Job 28:9
7 No bird of prey knows that path; no falcon’s eye has seen it.
8 Proud beasts have never trodden it; no lion has ever prowled over it.
The miner strikes the flint; he overturns mountains at their base.
10 He hews out channels in the rocks, and his eyes spot every treasure.
11 He stops up the sources of the streams to bring what is hidden to light.
This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- The miner strikes the flint; he overturns mountains at their base.
- KJV
- He putteth forth his hand upon the rock; he overturneth the mountains by the roots.
- WEB
- He puts his hand on the flinty rock, and he overturns the mountains by the roots.
- ASV
- He putteth forth his hand upon the flinty rock; He overturneth the mountains by the roots.
- DARBY
- [Man] putteth forth his hand upon the flinty rock, he overturneth the mountains by the root.
- BLB
- Against the flinty rock he stretched out his hand; he overturns the hills from the root.
- ÅB
- På den hårde stein legger de sin hånd, de velter hele fjell om fra grunnen av.
- OTB
- Han legger sin hånd på flinten;
Han velter fjellene ved deres grunn. - B1930
- På den hårde sten legger de sin hånd, de velter hele fjell om fra grunnen av.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Nahum 1:4–6
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.
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