CINXE.COM

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "//www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="//www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1" /><title>Job 37:5 God thunders wondrously with His voice; He does great things we cannot comprehend.</title><link rel="canonical" href="https://biblehub.com/job/37-5.htm" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/new9.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><meta property="og:image" content="https://biblehub.com/visuals/6/18_Job_37_05.jpg" /><meta property="og:title" content="Job 37:5 - Elihu Proclaims God's Majesty" /><meta property="og:site_name" content="Bible Hub" /><meta property="og:description" content="God thunders wondrously with His voice; He does great things we cannot comprehend." /><script type="application/javascript" src="https://scripts.webcontentassessor.com/scripts/8a2459b64f9cac8122fc7f2eac4409c8555fac9383016db59c4c26e3d5b8b157"></script><script src='https://qd.admetricspro.com/js/biblehub/biblehub-layout-loader-revcatch.js'></script><script id='HyDgbd_1s' src='https://prebidads.revcatch.com/ads.js' type='text/javascript' async></script><script>(function(w,d,b,s,i){var cts=d.createElement(s);cts.async=true;cts.id='catchscript'; cts.dataset.appid=i;cts.src='https://app.protectsubrev.com/catch_rp.js?cb='+Math.random(); document.head.appendChild(cts); }) (window,document,'head','script','rc-anksrH');</script></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="/vmenus/job/37-5.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="/bmc/job/37-5.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="/">Bible</a> > <a href="/job/">Job</a> > <a href="/job/37.htm">Chapter 37</a> > Verse 5</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div><div id="ad1"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/ad5.htm" width="100%" height="48" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="/job/37-4.htm" title="Job 37:4">◄</a> Job 37:5 <a href="/job/37-6.htm" title="Job 37:6">►</a></div></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="topverse"> <a href="#audio" class="clickchap2" title="Context and Audio Bible"> Audio </a> <a href="#crossref" class="clickchap2" title="Cross References"> Cross </a> <a href="#study" class="clickchap2" title="Study Bible"> Study </a> <a href="#commentary" class="clickchap2" title="Commentary"> Comm </a> <a href="#lexicon" class="clickchap2" title="Lexicon"> Heb </a> </div><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheadingv"><b>Verse</b><a href="/bsb/job/37.htm" class="clickchap" style="color:#001320" title="Click any translation name for full chapter">  (Click for Chapter)</a></div><div id="par"><span class="versiontext"><a href="/niv/job/37.htm">New International Version</a></span><br />God&#8217s voice thunders in marvelous ways; he does great things beyond our understanding.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/job/37.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />God’s voice is glorious in the thunder. We can’t even imagine the greatness of his power.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/job/37.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />God thunders wondrously with his voice; he does great things that we cannot comprehend.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/job/37.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />God thunders wondrously with His voice; He does great things we cannot comprehend.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/job/37.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />God thundereth marvellously with his voice; great things doeth he, which we cannot comprehend.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/job/37.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />God thunders marvelously with His voice; He does great things which we cannot comprehend.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/job/37.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />“God thunders wondrously with His voice, Doing great things which we do not comprehend.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/job/37.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />&#8220God thunders with His voice wondrously, Doing great things which we cannot comprehend.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/job/37.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />“God thunders with His voice wondrously, Doing great things which we cannot comprehend.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/job/37.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />God thunders with His voice marvelously, Doing great things which we do not know.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/job/37.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />“God thunders marvelously with His voice; He does great things which we cannot comprehend.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/job/37.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />God thunders wondrously with his voice; he does great things that we cannot comprehend.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/job/37.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />God thunders marvelously with His voice; He does great things that we cannot comprehend. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/job/37.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />God thundereth marvellously with his voice; Great things doeth he, which we cannot comprehend.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/job/37.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />creating miracles too marvelous for us to understand. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/job/37.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />God thundereth marvelously with his voice; great things doeth he, which we cannot comprehend.