God’s Word Translation
Job 5:9
9He does great things that ⌞we⌟ cannot understand and miracles that ⌞we⌟ cannot count.
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 a person is born for trouble as surely as sparks fly up ⌞from a fire⌟. 8“But I would seek God’s help and present my case to him. He does great things that ⌞we⌟ cannot understand and miracles that ⌞we⌟ cannot count. 10He gives rain to the earth and sends water to the fields. 11He places lowly people up high. He lifts those who mourn to safety.
Read all of Job 5Job 5:9 word by word
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 things that are unsearchable and miracles that cannot be numbered.
- Job 11:7“Can you discover God’s hidden secrets, or are you able to find the Almighty’s limits?
- Job 37:5God’s voice thunders in miraculous ways. It does great things that we cannot understand.
- Psalms 40:5You have done many miraculous things, O Lord my God. You have made many wonderful plans for us. No one compares to you! I will tell others about your miracles, which are more than I can count.
- Psalms 72:18Thank the Lord God, the God of Israel, who alone does miracles.
- Psalms 86:10Indeed, you are great, a worker of miracles. You alone are God.
- Romans 11:33God’s riches, wisdom, and knowledge are so deep that it is impossible to explain his decisions or to understand his ways.
- Isaiah 40:28Don’t you know? Haven’t you heard? The eternal God, the Lord, the Creator of the ends of the earth, doesn’t grow tired or become weary. His understanding is beyond reach.
- Job 26:5“The souls of the dead tremble beneath the water, and so do the creatures living there.
- Psalms 139:18If I try to count them, there would be more of them than there are 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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