Job 5 · Verse 9

Job 5:9

Which doeth great things and unsearchable; marvellous things without number:
Job 5:9, King James Version

Job 5:9 in other translations

BSBthe One who does great and unsearchable things, wonders without number.
WEBwho does great things that can’t be fathomed, marvelous things without number;
ASVWho doeth great things and unsearchable, Marvellous things without number:
YLTDoing great things, and there is no searching. Wonderful, till there is no numbering.
DARBYWho doeth great things and unsearchable, marvellous things without number;
BBEWho does great things outside our knowledge, wonders without number:
WebsterWho doeth great things and unsearchable; wonderful things without number:

What does Job 5:9 mean?

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 9 Which 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.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Job 5:6-16

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…

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Job 5:9 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

עֹשֶׂ֣ה'o.Seh[who] doesH6213
גְ֭דֹלוֹתGe.do.lotgreat [things]H1419
וְאֵ֣יןve.'Einand there notH369
חֵ֑קֶרChe.ker[is] inquiryH2714
נִ֝פְלָא֗וֹתnif.la.'otwondersH6381
עַד\־'ad-untilH5704
אֵ֥ין'einthere notH369
מִסְפָּֽר\׃mis.Par[is] numberH4557

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Job 5:9

  • Psalms 40:5

    Many, O Lord my God, are thy wonderful works which thou hast done, and thy thoughts which are to us-ward: they cannot be reckoned up in order unto thee: if I would declare and speak of them, they are more than can be numbered.

  • Job 9:10

    Which doeth great things past finding out; yea, and wonders without number.

  • Psalms 86:10

    For thou art great, and doest wondrous things: thou art God alone.

  • Psalms 72:18

    Blessed be the Lord God, the God of Israel, who only doeth wondrous things.

  • Job 11:7-9

    Canst thou by searching find out God? canst thou find out the Almighty unto perfection? It is as high as heaven; what canst thou do? deeper than hell; what canst thou know? The measure thereof is longer than the earth, and broader than the sea.

  • Job 37:5

    God thundereth marvellously with his voice; great things doeth he, which we cannot comprehend.

  • Isaiah 40:28

    Hast thou not known? hast thou not heard, that the everlasting God, the Lord, the Creator of the ends of the earth, fainteth not, neither is weary? there is no searching of his understanding.

  • Romans 11:33

    O the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God! how unsearchable are his judgments, and his ways past finding out!

  • Job 26:5-14

    Dead things are formed from under the waters, and the inhabitants thereof. Hell is naked before him, and destruction hath no covering. He stretcheth out the north over the empty place, and hangeth the earth upon nothing. He bindeth up the waters in his thick clouds; and the cloud is not rent under them. …

  • Psalms 139:18

    If I should count them, they are more in number than the sand: when I awake, I am still with thee.

  • Job 42:3

    Who is he that hideth counsel without knowledge? therefore have I uttered that I understood not; things too wonderful for me, which I knew not.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
doeth.
9:10; 11:7-9; 37:5; Ps 40:5; 72:18; 86:10; Ro 11:33
unsearchable. Heb. there is no search.
Isa 40:28
marvellous.
26:5-14
without number. Heb. till there be no number.
Ps 40:5; 139:18

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • Job 5:8

    I would seek unto God, and unto God would I commit my cause:

  • Job 5:9

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

  • Job 5:10

    Who giveth rain upon the earth, and sendeth waters upon the fields:

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Job 5:9 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
El cual hace cosas grandes é inescrutables, y maravillas que no tienen cuento:
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Qui fait de grandes choses qu’on ne peut sonder, des merveilles à ne pouvoir les compter;
German
Elberfelder 1871
der Großes und Unerforschliches tut, Wunder bis zur Unzahl;
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
qui facit magna et inscrutabilia, et mirabilia absque numero;