King James Version
Job 5:9 in the King James Version says “Which doeth great things and unsearchable ; marvellous things without number: unsearchable: Heb. there is no search with...” — study this verse from Job chapter 5 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“Which doeth great things and unsearchable ; marvellous things without number: unsearchable: Heb. there is no search without: Heb. till there be no number”
Job 5:9 · KJV
Yet man is born unto trouble, as the sparks fly upward. trouble: or, labour sparks: Heb. the sons of the burning coal lift up to fly
I would seek unto God, and unto God would I commit my cause:
Which doeth great things and unsearchable ; marvellous things without number: unsearchable: Heb. there is no search without: Heb. till there be no number
Who giveth rain upon the earth, and sendeth waters upon the fields: fields: Heb. outplaces
To set up on high those that be low; that those which mourn may be exalted to safety.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“marvellous things”
H6381properly, perhaps to separate, i.e., distinguish (literally or figuratively); by implication, to be (causatively, make) great, difficult, wonderful
as far (or long, or much) as, whether of space (even unto) or time (during, while, until) or degree (equally with)
“without number”
H4557a number, definite (arithmetical) or indefinite (large, innumerable; small, a few); also (abstractly) narration
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