Job 37:5

Job 37:5 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)God thundereth marvellously with his voice; great things doeth he, which we cannot comprehend.
• New International Version (NIV)God’s voice thunders in marvelous ways; he does great things beyond our understanding.
• English Standard Version (ESV)God thunders wondrously with his voice; he does great things that we cannot comprehend.
• New King James Version (NKJV)God thunders marvelously with His voice; He does great things which we cannot comprehend.

Context of Job 37:5

3Under the whole heaven He lets it loose, And His lightning travels to the ends of the earth. 4After it, a voice roars; He thunders with His majestic voice, And He does not restrain the lightning when His voice is heard. God thunders wondrously with His voice, Doing great things which we do not comprehend. 6For to the snow He says, ‘Fall on the earth,’ And to the downpour and the rain, ‘Be strong.’ 7He seals the hand of every person, So that all people may know His work.

Job 37:5 word by word

יַרְעֵ֤ם אֵ֣ל בְּ֭קוֹלוֹ נִפְלָא֑וֹת עֹשֶׂ֥ה גְ֝דֹל֗וֹת וְלֹ֣א נֵדָֽע׃Read the interlinear

• Godאֵל'êl · GodH410
• thundersרָעַםrâ‛am · to thunderH7481
• wondrouslyפָּלָאpâlâ' · to wonderH6381
• with His voiceקוֹלqôl qôl · voiceH6963
• Doingעָשָׂה‛âώâh · to make: doH6213
• greatגָּדוֹלgâdôl gâdôl · great: largeH1419
• thingsגָּדוֹלgâdôl gâdôl · great: largeH1419
• which we do not comprehendיָדַעyâda‛ · to knowH3045

Cross-references for Job 37:5

• 2 Samuel 22:14The Lord thundered from heaven, And the Most High uttered His voice.
• Job 5:9Who does great and unsearchable things, Wonders without number.
• Job 9:10It is He who does great things, the unfathomable, And wondrous works without number.
• Job 11:7“Can you discover the depths of God? Can you discover the limits of the Almighty?
• Job 26:14Behold, these are the fringes of His ways; And how faint a word we hear of Him! But His mighty thunder, who can understand?”
• Job 36:26Behold, God is exalted, and we do not know Him; The number of His years is unsearchable.
• Ecclesiastes 3:11He has made everything appropriate in its time. He has also set eternity in their heart, without the possibility that mankind will find out the work which God has done from the beginning even to the end.
• Isaiah 40:21Do you not know? Have you not heard? Has it not been declared to you from the beginning? Have you not understood from the foundations of the earth?
• Romans 11:33Oh, the depth of the riches, both of the wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable are His judgments and unfathomable His ways!
• Revelation 15:3And they sang the song of Moses, the bond-servant of God, and the song of the Lamb, saying, “Great and marvelous are Your works, Lord God, the Almighty; Righteous and true are Your ways, King of the nations!

Commentaries on Job 37:5

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 5God thundereth marvellously with his voice - This is the conclusion of Elihu's description of the lightning and thunder: and here only should chapter 36 have ended. He began, Job 36:29, with the noise of God's tabernacle; and he ends here with the marvellous thundering of Jehovah. Probably the writer of the book of Job had seen the description of a similar thunder storm as given by the psalmist, Psalm 77:16-19; : - Psalm 77:16; The waters saw thee, O God!…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 5God thundereth marvelously - He thunders in a wonderful manner. The idea is, that the voice of his thunder is an amazing exhibition of his majesty and power. Great things doeth he, which we cannot comprehend - That is, not only in regard to the thunder and the tempest, but in other things. The description of the storm properly ends here, and in the subsequent verses Elihu proceeds to specify various other phenomena, which were wholly incomprehensible by…Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 55. (Job 36:26; Psa 65:6; 139:14). The sublimity of the description lies in this, that God is everywhere in the storm, directing it whither He will [Barnes]. See Psa 29:1-11, where, as here, the "voice" of God is repeated with grand effect. The thunder in Arabia is sublimely terrible.Read the comment

Topics related to Job 37:5

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Commentaries on Job 37

• 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
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings