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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.

Phrase of Scripture		Correlating Passages

thy seed		Job 42:13-16; Gen 15:5; Lev 26:9; Deu 28:4; Psa 112:2; Psa 127:3-5; Psa 128:3-6
great		or, much
as the grass		Psa 72:16

Correlating Passages

thy seed

	Job 42:13	He had also seven sons and three daughters.
	Job 42:14	And he called the name of the first, Jemima; and the name of the second, Kezia; and the name of the third, Kerenhappuch.
	Job 42:15	And in all the land were no women found [so] fair as the daughters of Job: and their father gave them inheritance among their brethren.
	Job 42:16	After this lived Job an hundred and forty years, and saw his sons, and his sons' sons, [even] four generations.
	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.
	Lev 26:9	For I will have respect unto you, and make you fruitful, and multiply you, and establish my covenant with you.
	Deu 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.
	Psa 112:2	His seed shall be mighty upon earth: the generation of the upright shall be blessed.
	Psa 127:3	Lo, children [are] an heritage of the LORD: [and] the fruit of the womb [is his] reward.
	Psa 127:4	As arrows [are] in the hand of a mighty man; so [are] children of the youth.
	Psa 127:5	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.
	Psa 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.
	Psa 128:4	Behold, that thus shall the man be blessed that feareth the LORD.
	Psa 128:5	The LORD shall bless thee out of Zion: and thou shalt see the good of Jerusalem all the days of thy life.
	Psa 128:6	Yea, thou shalt see thy children's children, [and] peace upon Israel.

as the grass

Psa 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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Scott, Thomas. "Job 5:25," The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Blue Letter Bible. 1836. 9 Jul 2004. .
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