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Job 5:9

Which doeth great things and unsearchable; marvellous things without number:

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עֹשֶׂ֣הosehdoעָשָׂהverb, qal, participle, absolute — “do”, a verb used as a describing wordH6213to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest applicationaccomplish, advance, appoint, apt, be at, become, bear, bestow, bring forth, bruise, be busy, [idiom] certainly, have the charge of, commit, deal (with), deck, [phrase] displease, do, (ready) dress(-ed), (put in) execute(-ion), exercise, f…גְ֭דֹלוֹתgedolotgreatגָּדוֹלadjective, adjective, feminine, plural, absolute — “great”, the ordinary formH1419great (in any sense); hence, older; also insolent[phrase] aloud, elder(-est), [phrase] exceeding(-ly), [phrase] far, (man of) great (man, matter, thing,-er,-ness), high, long, loud, mighty, more, much, noble, proud thing, [idiom] sore, ([idiom]) very.וְאֵ֣יןveeynand elseאַיִןconjunction, particle, negative — “and else”H369a non-entity; generally used as a negative particleelse, except, fail, (father-) less, be gone, in(-curable), neither, never, no (where), none, nor, (any, thing), not, nothing, to nought, past, un(-searchable), well-nigh, without. Compare H370 (אַיִן).חֵ֑קֶרcheqerfinding outחֵקֶרnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “finding out”, the ordinary formH2714examination, enumeration, deliberationfinding out, number, (un-) search(-able, -ed, out, -ing).נִ֝פְלָא֗וֹתniflaotseparateפָּלָאverb, niphal, participle, absolute — “separate”, a verb used as a describing wordH6381properly, perhaps to separate, i.e. distinguish (literally or figuratively); by implication, to be (causatively, make) great, difficult, wonderfulaccomplish, (arise...too, be too) hard, hidden, things too high, (be, do, do a, shew) marvelous(-ly, -els, things, work), miracles, perform, separate, make singular, (be, great, make) wonderful(-ers, -ly, things, works), wondrous (things,…עַדadevenעַדpreposition — “even”H5704as far (or long, or much) as, whether of space (even unto) or time (during, while, until) or degree (equally with)against, and, as, at, before, by (that), even (to), for(-asmuch as), (hither-) to, [phrase] how long, into, as long (much) as, (so) that, till, toward, until, when, while, ([phrase] as) yet.אֵ֥יןeynelseאַיִןparticle, negative — “else”H369a non-entity; generally used as a negative particleelse, except, fail, (father-) less, be gone, in(-curable), neither, never, no (where), none, nor, (any, thing), not, nothing, to nought, past, un(-searchable), well-nigh, without. Compare H370 (אַיִן).מִסְפָּֽרmisparnumberמִסְפָּרnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “number”, the ordinary formH4557a number, definite (arithmetical) or indefinite (large, innumerable; small, a few); also (abstractly) narration[phrase] abundance, account, [idiom] all, [idiom] few, (in-) finite, (certain) number(-ed), tale, telling, [phrase] time.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

Who doeth great things and unsearchable, marvellous things without number;

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American Standard Version (1901)

Who doeth great things and unsearchable, Marvellous things without number:

Young’s Literal Translation

Doing great things, and there is no searching. Wonderful, till there is no numbering.

World English Bible

who does great things that can’t be fathomed, marvelous things without number;

Darby Translation

Who doeth great things and unsearchable, marvellous things without number;

Douay-Rheims

Who doth great things and unsearchable and wonderful things without number:

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

Who doeth great things and unsearchable, marvellous things without number;

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

who does great things and untraceable, glorious things also, and marvellous, of which there is no number:

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

τὸν ποιοῦντα μεγάλα καὶ ἀνεξιχνίαστα, ἔνδοξά τε καὶ ἐξαίσια, ὧν οὐκ ἔστιν ἀριθμὸς,

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