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/job/37.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />God's voice thunders in miraculous ways. It does great things that we cannot understand.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/job/37.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />At God's command amazing things happen, wonderful things that we can't understand. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/job/37.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />"God thunders with his wondrous voice; he does awesome works that we don't comprehend.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/job/37.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />God thunders wondrously with His voice; He does great things we cannot comprehend.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/job/37.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />God thunders with his voice in marvelous ways; he does great things beyond our understanding. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/job/37.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />God thunders marvelously with his voice. He does great things, which we can't comprehend.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/job/37.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />God thundereth marvelously with his voice; great things he doeth, which we cannot comprehend.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/job/37.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />God thunders marvelously with his voice. He does great things, which we can’t comprehend. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/job/37.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />God thunders with His voice wonderfully, "" Doing great things and we do not know.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/job/37.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> God thundereth with His voice wonderfully, Doing great things and we know not.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/job/37.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />God will thunder with his voice of wonder, doing great things, and we shall not know.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/job/37.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />God shall thunder wonderfully with his voice, he that doth great and unsearchable things. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/job/37.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />God will thunder with his voice miraculously, for he performs great and unsearchable things.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/job/37.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />God thunders forth marvels with his voice; he does great things beyond our knowing. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/job/37.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />God thunders wondrously with his voice; he does great things that we cannot comprehend.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/job/37.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />God thunders with his voice; great and marvellous things does he, which we cannot understand.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/job/37.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />And God will thunder with his voice; he does wonders, also great things, and he is unknown<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/job/37.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />God thundereth marvellously with His voice; Great things doeth He, which we cannot comprehend.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/job/37.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />The Mighty One shall thunder wonderfully with his voice: for he has done great things which we knew not;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/job/37-5.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/XAwuD5NuZq0?start=5732" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/job/37.htm">Elihu Proclaims God's Majesty</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">4</span>Then there comes a roaring sound; He thunders with His majestic voice. He does not restrain the lightning when His voice resounds. <span class="reftext">5</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/410.htm" title="410: ’êl (N-ms) -- God, in pl. gods. Shortened from 'ayil; strength; as adjective, mighty; especially the Almighty.">God</a> <a href="/hebrew/7481.htm" title="7481: yar·‘êm (V-Hifil-Imperf.Jus-3ms) -- To thunder. A primitive root; to tumble, i.e. Be violently agitated; specifically, to crash; figuratively, to irritate.">thunders</a> <a href="/hebrew/6381.htm" title="6381: nip̄·lā·’ō·wṯ (V-Nifal-Prtcpl-fp) -- A primitive root; properly, perhaps to separate, i.e. Distinguish; by implication, to be great, difficult, wonderful.">wondrously</a> <a href="/hebrew/6963.htm" title="6963: bə·qō·w·lōw (Prep-b:: N-msc:: 3ms) -- Sound, voice. Or qol; from an unused root meaning to call aloud; a voice or sound.">with His voice;</a> <a href="/hebrew/6213.htm" title="6213: ‘ō·śeh (V-Qal-Prtcpl-ms) -- To do, make. A primitive root; to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application.">He does</a> <a href="/hebrew/1419.htm" title="1419: ḡə·ḏō·lō·wṯ (Adj-fp) -- Great. Or gadol; from gadal; great; hence, older; also insolent.">great things</a> <a href="/hebrew/3808.htm" title="3808: wə·lō (Conj-w:: Adv-NegPrt) -- Not. Or lowi; or loh; a primitive particle; not; by implication, no; often used with other particles.">we cannot</a> <a href="/hebrew/3045.htm" title="3045: nê·ḏā‘ (V-Qal-Imperf-1cp) -- A primitive root; to know; used in a great variety of senses, figuratively, literally, euphemistically and inferentially.">comprehend.</a> </span><span class="reftext">6</span>For He says to the snow, ‘Fall on the earth,’ and to the gentle rain, ‘Pour out a mighty downpour.’