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Job 37:5

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God thunders wondrously with His voice; He does great things we cannot comprehend.

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Matthew Henry Bible Commentaryv. 5

Elihu here goes on to extol the wonderful power of God in the meteors and all the changes of the weather: if, in those changes, we submit to the will of God, take the weather as it is and make the best of it, why should we not do so in other changes of our condition? Here he observes the hand of God, I. In the thunder and lightning (Job 37:1-5). II. In the frost and snow, the rains and wind (Job 37:6-13). III. He applies it to Job, and challenges him to solve the phenomena of these works of nature, that confessing his ignorance in them, he might own himself an incompetent judge in the proceedings of divine Providence, (Job 37:14-22). And then, IV. Concludes with his principle, which he undertook to make out, That God is great and greatly to be feared (Job 37:23, Job 37:24).

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Strong's Concordancev. 5

אֵל (ʼêl, H410) — strength; as adjective, mighty; especially the Almighty (but used also of any deity) רָעַם (râʻam, H7481) — to tumble, i.e. be violently agitated; specifically, to crash (of thunder); figuratively,… פָּלָא (pâlâʼ, H6381) — properly, perhaps to separate, i.e. distinguish (literally or figuratively); by… קוֹל (qôwl, H6963) — a voice or sound גָּדוֹל (gâdôwl, H1419) — great (in any sense); hence, older; also insolent עָשָׂה (ʻâsâh, H6213) — to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application יָדַע (yâdaʻ, H3045) — to know (properly, to ascertain by seeing); used in a great variety of senses,…

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Job 5:9rank 12

the One who does great and unsearchable things, wonders without number.

Romans 11:33rank 9

O, the depth of the riches of the wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable are His judgments, and untraceable His ways!

Ecclesiastes 3:11rank 6

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.

Job 9:10rank 6

He does great things beyond searching out, and wonders without number.

Isaiah 40:28rank 6

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.

Revelation of John 15:3rank 5

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!

Job 36:26rank 5

Indeed, God is great—beyond our knowledge; the number of His years is unsearchable.

Job 26:14rank 5

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?”

Job 11:7rank 4

Can you fathom the deep things of God or discover the limits of the Almighty?

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