en_tn/job/05/08.md

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  • In these verses, Eliphaz continues his speech from en:bible:notes:job:04:01. The writer continues to use parallelism in each verse, conveying a single idea using two different statements to emphasize that Job needs to plead his case to God who does wonderful things. (See: en:ta:vol2:translate:figs_parallelism)
  • great and profound things, marvelous things without number - "great things that cannot be understood, wonders that cannot be counted"
  • great and profound things - Here the writer uses two independent words connected by "and" to emphasize the greatness of God's actions. AT: "greatly profound things" (See: en:ta:vol2:translate:figs_hendiadys)
  • marvelous things - "wonderful things" or "wonders"