Job 37:5

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

יַרְעֵ֤ם אֵ֣ל בְּ֭קוֹלוֹ נִפְלָא֑וֹת עֹשֶׂ֥ה גְ֝דֹל֗וֹת וְלֹ֣א נֵדָֽע׃

Transliteration

yarʿēm ʾēl bə-qôlô niplāʾôt ʿōśeh gədōlôt wə-lōʾ nēdāʿ

Grammar Details

*yarʿēm*: qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - thunders
*ʾēl*: noun, masculine singular - God
*bə-qôlô*: preposition + noun, masculine singular with 3rd masculine singular suffix - with his voice
*niplāʾôt*: niphal participle, feminine plural - wonders/marvelous things
*ʿōśeh*: qal participle, masculine singular - doing/making
*gədōlôt*: adjective, feminine plural - great things
*wə-lōʾ*: conjunction + negative particle - and not
*nēdāʿ*: qal imperfect, 1st common plural - we know

Word Meanings

*ʾēl*: God/mighty one
*niplāʾôt*: wondrous things/marvelous deeds/extraordinary things
*nēdāʿ*: we know/we understand/we comprehend

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King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Job 5:9 : 9 Which doeth great things and unsearchable; marvellous things without number:
Job 26:14 : 14 Lo, these are parts of his ways: but how little a portion is heard of him? but the thunder of his power who can understand?
Job 36:26 : 26 Behold, God is great, and we know him not, neither can the number of his years be searched out.
Eccl 3:11 : 11 He hath made every thing beautiful in his time: also he hath set the world in their heart, so that no man can find out the work that God maketh from the beginning to the end.
Isa 40:21-22 : 21 Have ye not known? have ye not heard? hath it not been told you from the beginning? have ye not understood from the foundations of the earth? 22 It is he that sitteth upon the circle of the earth, and the inhabitants thereof are as grasshoppers; that stretcheth out the heavens as a curtain, and spreadeth them out as a tent to dwell in:
Isa 40:28 : 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.
Rom 11:33 : 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!
Rev 15:3 : 3 And they sing the song of Moses the servant of God, and the song of the Lamb, saying, Great and marvellous are thy works, Lord God Almighty; just and true are thy ways, thou King of saints.
Job 9:10 : 10 Which doeth great things past finding out; yea, and wonders without number.
Job 11:7 : 7 Canst thou by searching find out God? canst thou find out the Almighty unto perfection?
2 Sam 22:14-15 : 14 The LORD thundered from heaven, and the most High uttered his voice. 15 And he sent out arrows, and scattered them; lightning, and discomfited them.

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Job 37:2-4
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