Christian Standard Bible
Job 5:9
9He does great and unsearchable things, wonders without number.
Job 5:9 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Which doeth great things and unsearchable; marvellous things without number:
- New International Version (NIV)He performs wonders that cannot be fathomed, miracles that cannot be counted.
- English Standard Version (ESV)who does great things and unsearchable, marvelous things without number:
- New King James Version (NKJV)Who does great things, and unsearchable, Marvelous things without number.
Context of Job 5:9
7But humans are born for trouble as surely as sparks fly upward. 8However, if I were you, I would appeal to God and would present my case to him. He does great and unsearchable things, wonders without number. 10He gives rain to the earth and sends water to the fields. 11He sets the lowly on high, and mourners are lifted to safety.
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עֹשֶׂ֣ה גְ֭דֹלוֹת וְאֵ֣ין חֵ֑קֶר נִ֝פְלָא֗וֹת עַד־אֵ֥ין מִסְפָּֽר׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Job 5:9
- Job 9:10He does great and unsearchable things, wonders without number.
- Job 11:7Can you fathom the depths of God or discover the limits of the Almighty?
- Job 37:5God thunders wondrously with his voice; he does great things that we cannot comprehend.
- Psalms 40:5Lord my God, you have done many things — your wondrous works and your plans for us; none can compare with you. If I were to report and speak of them, they are more than can be told.
- Psalms 72:18Blessed be the Lord God, the God of Israel, who alone does wonders.
- Psalms 86:10For you are great and perform wonders; you alone are God.
- Romans 11:33Oh, the depth of the riches and the wisdom and the knowledge of God! How unsearchable his judgments and untraceable his ways!
- Isaiah 40:28Do you not know? Have you not heard? The Lord is the everlasting God, the Creator of the whole earth. He never becomes faint or weary; there is no limit to his understanding.
- Job 26:5The departed spirits tremble beneath the waters and all that inhabit them.
- Psalms 139:18If I counted them, they would outnumber the grains of sand; when I wake up, I am still with you.
Commentaries on Job 5:9
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 9Which doeth great things - No work, however complicated, is too deep for his counsel to plan; none, however stupendous, is too great for his power to execute. He who is upright is always safe in referring his cause to God, and trusting in him.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 9Which doeth great things - The object of this is, to show why Job should commit his cause to God. The reason suggested is, that he had showed himself qualified to govern the world by the great and wonderful acts which he performed. Eliphaz, therefore, proceeds to expatiate on what God had done, and thus states the ancient belief in regard to his sovereignty over the world. This strain of reasoning continues to the end of the chapter. There is great beauty…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 6-16Verses 6-16 Eliphaz reminds Job, that no affliction comes by chance, nor is to be placed to second causes. The difference between prosperity and adversity is not so exactly observed, as that between day and night, summer and winter; but it is according to the will and counsel of God. We must not attribute our afflictions to fortune, for they are from God; nor our sins to fate, for they are from ourselves. Man is born in sin, and therefore born to trouble…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 9-10The region where Job lived relied on rain instead of human methods to water crops (see 36:27–28).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-271. if there be any, &c.--Rather, "will He (God) reply to thee?" Job, after the revelation just given, cannot be so presumptuous as to think God or any of the holy ones (Da 4:17, "angels") round His throne, will vouchsafe a reply (a judicial expression) to his rebellious complaint.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Job 5
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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