Job 5:9

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Who doeth great things and unsearchable, Marvellous things without number:

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

עֹשֶׂ֣ה גְ֭דֹלוֹת וְאֵ֣ין חֵ֑קֶר נִ֝פְלָא֗וֹת עַד־אֵ֥ין מִסְפָּֽר׃

Transliteration

ʿōśeh gədōlōt wə-ʾēn ḥēqer niflāʾōt until-ʾēn mispār

Grammar Details

*ʿōśeh*: Qal participle, masculine singular - doing/maker
*gədōlōt*: adjective, feminine plural - great things
*wə*: conjunction - and
*ʾēn*: particle of negation - there is no
*ḥēqer*: noun, masculine singular - searching out/investigation
*niflāʾōt*: Niphal participle, feminine plural - wonderful things/marvels
*mispār*: noun, masculine singular - number/counting

Word Meanings

*ʿōśeh*: doer/maker/worker
*gədōlōt*: great things/mighty deeds
*ḥēqer*: searching out/investigation/fathoming
*niflāʾōt*: wonders/marvels/miracles
*mispār*: number/count/reckoning

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Divine name rendering: Frequently renders the Tetragrammaton as Jehovah in the Old Testament, following ASV tradition.
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Referenced Verses

Job 9:10 : 10 That doeth great things past finding out, Yea, marvellous things without number.
Ps 40:5 : 5 Many, O Jehovah my God, are the wonderful works which thou hast done, And thy thoughts which are to us-ward; They cannot be set in order unto thee; If I would declare and speak of them, They are more than can be numbered.
Ps 72:18 : 18 Blessed be Jehovah God, the God of Israel, Who only doeth wondrous things:
Rom 11:33 : 33 O the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and the knowledge of God! how unsearchable are his judgments, and his ways past tracing out!
Isa 40:28 : 28 Hast thou not known? hast thou not heard? The everlasting God, Jehovah, the Creator of the ends of the earth, fainteth not, neither is weary; there is no searching of his understanding.
Ps 86:10 : 10 For thou art great, and doest wondrous things: Thou art God alone.
Job 37:5 : 5 God thundereth marvellously with his voice; Great things doeth he, which we cannot comprehend.
Job 42:3 : 3 Who is this that hideth counsel without knowledge? Therefore have I uttered that which I understood not, Things too wonderful for me, which I knew not.
Job 11:7-9 : 7 Canst thou by searching find out God? Canst thou find out the Almighty unto perfection? 8 It is high as heaven; what canst thou do? Deeper than Sheol; What canst thou know? 9 The measure thereof is longer than the earth, And broader than the sea.
Job 26:5-9 : 5 They that are deceased tremble Beneath the waters and the inhabitants thereof. 6 Sheol is naked before [God], And Abaddon hath no covering. 7 He stretcheth out the north over empty space, And hangeth the earth upon nothing. 8 He bindeth up the waters in his thick clouds; And the cloud is not rent under them. 9 He incloseth the face of his throne, And spreadeth his cloud upon it. 10 He hath described a boundary upon the face of the waters, Unto the confines of light and darkness. 11 The pillars of heaven tremble And are astonished at his rebuke. 12 He stirreth up the sea with his power, And by his understanding he smiteth through Rahab. 13 By his Spirit the heavens are garnished; His hand hath pierced the swift serpent. 14 Lo, these are but the outskirts of his ways: And how small a whisper do we hear of him! But the thunder of his power who can understand?
Ps 139:18 : 18 If I should count them, they are more in number than the sand: When I awake, I am still with thee.

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