Job 9:10

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

That doeth great things past finding out, Yea, marvellous things without number.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

עֹשֶׂ֣ה גְ֭דֹלוֹת עַד־אֵ֣ין חֵ֑קֶר וְ֝נִפְלָא֗וֹת עַד־אֵ֥ין מִסְפָּֽר׃

Transliteration

ʿōśeh gədōlôt ʿad-ʾên ḥēqer wə-niplāʾôt ʿad-ʾên mispār

Grammar Details

*ʿōśeh*: qal participle masculine singular - doing/making
*gədōlôt*: feminine plural adjective - great things
*ʿad-ʾên*: preposition + construct particle of negation - until there is no
*ḥēqer*: masculine singular noun - searching/investigation
*wə-niplāʾôt*: conjunction + niphal participle feminine plural - and wonderful things
*mispār*: masculine singular noun - number/counting

Word Meanings

*ʿōśeh*: to do, make, create
*gədōlôt*: great things, big things, wonders
*ḥēqer*: searching, investigation, finding out
*niplāʾôt*: wonders, marvels, miracles
*mispār*: number, count, quantity

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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 5:9 : 9 Who doeth great things and unsearchable, Marvellous things without number:
Ps 71:15 : 15 My mouth shall tell of thy righteousness, [And] of thy salvation all the day; For I know not the numbers [thereof].
Ps 72:18 : 18 Blessed be Jehovah God, the God of Israel, Who only doeth wondrous things:
Ps 136:4 : 4 To him who alone doeth great wonders; For his lovingkindness [endureth] for ever:
Eccl 3:11 : 11 He hath made everything beautiful in its time: also he hath set eternity in their heart, yet so that man cannot find out the work that God hath done from the beginning even to the end.
Isa 40:26-28 : 26 Lift up your eyes on high, and see who hath created these, that bringeth out their host by number; he calleth them all by name; by the greatness of his might, and for that he is strong in power, not one is lacking. 27 Why sayest thou, O Jacob, and speakest, O Israel, My way is hid from Jehovah, and the justice [due] to me is passed away from my God? 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.
Dan 4:2-3 : 2 It hath seemed good unto me to show the signs and wonders that the Most High God hath wrought toward me. 3 How great are his signs! and how mighty are his wonders! his kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and his dominion is from generation to generation.
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!
Eph 3:20 : 20 Now unto him that is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that worketh in us,
Job 26:12-14 : 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?
Job 37:23 : 23 [ Touching] the Almighty, we cannot find him out: He is excellent in power; And in justice and plenteous righteousness he will not afflict.
Exod 15:11 : 11 Who is like unto thee, O Jehovah, among the gods? Who is like thee, glorious in holiness, Fearful in praises, doing wonders?

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