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Job 9:10
He does great things beyond searching out, and wonders without number.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — Job addresses his three friends mid-dialogue (ch. 9), asserting that God's works exceed human comprehension as part of his argument that no one can stand before Him.
The words — חֵקֶר (ḥēqer, "inquiry, searching") is negated by the construction עד אין ("until there is no"), producing the sense that what God does is not merely hard to find but beyond the reach of investigation altogether.
The thread — Job 5:9 is nearly verbatim ("great and unsearchable things, wonders without number"), and Romans 11:33 extends the same logic to God's judgments: "unsearchable… untraceable."
Why it lands — It blocks the impulse to reduce God's actions to a solvable equation and forces the question of whether one can accept a sovereign whose logic is not available for audit.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
Which doeth great things past finding out; yea, and wonders without number.
Cross-references
- Job 5:9 the One who does great and unsearchable things, wonders without number.
- Psalms 72:18 Blessed be the LORD God, the God of Israel, who alone does marvelous deeds.
- Romans 11:33 O, the depth of the riches of the wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable are His judgments, and untraceable His ways!
- Ephesians 3:20 Now to Him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to His power that is at work within us,
- Psalms 136:4 He alone does great wonders. His loving devotion endures forever.
- Daniel 4:2 I am pleased to declare the signs and wonders that the Most High God has performed for me.
- Ecclesiastes 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.
- Isaiah 40:26 Lift up your eyes on high: Who created all these? He leads forth the starry host by number; He calls each one by name. Because of His great power and mighty strength, not one of them is missing.
- Exodus 15:11 Who among the gods is like You, O LORD? Who is like You—majestic in holiness, revered with praises, performing wonders?
- Psalms 71:15 My mouth will declare Your righteousness and Your salvation all day long, though I cannot know their full measure.