…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/29-3.htm">Psalm 29:3-9</a></span><br />The voice of the LORD is over the waters; the God of glory thunders; the LORD is heard over many waters. / The voice of the LORD is powerful; the voice of the LORD is majestic. / The voice of the LORD breaks the cedars; the LORD shatters the cedars of Lebanon. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/77-18.htm">Psalm 77:18</a></span><br />Your thunder resounded in the whirlwind; the lightning lit up the world; the earth trembled and quaked.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/104-7.htm">Psalm 104:7</a></span><br />At Your rebuke the waters fled; at the sound of Your thunder they hurried away—<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/40-26.htm">Isaiah 40:26</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/55-9.htm">Isaiah 55:9</a></span><br />“For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so My ways are higher than your ways and My thoughts than your thoughts.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/10-13.htm">Jeremiah 10:13</a></span><br />When He thunders, the waters in the heavens roar; He causes the clouds to rise from the ends of the earth. He generates the lightning with the rain and brings forth the wind from His storehouses.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/51-16.htm">Jeremiah 51:16</a></span><br />When He thunders, the waters in the heavens roar; He causes the clouds to rise from the ends of the earth. He generates the lightning with the rain and brings forth the wind from His storehouses.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/nahum/1-3.htm">Nahum 1:3-6</a></span><br />The LORD is slow to anger and great in power; the LORD will by no means leave the guilty unpunished. His path is in the whirlwind and storm, and clouds are the dust beneath His feet. / He rebukes the sea and dries it up; He makes all the rivers run dry. Bashan and Carmel wither, and the flower of Lebanon wilts. / The mountains quake before Him, and the hills melt away; the earth trembles at His presence—the world and all its dwellers. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/exodus/9-23.htm">Exodus 9:23-29</a></span><br />So Moses stretched out his staff toward heaven, and the LORD sent thunder and hail, and lightning struck the earth. So the LORD rained down hail upon the land of Egypt. / The hail fell and the lightning continued flashing through it. The hail was so severe that nothing like it had ever been seen in all the land of Egypt from the time it became a nation. / Throughout the land of Egypt, the hail struck down everything in the field, both man and beast; it beat down every plant of the field and stripped every tree. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_samuel/12-16.htm">1 Samuel 12:16-18</a></span><br />Now, therefore, present yourselves and see this great thing that the LORD will do before your eyes. / Is it not the wheat harvest today? I will call on the LORD to send thunder and rain, so that you will know and see what a great evil you have committed in the sight of the LORD by asking for a king.” / So Samuel called to the LORD, and on that day the LORD sent thunder and rain. As a result, all the people greatly feared the LORD and Samuel.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_kings/19-11.htm">1 Kings 19:11-12</a></span><br />Then the LORD said, “Go out and stand on the mountain before the LORD. Behold, the LORD is about to pass by.” And a great and mighty wind tore into the mountains and shattered the rocks before the LORD, but the LORD was not in the wind. After the wind there was an earthquake, but the LORD was not in the earthquake. / After the earthquake there was a fire, but the LORD was not in the fire. And after the fire came a still, small voice.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/8-26.htm">Matthew 8:26-27</a></span><br />“You of little faith,” Jesus replied, “why are you so afraid?” Then He got up and rebuked the winds and the sea, and it was perfectly calm. / The men were amazed and asked, “What kind of man is this? Even the winds and the sea obey Him!”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/mark/4-39.htm">Mark 4:39-41</a></span><br />Then Jesus got up and rebuked the wind and the sea. “Silence!” He commanded. “Be still!” And the wind died down, and it was perfectly calm. / “Why are you so afraid?” He asked. “Do you still have no faith?” / Overwhelmed with fear, they asked one another, “Who is this, that even the wind and the sea obey Him?”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/8-24.htm">Luke 8:24-25</a></span><br />The disciples went and woke Him, saying, “Master, Master, we are perishing!” Then Jesus got up and rebuked the wind and the raging waters, and they subsided, and all was calm. / “Where is your faith?” He asked. Frightened and amazed, they asked one another, “Who is this? He commands even the winds and the water, and they obey Him!”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/john/12-28.htm">John 12:28-29</a></span><br />Father, glorify Your name!” Then a voice came from heaven: “I have glorified it, and I will glorify it again.” / The crowd standing there heard it and said that it had thundered. Others said that an angel had spoken to Him.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">God thunders marvelously with his voice; great things does he, which we cannot comprehend.</p><p class="hdg">thundereth</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/2_samuel/22-14.htm">2 Samuel 22:14,15</a></b></br> The LORD thundered from heaven, and the most High uttered his voice… </p><p class="hdg">great</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/job/5-9.htm">Job 5:9</a></b></br> Which doeth great things and unsearchable; marvellous things without number:</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/job/9-10.htm">Job 9:10</a></b></br> Which doeth great things past finding out; yea, and wonders without number.