Job 5:9

Translations

Modern

…the One who does great and unsearchable things, wonders without number.

Traditional

Which doeth great things and unsearchable; marvellous things without number:

Literal

…the One doing great things, and there is no searching out, wonders until there is no numbering.

Latin

…qui facit magna et inscrutabilia, et mirabilia absque numero;

Original

Hebrew

English

…the One who does great and unsearchable things, wonders without number.

Notes

Job 5:9–10

The region where Job lived relied on rain instead of human methods to water crops (see 36:27–28).

Job 5:9–16

Eliphaz praised God as the creator and and the one who sustains the universe who performs wonders (5:9–10). He also praised God as the righteous judge who humbles the powerful and honors poor people (5:11–16).

Events

Job's Trialc. 1650 BC

Related verses

Psalm 40:5
Many, O LORD my God, are the wonders You have done, and the plans You have for us—none can compare to You—if I proclaim and declare them, they are more than I can count.
Job 9:10
He does great things beyond searching out, and wonders without number.
Psalm 72:18
Blessed be the LORD God, the God of Israel, who alone does marvelous deeds.
Psalm 86:10
For You are great and perform wonders; You alone are God.
Job 37:5
God thunders wondrously with His voice; He does great things we cannot comprehend.
Job 11:7–9
Can you fathom the deep things of God or discover the limits of the Almighty?
Isaiah 40:28
Do you not know? Have you not heard? The LORD is the everlasting God, the Creator of the ends of the earth. He will not grow tired or weary; His understanding is beyond searching out.
Romans 11:33
O, the depth of the riches of the wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable are His judgments, and untraceable His ways!
Job 26:5–14
The dead tremble—those beneath the waters and those who dwell in them.
Psalm 139:18
If I were to count them, they would outnumber the grains of sand; and when I awake, I am still with You.
Job 42:3
You asked, ‘Who is this who conceals My counsel without knowledge?’ Surely I spoke of things I did not understand, things too wonderful for me to know.

Glossary

Book of Job Miracle

Topics

Afflictions and Adversities: Benefits of Afflictions and Adversities: Consolation In Faith: Eliphaz, in the Overruling Providence of God, That Afflictions are for the Good of the Righteous Faith: Exemplified God: Power of God: Providence of God: Unclassified Scriptures Relating To God: Unsearchable Philosophy: Philosophical Inductions and Deductions Relating to God and his Providence Power of God: Unsearchable The Power of God: Unsearchable

Job 5:9

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