9:10 he does great and unsearchable things, 1
and wonderful things without number.
32:11 Look, I waited for you to speak; 2
I listened closely to your wise thoughts, 3 while you were searching for words.
1 tn Only slight differences exist between this verse and 5:9 which employs the simple ו (vav) conjunction before אֵין (’eyn) in the first colon and omits the ו (vav) conjunction before נִפְלָאוֹת (nifla’ot, “wonderful things”) in the second colon.
2 tn Heb “for your words.”
3 tn The word means “understanding.” It refers to the faculty of perception and comprehension; but it also can refer to what that produces, especially when it is in the plural (see Ps 49:4). See R. Gordis, Job, 368. Others translate it “reasonings,” “arguments,” etc.