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/job/11-7.htm">Job 11:7</a></b></br> Canst thou by searching find out God? canst thou find out the Almighty unto perfection?</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/job/36-26.htm">Comprehend</a> <a href="/job/36-2.htm">God's</a> <a href="/job/36-26.htm">Great</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/26-15.htm">Marvellously</a> <a href="/job/9-10.htm">Marvelous</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/26-15.htm">Marvelously</a> <a href="/job/36-26.htm">Searched</a> <a href="/job/37-4.htm">Thundereth</a> <a href="/job/37-4.htm">Thunders</a> <a href="/job/36-26.htm">Understanding</a> <a href="/job/37-4.htm">Voice</a> <a href="/job/36-23.htm">Ways</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/2-9.htm">Wonderfully</a> <a href="/job/11-6.htm">Wonders</a> <a href="/judges/13-19.htm">Wondrously</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/proverbs/1-2.htm">Comprehend</a> <a href="/job/37-14.htm">God's</a> <a href="/job/37-6.htm">Great</a> <a href="/habakkuk/1-5.htm">Marvellously</a> <a href="/psalms/9-1.htm">Marvelous</a> <a href="/isaiah/29-14.htm">Marvelously</a> <a href="/job/42-3.htm">Searched</a> <a href="/psalms/29-3.htm">Thundereth</a> <a href="/psalms/29-3.htm">Thunders</a> <a href="/job/38-4.htm">Understanding</a> <a href="/job/38-34.htm">Voice</a> <a href="/job/40-19.htm">Ways</a> <a href="/psalms/17-7.htm">Wonderfully</a> <a href="/job/37-14.htm">Wonders</a> <a href="/psalms/17-7.htm">Wondrously</a><div class="vheading2">Job 37</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/job/37-1.htm">God is to be feared because of his great works</a></span><br><span class="reftext">15. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/job/37-15.htm">His wisdom is unsearchable in them</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> <br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/job/37.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/job/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/job/37.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>God thunders wondrously with His voice;</b><br>This phrase emphasizes the power and majesty of God's voice, often depicted in Scripture as thunderous and awe-inspiring. In the context of Job, this imagery reflects God's sovereignty and authority over creation. The thunderous voice of God is reminiscent of the theophany at Mount Sinai (<a href="/exodus/19-16.htm">Exodus 19:16-19</a>), where God's presence was accompanied by thunder and lightning, signifying His holiness and power. The use of "thunders" also connects to <a href="/psalms/29.htm">Psalm 29</a>, where the voice of the Lord is described as powerful and full of majesty, breaking cedars and shaking the wilderness. This imagery serves to remind believers of God's ultimate control over nature and His ability to communicate His will through creation.<p><b>He does great things we cannot comprehend.</b><br>This phrase highlights the mystery and incomprehensibility of God's actions and purposes. Throughout the Book of Job, the theme of human limitation in understanding God's ways is prevalent. Job's friends attempt to explain his suffering through human reasoning, but God's response underscores that His ways are higher than human ways (<a href="/isaiah/55-8.htm">Isaiah 55:8-9</a>). The "great things" God does are often beyond human understanding, as seen in the creation narrative (Genesis 1) and the miracles throughout the Bible, such as the parting of the Red Sea (Exodus 14) and the resurrection of Jesus Christ (<a href="/matthew/28-5.htm">Matthew 28:5-6</a>). This phrase encourages believers to trust in God's wisdom and sovereignty, even when His actions are beyond human comprehension, pointing to the ultimate mystery of God's redemptive plan through Christ, which was hidden for ages but revealed in the New Testament (<a href="/ephesians/3-9.htm">Ephesians 3:9-11</a>).<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/j/job.htm">Job</a></b><br>A man of great faith and patience, who endured immense suffering and sought understanding of God's ways.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/e/elihu.htm">Elihu</a></b><br>A young man who speaks to Job and his friends, offering a perspective on God's majesty and justice.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/g/god.htm">God</a></b><br>The Almighty Creator, whose power and wisdom are beyond human understanding.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/h/heavenly_realm.htm">Heavenly Realm</a></b><br>The domain from which God speaks and acts, demonstrating His sovereignty over creation.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/n/nature.htm">Nature</a></b><br>The natural world, which serves as a testament to God's power and majesty.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/t/the_majesty_of_god's_voice.htm">The Majesty of God's Voice</a></b><br>God's voice is not only powerful but also wondrous, reflecting His divine majesty and authority over all creation.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_incomprehensibility_of_god's_works.htm">The Incomprehensibility of God's Works</a></b><br>We are reminded that God's actions and plans are beyond human understanding, calling us to trust in His wisdom and sovereignty.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/h/humility_before_god.htm">Humility Before God</a></b><br>Recognizing our limited understanding should lead us to a posture of humility and reverence before God.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/trust_in_god's_sovereignty.htm">Trust in God's Sovereignty</a></b><br>Even when we cannot comprehend His ways, we can trust that God is doing great things for His purposes and glory.