Descendants</a> <a href="/job/7-1.htm">Earth</a> <a href="/job/6-5.htm">Grass</a> <a href="/job/7-17.htm">Great</a> <a href="/job/8-12.htm">Herb</a> <a href="/job/29-18.htm">Numerous</a> <a href="/job/18-19.htm">Offspring</a> <a href="/job/8-19.htm">Plants</a> <a href="/job/21-8.htm">Seed</a><div class="vheading2">Job 5</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/job/5-1.htm">Eliphaz shows that the end of the wicked is misery;</a></span><br><span class="reftext">6. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/job/5-6.htm">that man is born to trouble;</a></span><br><span class="reftext">8. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/job/5-8.htm">that God is to be regarded in affliction;</a></span><br><span class="reftext">17. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/job/5-17.htm">the happy end of God's correction.</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> <br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/job/5.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/job/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/job/5.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>You will know that your offspring will be many</b><br>This phrase reflects the ancient Near Eastern cultural value placed on large families as a sign of divine blessing and prosperity. In the context of the Book of Job, Eliphaz is speaking to Job, suggesting that righteousness leads to blessings such as numerous descendants. This promise echoes the Abrahamic covenant in <a href="/genesis/15-5.htm">Genesis 15:5</a>, where God promises Abraham that his descendants will be as numerous as the stars. The assurance of many offspring is also seen in the blessings given to Isaac and Jacob, reinforcing the idea that a large family is a sign of God's favor.<p><b>your descendants like the grass of the earth</b><br>The imagery of grass is used throughout the Bible to denote abundance and proliferation, as grass covers the earth in great numbers. This metaphor suggests not only quantity but also the idea of growth and renewal. In the cultural context, grass was a common and vital part of the agrarian landscape, symbolizing life and sustenance. This phrase can be connected to <a href="/psalms/72-16.htm">Psalm 72:16</a>, which speaks of the righteous flourishing like grass. The use of grass also subtly points to the transient nature of human life, as seen in <a href="/isaiah/40-6.htm">Isaiah 40:6-8</a>, where human life is compared to grass that withers. However, in this context, the focus is on the blessing of numerous descendants, emphasizing God's provision and the continuation of one's lineage.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/j/job.htm">Job</a></b><br>A man described as blameless and upright, who feared God and shunned evil. He is the central figure in the Book of Job, experiencing intense suffering and loss.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/e/eliphaz_the_temanite.htm">Eliphaz the Temanite</a></b><br>One of Job's three friends who comes to comfort him. Eliphaz is the speaker in <a href="/bsb/job/5.htm">Job 5</a>, offering counsel and perspective on Job's suffering.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/t/teman.htm">Teman</a></b><br>A region in Edom, known for its wise men. Eliphaz, being a Temanite, is considered a man of wisdom.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_dialogue.htm">The Dialogue</a></b><br>The Book of Job is structured as a series of dialogues between Job and his friends, exploring themes of suffering, justice, and divine sovereignty.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_promise_of_restoration.htm">The Promise of Restoration</a></b><br>In <a href="/job/5-25.htm">Job 5:25</a>, Eliphaz speaks of the restoration and blessing that will follow Job's trials, emphasizing the multiplication of his descendants.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/t/the_assurance_of_god's_blessing.htm">The Assurance of God's Blessing</a></b><br>Despite current suffering, believers can trust in God's promise of future blessings and restoration.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_value_of_offspring.htm">The Value of Offspring</a></b><br>Children are a blessing from God, and their abundance is a sign of His favor and faithfulness.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/f/faith_in_god's_timing.htm">Faith in God's Timing</a></b><br>God's promises may not be immediately visible, but faith requires trusting in His perfect timing for fulfillment.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_role_of_community_in_suffering.htm">The Role of Community in Suffering</a></b><br>Like Job's friends, we are called to support and encourage those who are suffering, even if our understanding is limited.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/h/hope_beyond_present_circumstances.htm">Hope Beyond Present Circumstances</a></b><br>Believers are encouraged to look beyond their current trials to the hope and future God has promised.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_job_5.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Job 5</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_does_job_25_5_align_with_astronomy.htm">How does Bildad's claim in Job 25:5 that the moon and stars are not pure align with our modern astronomical understanding?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/where_did_cain's_wife_come_from.htm">Genesis 4:16-17: If Adam and Eve were the first humans, where did Cain's wife come from?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_doesn't_job_42_10-17_address_moral_issues.htm">Why does the text (Job 42:10-17) fail to address the moral or scientific implications of Job receiving new children as though they replaced the ones he lost?