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Job 5:9

Job 5:9
Which doeth great things and unsearchable ; marvellous things without number:

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

Which doeth great things,.... The things of creation are great things, the making of the heavens and the earth, and all therein, by the word of the Almighty, out of nothing, and which is a display of…

Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Barnes' Notes

Which doeth great things - The object of this is, to show why Job should commit his cause to God. The reason suggested is, that he had showed himself qualified to govern the world by the great and…

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

Job 5:6-16

Eliphaz, having touched Job in a very tender part, in mentioning both the loss of his estate and the death of his children as the just punishment of his sin, that he might not drive him to despair,…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

This description of God as great in power and wonderful in working supports the implied exhortation in Job 5:5. Eliphaz in Job's place would commit his cause, or exactly as we say colloquially, his…