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/n/nature_as_a_testament_to_god's_power.htm">Nature as a Testament to God's Power</a></b><br>Observing the natural world can deepen our appreciation for God's creative power and His ongoing involvement in the world.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_job_37.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Job 37</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_does_psalm_29_3_align_with_meteorology.htm">Psalm 29:3 refers to God’s voice thundering over the waters; how does this align with modern meteorological explanations of storms and thunder? </a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_do_disasters_fit_god's_purposes.htm">Job 37:12–13 claims storms fulfill God’s purposes of punishment or blessing; how do natural disaster patterns fit this idea? </a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/is_rain_solely_divine,_per_science.htm">Jeremiah 14:22: Is attributing rainfall solely to divine intervention consistent with modern scientific understanding of meteorology?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/does_job_38_22_misinterpret_snow.htm">Does Job 38:22’s reference to “storehouses of snow” suggest a misunderstanding of meteorology? </a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/job/37.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 5.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">God thundereth marvellously with his voice</span>. In finishing off his description of the thunderstorm, Elihu dwells upon its marvellousness. Each step in the entire process is strange and wonderful, beyond man's comprehension; and the lesson to be drawn from the consideration of the whole series of phenomena is that <span class="cmt_word">great things doeth he</span> (<span class="accented">i.e.</span> God), <span class="cmt_word">which we cannot comprehend</span>. Even after all that has been done of late years to advance the science of meteorolegy, it cannot be said that the <span class="accented">rationale</span> of storms is fully grasped by the scientific intellect <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/job/37-5.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">God</span><br /><span class="heb">אֵ֣ל</span> <span class="translit">(’êl)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_410.htm">Strong's 410: </a> </span><span class="str2">Strength -- as adjective, mighty, the Almighty</span><br /><br /><span class="word">thunders</span><br /><span class="heb">יַרְעֵ֤ם</span> <span class="translit">(yar·‘êm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Hifil - Imperfect Jussive - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7481.htm">Strong's 7481: </a> </span><span class="str2">To tumble, be violently agitated, to crash, to irritate</span><br /><br /><span class="word">wondrously</span><br /><span class="heb">נִפְלָא֑וֹת</span> <span class="translit">(nip̄·lā·’ō·wṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Nifal - Participle - feminine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6381.htm">Strong's 6381: </a> </span><span class="str2">To separate, distinguish, to be, great, difficult, wonderful</span><br /><br /><span class="word">with His voice;</span><br /><span class="heb">בְּ֭קוֹלוֹ</span> <span class="translit">(bə·qō·w·lōw)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6963.htm">Strong's 6963: </a> </span><span class="str2">A voice, sound</span><br /><br /><span class="word">He does</span><br /><span class="heb">עֹשֶׂ֥ה</span> <span class="translit">(‘ō·śeh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6213.htm">Strong's 6213: </a> </span><span class="str2">To do, make</span><br /><br /><span class="word">great things</span><br /><span class="heb">גְ֝דֹל֗וֹת</span> <span class="translit">(ḡə·ḏō·lō·wṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adjective - feminine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1419.htm">Strong's 1419: </a> </span><span class="str2">Great, older, insolent</span><br /><br /><span class="word">we cannot</span><br /><span class="heb">וְלֹ֣א</span> <span class="translit">(wə·lō)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Adverb - Negative particle<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3808.htm">Strong's 3808: </a> </span><span class="str2">Not, no</span><br /><br /><span class="word">comprehend.</span><br /><span class="heb">נֵדָֽע׃</span> <span class="translit">(nê·ḏā‘)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3045.htm">Strong's 3045: </a> </span><span class="str2">To know</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/job/37-5.htm">Job 37:5 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/job/37-5.htm">Job 37:5 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/job/37-5.htm">Job 37:5 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/job/37-5.htm">Job 37:5 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/job/37-5.htm">Job 37:5 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/job/37-5.htm">Job 37:5 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/job/37-5.htm">Job 37:5 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/job/37-5.htm">Job 37:5 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/job/37-5.htm">Job 37:5 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/job/37-5.htm">Job 37:5 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/job/37-5.htm">OT Poetry: Job 37:5 God thunders marvelously with his voice (Jb) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/job/37-4.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Job 37:4"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Job 37:4" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/job/37-6.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Job 37:6"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Job 37:6" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>