Job 28:9

On the flinty rock man has set to work ¹  with his hand; he has overturned mountains at their bases. ² 

biblegateway Job 28:9

Man’s hand assaults the flinty rock and lays bare the roots of the mountains.

biblegateway Job 28:9

"He puts his hand on the flint; He overturns the mountains at the base.

biblegateway Job 28:9

People know how to tear apart flinty rocks and overturn the roots of mountains.

biblegateway Job 28:9

Miners hammer away at the rock, they uproot the mountains.

SABDAweb Job 28:9

Man puts out his hand on the hard rock, overturning mountains by the roots.

bibleoremus Job 28:9

"They put their hand to the flinty rock, and overturn mountains by the roots.

biblegateway Job 28:9

He puts his hand on the flint; He overturns the mountains at the roots.

biblegateway Job 28:9

On the flinty rock man has set to work ¹  with his hand; he has overturned mountains at their bases. ² 

¹ tn The Hebrew verb is simply “to stretch out; to send” (שָׁלח, shalakh). With יָדוֹ (yado, “his hand”) the idea is that of laying one’s hand on the rock, i.e., getting to work on the hardest of rocks.

² tn The Hebrew מִשֹּׁרֶשׁ (mishoresh) means “from/at [their] root [or base].” In mining, people have gone below ground, under the mountains, and overturned rock and dirt. It is also interesting that here in a small way humans do what God does – overturn mountains (cf. 9:5).