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_does_the_bible_say_on_fearing_others.htm">What is the Bible's perspective on fertility?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/job/5.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(25) <span class= "bld">Great.</span>--The word means also <span class= "ital">numerous, </span>which seems to suit the parallelism better here. The whole description is a very beautiful and poetical one of the perfect security of faith, though it is to a certain extent vitiated by its want of strict correspondence with facts, of which the very case of Job was a crucial instance. This was the special problem with which his friends had to deal, and which proved too hard for them. May we not learn that the problem is one that can only be solved in practice and not in theory?<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/job/5.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 25.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">Thou shalt know also that thy seed shall be great</span>. Little by little Eliphaz passes from a general description of the blessedness of those faithful ones who "despise not the chastening of the Almighty" (ver. 17) to a series of allusions which seem specially to touch Job's case. Without claiming prophetical inspiration, he ventures to promise him in the future "the exact reverse of all that he had experienced" in the past - "a safe home, flocks untouched, a happy and prosperous family, a peaceful old age" (Cook). The promises may have sounded in Job's ears as "a mockery" (ibid.); but it is creditable to the sagacity of Eliphaz that he ventured to make them. And thine offspring as the grass of the earth. The ordinary symbols for multitudinous-ness - the sand of the sea, and the stars of heaven - are here superseded by an entirely new one, "the grass of the earth." Undoubtedly it is equally appropriate, and perhaps more natural in a pastoral community. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/job/5-25.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">You will know</span><br /><span class="heb">וְֽ֭יָדַעְתָּ</span> <span class="translit">(wə·yā·ḏa‘·tā)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - second person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3045.htm">Strong's 3045: </a> </span><span class="str2">To know</span><br /><br /><span class="word">that</span><br /><span class="heb">כִּי־</span> <span class="translit">(kî-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunction<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> </span><span class="str2">A relative conjunction</span><br /><br /><span class="word">your offspring</span><br /><span class="heb">זַרְעֶ֑ךָ</span> <span class="translit">(zar·‘e·ḵā)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2233.htm">Strong's 2233: </a> </span><span class="str2">Seed, fruit, plant, sowing-time, posterity</span><br /><br /><span class="word">will be many,</span><br /><span class="heb">רַ֣ב</span> <span class="translit">(raḇ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adjective - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7227.htm">Strong's 7227: </a> </span><span class="str2">Much, many, great</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and your descendants</span><br /><span class="heb">וְ֝צֶאֱצָאֶ֗יךָ</span> <span class="translit">(wə·ṣe·’ĕ·ṣā·’e·ḵā)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine plural construct | second person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6631.htm">Strong's 6631: </a> </span><span class="str2">Issue, offspring, produce</span><br /><br /><span class="word">[will be] like the grass</span><br /><span class="heb">כְּעֵ֣שֶׂב</span> <span class="translit">(kə·‘ê·śeḇ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-k | Noun - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6212.htm">Strong's 6212: </a> </span><span class="str2">Herb, herbage</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of the earth.</span><br /><span class="heb">הָאָֽרֶץ׃</span> <span class="translit">(hā·’ā·reṣ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Noun - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_776.htm">Strong's 776: </a> </span><span class="str2">Earth, land</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/job/5-25.htm">Job 5:25 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/job/5-25.htm">Job 5:25 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/job/5-25.htm">Job 5:25 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/job/5-25.htm">Job 5:25 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/job/5-25.htm">Job 5:25 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/job/5-25.htm">Job 5:25 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/job/5-25.htm">Job 5:25 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/job/5-25.htm">Job 5:25 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/job/5-25.htm">Job 5:25 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/job/5-25.htm">Job 5:25 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/job/5-25.htm">OT Poetry: Job 5:25 You shall know also that your seed (Jb) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/job/5-24.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Job 5:24"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Job 5:24" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/job/5-26.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Job 5:26"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Job 5:26" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>