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Job 28:9
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The miner uses a flint tooland turns up ore from the root of the mountains.
He puts forth his hand on the flinty rock, And he overturns the mountains by the roots.
He putteth forth his hand upon the rock; he overturneth the mountains by the roots.
"Man puts his hand to the flinty rock and overturns mountains by the roots.
Miners hit the rocks of flint and dig away at the bottom of the mountains.
On the flinty rock man has set to work with his hand; he has overturned mountains at their bases.
"Man puts his hand on [and tears apart] the flinty rock; He overturns the mountains at the base [looking for treasure].
"He puts his hand on the flint; He overturns the mountains at the base.
He puts forth his hand on the flinty rock, And he overturns the mountains by the roots.
He putteth his hand vpon the rockes, & ouerthroweth the mountaines by the rootes.
He sends his hand forth to the flint;He overturns the mountains at the base.
The miner strikes the flint; he overturns mountains at their base.
With their own hands they remove sharp rocks and uproot mountains.
"[The miner] attacks the flint, overturns mountains at their roots,
[Man] putteth forth his hand upon the flinty rock, he overturneth the mountains by the root.
Miners dig the hardest rocks. They dig away at the mountains and make them bare.
The miner puts forth his hand upon the hard rock to break it; he overturns the mountains from their foundations.
Miners dig the hardest rocks, Dig mountains away at their base.
He puts his hand on the hard rock; he overturns mountains by the roots.
He places his hand on the flint places; He overturns mountains by the roots.
There putteth he his honde vpon the stony rockes, & ouerthroweth the mountaynes.
He putteth forth his hand upon the flinty rock; He overturneth the mountains by the roots.
Man puts out his hand on the hard rock, overturning mountains by the roots.
He putteth forth his hand upon the flinty rock; He overturneth the mountains by the roots.
Hee putteth foorth his hand vpon the rocke; hee ouerturneth the mountaines by the rootes.
[There] putteth he his hande vpon the stonie rockes, and ouerthroweth the mountaynes by the rootes.
He has stretched forth his hand on the sharp rock, and turned up mountains by the roots:
He putteth forth his hand upon the flinty rock; he overturneth the mountains by the roots.
God stretchide forth his hond to a flynt; he distriede hillis fro the rootis.
He puts forth his hand on the flinty rock; He overturns the mountains by the roots.
He putteth forth his hand upon the rock; he overturneth the mountains by the roots.
People know how to tear apart flinty rocks and overturn the roots of mountains.
Man puts his hand on the hard rock. He turns the mountains over at its base.
"They put their hand to the flinty rock, and overturn mountains by the roots.
Upon the flint, hath he thrust forth his hand, He hath turned up mountains by the roots;
He hath stretched forth his hand to the flint, he hath overturned mountains from the roots.
"Man puts his hand to the flinty rock, and overturns mountains by the roots.
Against the flint he sent forth his hand, He overturned from the root mountains.
"He puts his hand on the flint; He overturns the mountains at the base.
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
rock: or, flint
he overturneth: Nahum 1:4-6
Reciprocal: Job 9:5 - removeth
Cross-References
When Esau was forty years old, he took as wives Judith the daughter of Beeri the Hittite, and Basemath the daughter of Elon the Hittite.
And behold, the LORD stood above it and said: "I am the LORD God of Abraham your father and the God of Isaac; the land on which you lie I will give to you and your descendants.
And he was afraid and said, "How awesome is this place! This is none other than the house of God, and this is the gate of heaven!"
These were the sons of Reuel: Nahath, Zerah, Shammah, and Mizzah. These were the sons of Basemath, Esau's wife.
