Job 5:25

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְֽ֭יָדַעְתָּ כִּי־רַ֣ב זַרְעֶ֑ךָ וְ֝צֶאֱצָאֶ֗יךָ כְּעֵ֣שֶׂב הָאָֽרֶץ׃

Transliteration

wə-yādaʿtā kî-rab zarʿeḵā wə-ṣeʾĕṣāʾeyḵā like-ʿēśeb the-ʾāreṣ

Grammar Details

*wə*: conjunction - and
*yādaʿtā*: Qal perfect, 2nd person masculine singular - you will know
*kî*: conjunction - that
*rab*: adjective, masculine singular - numerous/many
*zarʿeḵā*: noun, masculine singular with 2nd person masculine singular suffix - your seed/offspring
*ṣeʾĕṣāʾeyḵā*: noun, masculine plural with 2nd person masculine singular suffix - your descendants
*ʿēśeb*: noun, masculine singular - herb/grass
*ʾāreṣ*: noun, feminine singular with definite article - the earth/land

Word Meanings

*yādaʿtā*: you will know/perceive
*rab*: numerous/many/great
*zarʿeḵā*: your seed/offspring/descendants
*ṣeʾĕṣāʾeyḵā*: your descendants/offspring
*ʿēśeb*: grass/herb/vegetation
*ʾāreṣ*: earth/land/ground

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Ps 112:2 : 2 His seed shall be mighty upon earth: The generation of the upright shall be blessed.
Ps 72:16 : 16 There shall be abundance of grain 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 127:3-5 : 3 Lo, children are a heritage of Jehovah; [And] the fruit of the womb is [his] reward. 4 As arrows in the hand of a mighty man, So are the children of youth. 5 Happy is the man that hath his quiver full of them: They shall not be put to shame, When they speak with their enemies in the gate.
Ps 128:3-6 : 3 Thy wife shall be as a fruitful vine, In the innermost parts of thy house; Thy children like olive plants, Round about thy table. 4 Behold, thus shall the man be blessed That feareth Jehovah. 5 Jehovah bless thee out of Zion: And see thou the good of Jerusalem all the days of thy life. 6 Yea, see thou thy children's children. Peace be upon Israel.
Isa 44:3-4 : 3 For I will pour water upon him that is thirsty, and streams upon the dry ground; I will pour my Spirit upon thy seed, and my blessing upon thine offspring: 4 and they shall spring up among the grass, as willows by the {H4325} watercourses.
Gen 15:5 : 5 And he brought him forth abroad, and said, Look now toward heaven, and number the stars, if thou be able to number them: and he said unto him, So shall thy seed be.
Lev 26:9 : 9 And I will have respect unto you, and make you fruitful, and multiply you, and will establish my covenant with you.
Deut 28:4 : 4 Blessed shall be the fruit of thy body, and the fruit of thy ground, and the fruit of thy beasts, the increase of thy cattle, and the young of thy flock.
Job 42:13-16 : 13 He had also seven sons and three daughters. 14 And he called the name of the first, Jemimah: and the name of the second, Keziah; and the name of the third, Keren-happuch. 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. 16 And after this Job lived a hundred and forty years, and saw his sons, and his sons' sons, [even] four generations.

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