Job 5:25
Thou shalt know also that thy seed shall be multiplied, and thy offspring like the grass of the earth.
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- Vulgate (Clementine)
- Scies quoque quoniam multiplex erit semen tuum, et progenies tua quasi herba terræ.
- Septuagint (Swete)
- γνώσῃ δὲ ὅτι πολὺ τὸ σπέρμα σου, τὰ δὲ τέκνα σου ἔσται ὥσπερ τὸ παμβότανον τοῦ ἀγροῦ.
- Hebrew (WLC)
- וְֽ֭יָדַעְתָּ כִּי רַ֣ב זַרְעֶ֑ךָ וְ֝צֶאֱצָאֶ֗יךָ כְּעֵ֣שֶׂב הָאָֽרֶץ
The Fathers on this verse
St Clement of Rome First Epistle to the Corinthians, Chapter LVI. Let us admonish and
Let us then also pray for those who have fallen into any sin, that meekness and humility may be given to them, so that they may submit, not unto us, but to the will of God. For in this way they shall secure a fruitful and perfect remembrance from us, with sympathy for them, both in our prayers to God, and our mention of them to the saints. Let us receive correction, beloved, on account of which no one should feel displeased. Those exhortations by which we admonish one another are both good [in themselves] and highly profitable, for they tend to unite us to the will of God. …
Clement of Alexandria The Stromata, or Miscellanies, Chapter II. The Meaning of the Name Stromata or Miscellanies
Whence, “Seek, and ye shall find,” holding on by the truly royal road, and not deviating. As we might expect, then, the generative power of the seeds of the doctrines comprehended in this treatise is great in small space, as the “universal herbage of the field,” as Scripture saith. Thus the Miscellanies of notes have their proper title, wonderfully like that ancient oblation culled from all sorts of things of which Sophocles writes:
St Clement of Rome The First Epistle of Clement to the Corinthians, Chapter LVI
Let us then also pray for those who have fallen into any sin, that meekness and humil ity may be given to them, so that they may submit, not unto us, but to the will of God. For in this way they shall secure a fruitful and perfect remembrance from us, with sympathy for them, both in our prayers to God, and our mention of them to the saints. Let us receive correction, beloved, on account of which no one should feel displeased. Those exhortations by which we admonish one another are both good [in themselves], and highly profitable, for they tend to unite us to the will of God. …