the One who does great and unsearchable things, wonders without number.
Parallel translations
- WEB who does great things that can’t be fathomed, marvelous things without number;
- KJV Which doeth great things and unsearchable; marvellous things without number:
- NKJV Who does great things, and unsearchable, Marvelous things without number.
- NASB Who does great and unsearchable things, Wonders without number.
- NLT He does great things too marvelous to understand. He performs countless miracles.
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Quick answer
God does great and unsearchable things and marvelous deeds beyond number. Eliphaz exalts God's limitless power and wisdom as the basis for trusting him.
Overview
Eliphaz launches into a hymn of praise to the God who works wonders past finding out. The theology is sound and beautiful, celebrating divine greatness and inscrutable wisdom. These very words later prove more profound than Eliphaz grasps, for God's unsearchable ways include the mystery of redeeming the world through the suffering of his Son, a marvel beyond all numbering.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 11
- Ps 40:5Many, O LORD my God, are the wonders You have done, and the plans You have for us—none can compare to You—if I proclaim and declare them, they are more than I can count.
- Job 9:10He does great things beyond searching out, and wonders without number.
- Ps 72:18Blessed be the LORD God, the God of Israel, who alone does marvelous deeds.
- Ps 86:10For You are great and perform wonders; You alone are God.
- Job 11:7–9Can you fathom the deep things of God or discover the limits of the Almighty?
- Job 37:5God thunders wondrously with His voice; He does great things we cannot comprehend.
- Job 26:5–14The dead tremble—those beneath the waters and those who dwell in them.
- Rom 11:33O, the depth of the riches of the wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable are His judgments, and untraceable His ways!
- Isa 40:28Do you not know? Have you not heard? The LORD is the everlasting God, the Creator of the ends of the earth. He will not grow tired or weary; His understanding is beyond searching out.
- Ps 139:18If I were to count them, they would outnumber the grains of sand; and when I awake, I am still with You.
- Job 42:3You asked, ‘Who is this who conceals My counsel without knowledge?’ Surely I spoke of things I did not understand, things too wonderful for me to know.
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