New King James Version
Job 5:9
9Who does great things, and unsearchable, Marvelous things 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 Living Translation (NLT)He does great things too marvelous to understand. He performs countless miracles.
Context of Job 5:9
7Yet man is born to trouble, As the sparks fly upward. 8“But as for me, I would seek God, And to God I would commit my cause— Who does great things, and unsearchable, Marvelous things without number. 10He gives rain on the earth, And sends waters on the fields. 11He sets on high those who are lowly, And those who mourn are lifted 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 past finding out, Yes, wonders without number.
- Job 11:7“Can you search out the deep things of God? Can you find out the limits of the Almighty?
- Job 37:5God thunders marvelously with His voice; He does great things which we cannot comprehend.
- Psalms 40:5Many, O Lord my God, are Your wonderful works Which You have done; And Your thoughts toward us Cannot be recounted to You in order; If I would declare and speak of them, They are more than can be numbered.
- Psalms 72:18Blessed be the Lord God, the God of Israel, Who only does wondrous things!
- Psalms 86:10For You are great, and do wondrous things; You alone are God.
- Romans 11:33Oh, the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable are His judgments and His ways past finding out!
- Isaiah 40:28Have you not known? Have you not heard? The everlasting God, the Lord, The Creator of the ends of the earth, Neither faints nor is weary. His understanding is unsearchable.
- Job 26:5“The dead tremble, Those under the waters and those inhabiting them.
- Psalms 139:18If I should count them, they would be more in number than the sand; When I awake, 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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