Job 37:5
3 He unleashes His lightning beneath the whole sky and sends it to the ends of the earth.
4 Then there comes a roaring sound; He thunders with His majestic voice. He does not restrain the lightning when His voice resounds.
God thunders wondrously with His voice; He does great things we cannot comprehend.
6 For He says to the snow, ‘Fall on the earth,’ and to the gentle rain, ‘Pour out a mighty downpour.’
7 He seals up the hand of every man, so that all men may know His work.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- God thunders wondrously with His voice; He does great things we cannot comprehend.
- KJV
- God thundereth marvellously with his voice; great things doeth he, which we cannot comprehend.
- WEB
- God thunders marvelously with his voice. He does great things, which we can’t comprehend.
- ASV
- God thundereth marvellously with his voice; Great things doeth he, which we cannot comprehend.
- DARBY
- God thundereth marvellously with his voice, doing great things which we do not comprehend.
- BLB
- God thunders with His voice wondrously; He does great [things] that we cannot know.
- ÅB
- Gud tordner underfullt med sin røst; han gjør storverk, og vi forstår dem ikke.
- OTB
- Gud tordner underfullt med sin stemme,
Utfører store ting utover vår forståelse. - B1930
- Gud tordner underfullt med sin røst; han gjør storverk, og vi forstår dem ikke.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Job 5:9
the One who does great and unsearchable things, wonders without number.
Read in contextRomans 11:33
O, the depth of the riches of the wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable are His judgments, and untraceable His ways!
Read in contextJob 9:10
He does great things beyond searching out, and wonders without number.
Read in contextIsaiah 40:28
Do 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.
Read in contextEcclesiastes 3:11
He has made everything beautiful in its time. He has also set eternity in the hearts of men, yet they cannot fathom the work that God has done from beginning to end.
Read in contextJob 36:26
Indeed, God is great—beyond our knowledge; the number of His years is unsearchable.
Read in contextRevelation 15:3
and they sang the song of God’s servant Moses and of the Lamb: “Great and wonderful are Your works, O Lord God Almighty! Just and true are Your ways, O King of the nations!
Read in contextJob 26:14
Indeed, these are but the fringes of His ways; how faint is the whisper we hear of Him! Who then can understand the thunder of His power?”
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