Eliphaz Continues: God Blesses those Who Seek Him
Job 5:9
In 11 translations
- BSB
- the One who does great and unsearchable things, wonders without number.
- KJV
- Which doeth great things and unsearchable; marvellous things without number:unsearchable: Heb. there is no searchwithout…: Heb. till there be no number
- WEB
- who does great things that can’t be fathomed, marvelous things without number;
- ASV
- Who doeth great things and unsearchable, Marvellous things without number:
- LSV
- Doing great things, and there is no searching. Wonderful, until there is no numbering.
- YLT
- Doing great things, and there is no searching. Wonderful, till there is no numbering.
- DBY
- Who doeth great things and unsearchable, marvellous things without number;
- DRC
- Who doth great things and unsearchable and wonderful things without number:
- GNV
- Which doeth great things and vnsearchable, and marueilous things without nomber.
- JPS
- Who doeth great things and unsearchable, marvellous things without number;
- LXXE
- who does great things and untraceable, glorious things also, and marvellous, of which there is no number:
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Original-language editions
- WLC
- עֹשֶׂ֣ה גְ֭דֹלוֹת וְאֵ֣ין חֵ֑קֶר נִ֝פְלָא֗וֹת עַד־אֵ֥ין מִסְפָּֽר׃
- LXX-Br
- τὸν ποιοῦντα μεγάλα καὶ ἀνεξιχνίαστα, ἔνδοξά τε καὶ ἐξαίσια, ὧν οὐκ ἔστιν ἀριθμὸς,
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In the reference works topics that cite this verse
EliphazEliphaz (2)PhilosophyMarvel; MarvelousPapyrusPower of God, ThePresumptionPowerOmnipotenceFaith
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Cross-references most cited first
- Psalms 40:5Many, 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 9:10He does great things beyond searching out, and wonders without number.
- Psalms 86:10For You are great and perform wonders; You alone are God.
- Psalms 72:18Blessed be the LORD God, the God of Israel, who alone does marvelous deeds.
- Job 11:7–9Can you fathom the deep things of God or discover the limits of the Almighty? They are higher than the heavens—what can you do? They are deeper than Sheol—what can you know? Their measure is longer than the earth and…
- Job 37:5God thunders wondrously with His voice; He does great things we cannot comprehend.
- Romans 11:33O, the depth of the riches of the wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable are His judgments, and untraceable His ways!
- Isaiah 40:28Do 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.
- Job 26:5–14The dead tremble— those beneath the waters and those who dwell in them. Sheol is naked before God, and Abaddon has no covering. He stretches out the north over empty space; He hangs the earth upon nothing. He wraps up…
- Psalms 139:18If I were to count them, they would outnumber the grains of sand; and when I awake, I am still with You.
- Job 42:3You 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.
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