JOB 37:5 Parallel Verse View

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OET (OET-RV) When God speaks, it’s awesome, like thunder,
⇔ doing amazing things that we can’t even comprehend.

Key: khaki:verbs, red:negative, blue:Elohim.
Note: Automatic aligning of the OET-RV to the LV is done by some temporary software, hence the OET-RV alignments are incomplete (and may occasionally be wrong).

BrLXX Βροντήσει ὁ ἰσχυρὸς ἐν φωνῇ αὐτοῦ θαυμάσια· ἐποίησε γὰρ μεγάλα ἃ οὐκ ᾔδειμεν,
(Brontaʸsei ho isⱪuros en fōnaʸ autou thaumasia; epoiaʸse gar megala ha ouk aʸdeimen, )

BrTr The Mighty One shall thunder wonderfully with his voice: for he has done great things which we knew not;

ULT God thunders marvelously with his voice,
⇔ doing great things and we do not know.

UST When we hear thunder, it is as if God is shouting in an amazing way.
⇔ God does things that are too wonderful for us to understand.

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

OEB God letteth us see His wonders;
⇔ Great things beyond knowledge He doeth.

WEBBE God thunders marvellously with his voice.
⇔ He does great things, which we can’t comprehend.

WMBB (Same as above)

NET God thunders with his voice in marvelous ways;
⇔ he does great things beyond our understanding.

LSV God thunders with His voice wonderfully,
Doing great things and we do not know.

FBV God's thunderous voice is wonderful! We can't comprehend the great things he does!

T4T When God speaks, it is awesome, like thunder;
⇔ he does amazing things which we cannot fully understand.

LEB • he does great things, and we cannot comprehend.

BBE He does wonders, more than may be searched out; great things of which we have no knowledge;

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JPS God thundereth marvellously with His voice; great things doeth He, which we cannot comprehend.

ASV God thundereth marvellously with his voice;
⇔ Great things doeth he, which we cannot comprehend.

DRA God shall thunder wonderfully with his voice, he that doth great and unsearchable things.

YLT God thundereth with His voice wonderfully, Doing great things and we know not.

Drby [fn]God thundereth marvellously with his voice, doing great things which we do not comprehend.

37.5 El

RV God thundereth marvelously with his voice; great things doeth he, which we cannot comprehend.

Wbstr God thundereth marvelously with his voice; great things he doeth, which we cannot comprehend.

KJB-1769 God thundereth marvellously with his voice; great things doeth he, which we cannot comprehend.

KJB-1611 God thundereth maruellously with his voice: great things doth hee, which we cannot comprehend.
(God thundereth marvellously with his voice: great things doth he, which we cannot comprehend.)

Bshps God thundreth marueylously with his voyce, great thinges doth he which we can not comprehend.
(God thundreth marvellously with his voice, great things doth he which we cannot comprehend.)

Gnva God thundereth marueilously with his voyce: he worketh great things, which we know not.
(God thundereth marvellously with his voice: he worketh great things, which we know not. )

Cvdl when God sendeth out his voyce: greate thinges doth he, which we can not coprehende.
(when God sendeth/sends out his voice: great things doth he, which we cannot coprehende.)

Wycl God schal thundre in his vois wondurfulli, that makith grete thingis and that moun not be souyt out.
(God shall thundre in his voice wondurfulli, that makith great things and that moun not be souyt out.)

Luth GOtt donnert mit seinem Donner greulich und tut große Dinge, und wird doch nicht erkannt.
(God donnert with his Donner greulich and tut large Dinge, and becomes though/but not erkannt.)

ClVg Tonabit Deus in voce sua mirabiliter, qui facit magna et inscrutabilia;
(Tonabit God in voce his_own mirabiliter, who facit magna and inscrutabilia; )

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

יַרְעֵ֤ם אֵ֣ל בְּ֭⁠קוֹל⁠וֹ נִפְלָא֑וֹת

thunders god in/on/at/with,voice_of,his wondrously

Elihu is once again speaking as if thunder were God speaking. If it would be clearer in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “How marvelous thunder is! It is as if God himself is speaking”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

וְ⁠לֹ֣א נֵדָֽע

and=not comprehend

Here the term know has the sense of “understand” rather than “be aware of.” Elihu is not saying that people do not realize that God is doing great things. He is saying that people are not able to understand or appreciate the great things they see God doing. You could indicate that in your translation if it would be helpful to your readers. Alternate translation: “that people cannot comprehend”

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