“It is He who does great things, the unfathomable, And wondrous works without number.
Parallel translations
- WEB He does great things past finding out; yes, marvelous things without number.
- KJV Which doeth great things past finding out; yea, and wonders 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.
- 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 5:9who does great things that can’t be fathomed, marvelous things without number;
- Ps 72:18Praise be to Yahweh God, the God of Israel, who alone does marvelous deeds.
- Rom 11:33Oh 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!
- Eph 3:20Now to him who is able to do exceedingly abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that works in us,
- Dan 4:2–3It has seemed good to me to show the signs and wonders that the Most High God has worked toward me.
- Ps 136:4To him who alone does great wonders; for his loving kindness endures forever:
- Eccl 3:11He has made everything beautiful in its time. He has also set eternity in their hearts, yet so that man can’t find out the work that God has done from the beginning even to the end.
- Isa 40:26–28Lift up your eyes on high, and see who has created these, who brings out their army by number. He calls them all by name. by the greatness of his might, and because he is strong in power, Not one is lacking.
- Exod 15:11Who is like you, Yahweh, among the gods? Who is like you, glorious in holiness, fearful in praises, doing wonders?
- Ps 71:15My mouth will tell about your righteousness, and of your salvation all day, though I don’t know its full measure.
- Job 37:23We can’t reach the Almighty. He is exalted in power. In justice and great righteousness, he will not oppress.
- Job 26:12–14He stirs up the sea with his power, and by his understanding he strikes through Rahab.
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