And these were the sons of Aholibamah, Esau's wife: Chief Jeush, Chief Jaalam, and Chief Korah. These were the chiefs who descended from Aholibamah, Esau's wife, the daughter of Anah.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
He putteth forth his hand upon the rock,.... The discourse is carried on concerning the miner, and digger in the earth for metals and precious stones; who meeting with a rock or flint, and a ridge of them, is not discouraged, but goes to work therewith, and with his hammer in his hand lays upon the rock or flint, and beats it to pieces, and with proper instruments cuts through it; and using fire and vinegar, as Pliny g observes, makes his way into it, and oftentimes by splitting it discovers gold h or silver, or precious stones, in it:
he overturneth the mountains by the roots; or turns them up from the roots; he roots them up, he undermines them; he turns up the earth at the roots of them, to get what is hid at the bottom, or in the bowels of them. Some understand this, and what is said in the following verses, of God, and of wonderful things done by him; so Jarchi, Aben Ezra, and others; and to whom indeed such things are sometimes ascribed in Scripture: he touches the hills, and they smoke, Psalms 104:32; lays his hand on the rock, and removes it out of its place, Job 14:18; it was he that smote and opened the rock at Horeb, and the waters gushed out, Exodus 17:6; yea, turned the rock into standing water, and the flint into a fountain of water, Psalms 114:8: and he, in a figurative sense, has laid his hand on the rock Christ, and smote him with the rod of justice, whereby the blessings of grace come flowing down upon his people; and he it is that puts forth his hand of powerful and efficacious grace upon the rocky hearts of men, and with the hammer of his word breaks them to pieces, Jeremiah 23:29, and takes away the stony heart, and gives an heart of flesh, Ezekiel 11:19: and he also, in a literal sense, overturns hills and mountains by their roots, through storms, and tempests, and earthquakes; and figuratively, kingdoms and states, that lie in the way of his interest; for what are these mountains before the great Zerubbabel? they soon and easily become a plain; and so breaks through all difficulties, which proverbially may be signified by removing mountains, that seem to obstruct and hinder the conversion and salvation of his people; he makes those mountains a way, and his highways are exalted; see Song of Solomon 2:8; but the former sense is best, and most agreeable to the context.
g Nat. Hist. l. 33. c. 4. "----Montem rumpit aceto", Juvenal. Sat. 10. v. 153. h lbid.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
He putteth forth his hand - That is, the miner in securing the precious metals and gems.
Upon the rock - Margin, “flint.” The word used here (חלמישׁ challâmı̂ysh) occurs also in Psalms 104:8. Deuteronomy 8:15; Deuteronomy 32:13. It means “flint, silex;” and the idea is, that the miner approaches the hardest substances. He penetrates even the flint in searching for precious stones. Dr. Good renders it, “Sparry ore.” Michaelis renders the same word in Deuteronomy 7:15, porphyry, or red granite. The idea is that nothing, however difficult, not even cutting down the hardest rocks, deters the miner from pursuing his work.
He overturneth the mountains by the roots - That is, he digs under them, and they fall. The root of a mountain means its base or foundation. The following passage from Pliny (Hist. Nat. xxxiii. c. iv. 21) furnishes an admirable illustration of this passage: Tamen in silice facilior existimatur labor. Est namque terra ex quodam argillae genere glarae mixta, Candidam vocant, prope inexpugnabilis. Cuneis earn ferreis aggrediuntur, et iisdem mallets; nihilque durius putant, nisi quod inter omnia auri lama durissima est. Peracto opere cervices fornicum ab ultimo caedunt, dantque signun ruinrae, eamque solus intelligit in cacumine montis pervigil. Hic voce, ictuque, repente operarios revocari jubet, pariterque ipse devolat. Mons fractus cadit in scse Iongo fragore, qui concipi humana mente non possit, et flatu incredibili. Spectant victores ruinam naturae.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Job 28:9. He putteth forth his hand upon the rock, — Still there appears to be a reference to mining. Man puts his hand upon the rock, he breaks that to pieces, in order to extract the metals which it contains.
He overturneth the mountains — He excavates, undermines, or digs them away, when in search of the metals contained in them: this is not only poetically, but literally, the case in many instances.
