Job 5:9

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

Which 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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King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Job 9:10 : 10 Which doeth great things past finding out; yea, and wonders without number.
Ps 40:5 : 5 Many, O LORD my God, are thy wonderful{H8737)} works which thou hast done{H8804)}, and thy thoughts which are to us-ward: they cannot be reckoned up in order{H8800)} unto thee: if I would declare{H8686)} and speak{H8762)} of them, they are more{H8804)} than can be numbered{H8763)}.
Ps 72:18 : 18 Blessed{H8803)} be the LORD God, the God of Israel, who only doeth{H8802)} wondrous things{H8737)}.
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!
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.
Ps 86:10 : 10 For thou art great, and doest{H8802)} wondrous things{H8737)}: 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 he that hideth counsel without knowledge? therefore have I uttered that 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 as high as heaven; what canst thou do? deeper than hell; what canst thou know? 9 The measure thereof is longer than the earth, and broader than the sea.
Job 26:5-9 : 5 Dead things are formed from under the waters, and the inhabitants thereof. 6 Hell is naked before him, and destruction hath no covering. 7 He stretcheth out the north over the empty place, 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 holdeth back the face of his throne, and spreadeth his cloud upon it. 10 He hath compassed the waters with bounds, until the day and night come to an end. 11 The pillars of heaven tremble and are astonished at his reproof. 12 He divideth the sea with his power, and by his understanding he smiteth through the proud. 13 By his spirit he hath garnished the heavens; his hand hath formed the crooked serpent. 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?
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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