11 translations · Hebrew
Psalm 40:5
Many, Yahweh, my God, are the wonderful works which you have done, and your thoughts which are toward us. They can’t be declared back to you. If I would declare and speak of them, they are more than can be counted.
Psalm 40:5 in 11 translations
- WEB World English Bible
- Many, Yahweh, my God, are the wonderful works which you have done, and your thoughts which are toward us. They can’t be declared back to you. If I would declare and speak of them, they are more than can be counted.
- KJV King James Version
- Many, O LORD my God, are thy wonderful works which thou hast done, and thy thoughts which are to us-ward: they cannot be reckoned up in order unto thee: if I would declare and speak of them, they are more than can be numbered.
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- Many, O LORD my God, are the wonders You have done, and the plans You have for us— none can compare to You— if I proclaim and declare them, they are more than I can count.
- ASV American Standard Version
- Many, O Jehovah my God, are the wonderful works which thou hast done, And thy thoughts which are to us-ward: They cannot be set in order unto thee; If I would declare and speak of them, They are more than can be numbered.
- LSV Literal Standard Version
- You have done much, my God YHWH; Your wonders and Your thoughts toward us, || There is none to arrange to You, || I declare and speak: They have been more than to be numbered.
- FBV Free Bible Version
- Lord my God, you have done so many wonderful things for us, and you have so many plans for us. No one compares to you. I want to tell all that you've done—blessings too many to count.
- YLT Young’s Literal Translation
- Much hast Thou done, Jehovah my God; Thy wonders and Thy thoughts toward us, There is none to arrange unto Thee, I declare and speak: They have been more than to be numbered.
- DBY Darby Translation
- Thou, O Jehovah my God, hast multiplied thy marvellous works, and thy thoughts toward us: they cannot be reckoned up in order unto thee; would I declare and speak [them], they are more than can be numbered.
- WBT Webster’s Bible
- Many, O LORD, my God, are thy wonderful works which thou hast done, and thy thoughts which are toward us, they cannot be reckoned up in order to thee: if I would declare and speak of them , they are more than can be numbered.
- WEBC World English Bible (Catholic)
- Many, LORD, my God, are the wonderful works which you have done, and your thoughts which are toward us. They can’t be declared back to you. If I would declare and speak of them, they are more than can be counted.
- DRA Douay-Rheims 1899 · Psalm 39:6 in this edition
- Thou hast multiplied thy wonderful works, O Lord my God: and in thy thoughts there is no one like to thee. I have declared and I have spoken they are multiplied above number.
The Hebrew words
Each word of the Hebrew text in order, with its transliteration, the Berean Standard Bible’s English for it, and its Strong’s number and short definition.
| Word | Transliteration | English (BSB) | Strong’s |
|---|---|---|---|
| רַבּ֤וֹת | rab·bō·wṯ | Many | H7227 רַב many |
| עָשִׂ֨יתָ׀ | ‘ā·śî·ṯā | have done | H6213 עָשָׂה to make: do |
| אַתָּ֤ה׀ | ’at·tāh | You | H859 אַתָּ֫ה you(m.s.) |
| יְהוָ֣ה | Yah·weh | O LORD | H3068 יְהֹוָה LORD |
| אֱלֹהַי֮ | ’ĕ·lō·hay | my God | H430 אֱלֹהִים God |
| נִֽפְלְאֹתֶ֥יךָ | nip̄·lə·’ō·ṯe·ḵā | are the wonders | H6381 פָּלָא to wonder |
| וּמַחְשְׁבֹתֶ֗יךָ | ū·maḥ·šə·ḇō·ṯe·ḵā | and the plans You have | H4284 מַחֲשָׁבָה plot |
| אֵ֫לֵ֥ינוּ | ’ê·lê·nū | for us | H413 אֶל to(wards) |
| אֵ֤ין׀ | ’ên | none | H369 אַ֫יִן nothing |
| עֲרֹ֬ךְ | ‘ă·rōḵ | can compare | H6186 עָרַךְ to arrange |
| אֵלֶ֗יךָ | ’ê·le·ḵā | to You | H413 אֶל to(wards) |
| אַגִּ֥ידָה | ’ag·gî·ḏāh | if I proclaim | H5046 נָגַד to tell |
| וַאֲדַבֵּ֑רָה | wa·’ă·ḏab·bê·rāh | and declare them | H1696 דָבַר to speak: speak |
| עָ֝צְמ֗וּ | ‘ā·ṣə·mū | they are more than | H6105 עָצֹם be vast |
| מִסַּפֵּֽר׃ | mis·sap·pêr | [I] can count | H5608 סָפַר to recount |
Related verses
- Jeremiah 29:11
For I know the thoughts that I think toward you,” says Yahweh, “thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you hope and a future.
- Exodus 15:11
Who is like you, Yahweh, among the gods? Who is like you, glorious in holiness, fearful in praises, doing wonders?
- Psalm 139:17–18
How precious to me are your thoughts, God! How vast is their sum! If I would count them, they are more in number than the sand. When I wake up, I am still with you.
- Psalm 71:15
My mouth will tell about your righteousness, and of your salvation all day, though I don’t know its full measure.
- Psalm 92:5
How great are your works, Yahweh! Your thoughts are very deep.
- Psalm 136:4
To him who alone does great wonders; for his loving kindness endures forever:
- Job 9:10
He does great things past finding out; yes, marvelous things without number.
- Psalm 139:6
This knowledge is beyond me. It’s lofty. I can’t attain it.
- Isaiah 55:8–9
“For my thoughts are not your thoughts, and your ways are not my ways,” says Yahweh. “For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts.
- Job 5:9
who does great things that can’t be fathomed, marvelous things without number;
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In context
3 He has put a new song in my mouth, even praise to our God. Many shall see it, and fear, and shall trust in Yahweh.
4 Blessed is the man who makes Yahweh his trust, and doesn’t respect the proud, nor such as turn away to lies.
5 Many, Yahweh, my God, are the wonderful works which you have done, and your thoughts which are toward us. They can’t be declared back to you. If I would declare and speak of them, they are more than can be counted.
6 Sacrifice and offering you didn’t desire. You have opened my ears. You have not required burnt offering and sin offering.
7 Then I said, “Behold, I have come. It is written about me in the book in the scroll.
Read all of Psalm 40 in the World English Bible.
Edition and source notes
Each translation is shown as its source prints it, in its own verse numbering; where an edition numbers this verse differently, its own reference is given. The World English Bible, King James Version and Berean Standard Bible link to their chapter pages. Edition notes.
Literal Standard Version (2020) © Covenant Press and the Covenant Christian Coalition, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0. Imported from the checksum-pinned eBible.org USFX source; the extracted verse text is an adaptation shared under the same license. Free Bible Version (2018) © Dr. Jonathan Gallagher, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0. Imported from the checksum-pinned eBible.org USFX source; the extracted verse text is an adaptation shared under the same license.
The original words and their English come from the Berean Standard Bible translation tables (public domain); lemmas and short definitions from STEPBible (CC BY 4.0), with Greek definitions based on Abbott-Smith.
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