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Job 5:25

Western Saints

Gregory the Dialogist

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. …

Morals on the Book of Job, Book VI ↗

Thomas Aquinas

Fifth, as to his children, "Your children will be like the grass of the earth," i.e. you will have many children and grandchildren.

Commentary on Job ↗