You will have many children; your descendants will be as plentiful as grass!
Parallel translations
- WEB You shall know also that your offspring shall be great, Your offspring as the grass of the earth.
- KJV Thou shalt know also that thy seed shall be great, and thine offspring as the grass of the earth.
- BSB You will know that your offspring will be many, your descendants like the grass of the earth.
- NKJV You shall also know that your descendants shall be many, And your offspring like the grass of the earth.
- NASB “You will also know that your descendants will be many, And your offspring as the grass of the earth.
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You will know your offspring will be many, like the grass of the earth. It promises abundant, flourishing descendants.
Overview
Eliphaz assures a numerous family, as plentiful as grass, echoing the covenant blessing of fruitfulness. Such promises of offspring were central to ancient hope and to God's covenant with Abraham. The deepest fulfillment comes in Christ, the offspring of Abraham, through whom a countless multitude from every nation become children of the promise.
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Cross-references · 9
- Ps 112:2His offspring will be mighty in the land. The generation of the upright will be blessed.
- Ps 72:16Abundance of grain shall be throughout the land. Its fruit sways like Lebanon. Let it flourish, thriving like the grass of the field.
- Deut 28:4You shall be blessed in the fruit of your body, the fruit of your ground, the fruit of your animals, the increase of your livestock, and the young of your flock.
- Job 42:13–16He had also seven sons and three daughters.
- Gen 15:5Yahweh brought him outside, and said, “Look now toward the sky, and count the stars, if you are able to count them.” He said to Abram, “So will your offspring be.”
- Ps 128:3–6Your wife will be as a fruitful vine, in the innermost parts of your house; your children like olive plants, around your table.
- Ps 127:3–5Behold, children are a heritage of Yahweh. The fruit of the womb is his reward.
- Lev 26:9“‘I will have respect for you, and make you fruitful, and multiply you, and will establish my covenant with you.
- Isa 44:3–4For I will pour water on him who is thirsty, and streams on the dry ground. I will pour my Spirit on your descendants, and my blessing on your offspring:
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