Job 28:9
7 There is a path which no fowl knoweth, and which the vulture’s eye hath not seen:
8 The lion’s whelps have not trodden it, nor the fierce lion passed by it.
He putteth forth his hand upon the rock; he overturneth the mountains by the roots.
10 He cutteth out rivers among the rocks; and his eye seeth every precious thing.
11 He bindeth the floods from overflowing; and the thing that is hid bringeth he forth 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 rebuketh the sea, and maketh it dry, and drieth up all the rivers: Bashan languisheth, and Carmel, and the flower of Lebanon languisheth.
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