The Meaning of Job 5:25 Explained

Job 5:25

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

YLT: And hast known that numerous is Thy seed, And thine offspring as the herb of the earth;

Darby: And thou shalt know that thy seed is numerous, and thine offspring as the herb of the earth.

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

KJV Reverse Interlinear

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

What does Job 5:25 Mean?

Context Summary

Job 5:1-27 - The Benefits Of Chastisement
In this chapter Eliphaz closes his first speech. He had already suggested that Job's sufferings were the result of some secret sin. It could not be otherwise according to his philosophy. Affliction and trouble did not come by chance. It was as much a law of nature, so Eliphaz thought, for calamity to follow sin as for sparks to fly upward. However deeply evil men had rooted themselves, they were doomed to be destroyed. Was it not obvious that Job had in some way offended? Let him confess and be restored!
The ideal life which will ensue on a genuine repentance is described in the most thrilling and glowing terms, Job 5:8-17. Each sentence is a priceless jewel, and each has been tested by generations of returning prodigals, for whom each promise has been countersigned by the "Yea" of Christ, 2 Corinthians 1:20. Paul quotes Job 5:13 in 1 Corinthians 3:19. [source]

Chapter Summary: Job 5

1  Eliphaz shows that the end of the wicked is misery;
6  that man is born to trouble;
8  that God is to be regarded in affliction;
17  the happy end of God's correction

What do the individual words in Job 5:25 mean?

And You shall know that many your descendants [shall be] and your offspring like the grass of the earth
וְֽ֭יָדַעְתָּ כִּי־ רַ֣ב זַרְעֶ֑ךָ וְ֝צֶאֱצָאֶ֗יךָ כְּעֵ֣שֶׂב הָאָֽרֶץ

וְֽ֭יָדַעְתָּ  And  You  shall  know 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Conjunctive perfect, second person masculine singular
Root: דָּעָה 
Sense: to know.
כִּי־  that 
Parse: Conjunction
Root: כִּי 
Sense: that, for, because, when, as though, as, because that, but, then, certainly, except, surely, since.
רַ֣ב  many 
Parse: Adjective, masculine singular
Root: רַב 
Sense: much, many, great.
זַרְעֶ֑ךָ  your  descendants  [shall  be] 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct, second person masculine singular
Root: זֶרַע  
Sense: seed, sowing, offspring.
וְ֝צֶאֱצָאֶ֗יךָ  and  your  offspring 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, masculine plural construct, second person masculine singular
Root: צֶאֱצָאִים  
Sense: offspring, produce, issue.
כְּעֵ֣שֶׂב  like  the  grass 
Parse: Preposition-k, Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: עֵשֶׂב  
Sense: herb, herbage, grass, green plants.
הָאָֽרֶץ  of  the  earth 
Parse: Article, Noun, feminine singular
Root: אֶרֶץ  
Sense: land, earth.