Job 5:9

What does Job 5:9 mean?

A plain-English look at Job 5:9 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

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

KJV

King James Version · 1611

Which doeth great things and unsearchable; marvellous things without number:

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

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

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

Who does great things outside our knowledge, wonders without number:

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

Doing great things, and there is no searching. Wonderful, till there is no numbering.

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

Who doth great things, and unsearchable and wonderful things without number:

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

Who doeth great things and unsearchable, marvellous things without number;

Context

v.8But as for me, I would seek unto God, And unto God would I commit my cause;

v.9This passage

v.10Who giveth rain upon the earth, And sendeth waters upon the fields;

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Psalms 72:18

    Blessed be Jehovah God, the God of Israel, Who only doeth wondrous things:

  • Romans 11:33

    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!

  • Job 37:5

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

  • Job 42:3

    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 26:5

    They that are deceased tremble Beneath the waters and the inhabitants thereof.

  • Job 11:7

    Canst thou by searching find out God? Canst thou find out the Almighty unto perfection?

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