Job 5:9 - Forerunner Commentary

Job 5:9

7 Yet man is ^aborn to trouble,
As the sparks fly upward.

8 “But as for me, I would seek God,
And to God I would commit my cause—

9 Who does great things, and unsearchable,
Marvelous things without number.

10 ^aHe gives rain on the earth,
And sends waters on the fields.

11 ^aHe sets on high those who are lowly,
And those who mourn are lifted to safety.

12 ^aHe frustrates the devices of the crafty,
So that their hands cannot carry out their plans.

13 He catches the ^awise in their own craftiness,
And the counsel of the cunning comes quickly upon them.

14 They meet with darkness in the daytime,
And grope at noontime as in the night.

15 But ^aHe saves the needy from the sword,
From the mouth of the mighty,
And from their hand.

16 ^aSo the poor have hope,
And injustice shuts her mouth.

17 “Behold,^a happy is the man whom God corrects;
Therefore do not despise the chastening of the Almighty.

18 ^aFor He bruises, but He binds up;
He wounds, but His hands make whole.

Verse Comparison: Job 5:9

American Standard Version
Who doeth great things and unsearchable, Marvellous things without number:

Amplified® Bible
Who does great things and unsearchable, marvelous things without number,

Contemporary English Version
His miracles are marvelous, more than we can count.

Darby English Version
Who doeth great things and unsearchable, marvellous things without number;

Good News Bible
We cannot understand the great things he does, and to his miracles there is no end.

King James Version
Which doeth great things and unsearchable; marvellous things without number:

New American Standard Bible
Who does great and unsearchable things, Wonders without number.

New International Version
He performs wonders that cannot be fathomed,
miracles that cannot be counted.

New King James Version
Who does great things, and unsearchable,
Marvelous things without number.

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
Who does great and unsearchable things,

Revised Standard Version
who does great things and unsearchable, marvelous things without number:

Young's Literal Translation
Doing great things, and there is no searching. Wonderful, till there is no numbering.

New English Translation
He does¹ great and unsearchable² things, marvelous things without³ number;⁴