Which doeth great things past finding out; yea, and wonders without number.
Parallel translations
- WEB He does great things past finding out; yes, marvelous things without number.
- BSB He does great things beyond searching out, and wonders without number.
- NKJV He does great things past finding out, Yes, wonders without number.
- NASB “It is He who does great things, the unfathomable, And wondrous works without number.
- NLT He does great things too marvelous to understand. He performs countless miracles.
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Quick answer
Job concludes that God does great and unsearchable things, marvels beyond number. God's works exceed all human understanding.
Overview
Summing up his hymn, Job declares God's deeds past finding out and his wonders countless. This nearly word-for-word echoes Eliphaz (Job 5:9), showing Job affirms God's greatness even while struggling. The unsearchable wisdom of God is a steady biblical theme (Romans 11:33) that calls finite creatures to trust rather than fully comprehend.
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Cross-references · 12
- Job 5:9Which doeth great things and unsearchable; marvellous things without number:
- Ps 72:18Blessed be the LORD God, the God of Israel, who only doeth wondrous things.
- Rom 11:33O the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God! how unsearchable are his judgments, and his ways past finding out!
- Eph 3:20Now unto him that is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that worketh in us,
- Dan 4:2–3I thought it good to shew the signs and wonders that the high God hath wrought toward me.
- Ps 136:4To him who alone doeth great wonders: for his mercy endureth for ever.
- Eccl 3:11He 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 40:26–28Lift up your eyes on high, and behold who hath created these things, that bringeth out their host by number: he calleth them all by names by the greatness of his might, for that he is strong in power; not one faileth.
- Exod 15:11Who is like unto thee, O LORD, among the gods? who is like thee, glorious in holiness, fearful in praises, doing wonders?
- Ps 71:15My mouth shall shew forth thy righteousness and thy salvation all the day; for I know not the numbers thereof.
- Job 37:23Touching the Almighty, we cannot find him out: he is excellent in power, and in judgment, and in plenty of justice: he will not afflict.
- Job 26:12–14He divideth the sea with his power, and by his understanding he smiteth through the proud.
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