“Thou shalt know also that thy seed shall be great, and thine offspring as the grass of the earth.”
Eliphaz promises that Job will know that his offspring will be many and his descendants like the grass of the earth, suggesting the restoration of fertility and the renewal of his family line. The promise of numerous offspring echoes the original blessings of Job and invites him to imagine their restoration. The image of descendants like grass of the earth suggests abundance and proliferation.
Church Fathers on Job 5:25
Thou shalt know also that thy seed shall be manifold, and thine offspring as the grass of the earth. For after the ‘peace of his tabernacle,’ after ‘the visiting of our likeness,’ the manifold seed of the righteous man ariseth, in that after the macerating of the members and the fulness of the moral virtues, the word of preaching is bestowed upon him so much the more productive, in proportion as it is anticipated in his breast by the tillage of perfect practice. For he…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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