Job 9:5
New International Version
He moves mountains without their knowing it and overturns them in his anger.

New Living Translation
“Without warning, he moves the mountains, overturning them in his anger.

English Standard Version
he who removes mountains, and they know it not, when he overturns them in his anger,

Berean Standard Bible
He moves mountains without their knowledge and overturns them in His anger.

King James Bible
Which removeth the mountains, and they know not: which overturneth them in his anger.

New King James Version
He removes the mountains, and they do not know When He overturns them in His anger;

New American Standard Bible
It is God who removes the mountains, and they do not know how, When He overturns them in His anger.

NASB 1995
“It is God who removes the mountains, they know not how, When He overturns them in His anger;

NASB 1977
It is God who removes the mountains, they know not how, When He overturns them in His anger;

Legacy Standard Bible
God is the One who removes the mountains, they know not how, When He overturns them in His anger;

Amplified Bible
It is God who removes the mountains, and they do not know it, When He overturns them in His anger;

Christian Standard Bible
He removes mountains without their knowledge, overturning them in his anger.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
He removes mountains without their knowledge, overturning them in His anger.

American Standard Version
Him that removeth the mountains, and they know it not, When he overturneth them in his anger;

Contemporary English Version
When God becomes angry, he can move mountains before they even know it.

English Revised Version
Which removeth the mountains, and they know it not, when he overturneth them in his anger.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
He moves mountains without their knowing it, and he topples them in his anger.

Good News Translation
Without warning he moves mountains and in anger he destroys them.

International Standard Version
"He removes mountains without their knowledge, overthrowing them in his anger.

Majority Standard Bible
He moves mountains without their knowledge and overturns them in His anger.

NET Bible
He who removes mountains suddenly, who overturns them in his anger;

New Heart English Bible
He removes the mountains, and they do not know it, when he overturns them in his anger.

Webster's Bible Translation
Who removeth the mountains, and they know not: who overturneth them in his anger.

World English Bible
He removes the mountains, and they don’t know it, when he overturns them in his anger.
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
Who is removing mountains, "" And they have not known, "" Who has overturned them in His anger.

Young's Literal Translation
Who is removing mountains, And they have not known, Who hath overturned them in His anger.

Smith's Literal Translation
Removing the mountains and they knew not: who overturned them in his anger;
Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
Who hath removed mountains, and they whom he overthrew in his wrath, knew it not.

Catholic Public Domain Version
He has moved mountains, and those whom he overthrew in his fury did not know it.

New American Bible
He removes the mountains before they know it; he overturns them in his anger.

New Revised Standard Version
he who removes mountains, and they do not know it, when he overturns them in his anger;
Translations from Aramaic
Lamsa Bible
He who removes mountains and overthrows them with his anger, does he not know?

Peshitta Holy Bible Translated
He who removes mountains, does he not know? And he overturns them in his wrath!
OT Translations
JPS Tanakh 1917
Who removeth the mountains, and they know it not, When He overturneth them in His anger.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
Who wears out the mountains, and men know it not: who overturns them in anger.

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Context
Job: How Can I Argue with God?
4God is wise in heart and mighty in strength. Who has resisted Him and prospered? 5He moves mountains without their knowledge and overturns them in His anger. 6He shakes the earth from its place, so that its foundations tremble.…

Cross References
Psalm 114:4-7
the mountains skipped like rams, the hills like lambs. / Why was it, O sea, that you fled, O Jordan, that you turned back, / O mountains, that you skipped like rams, O hills, like lambs? ...

Isaiah 40:12
Who has measured the waters in the hollow of his hand, or marked off the heavens with the span of his hand? Who has held the dust of the earth in a basket, or weighed the mountains on a scale and the hills with a balance?

Jeremiah 4:24
I looked at the mountains, and behold, they were quaking; all the hills were swaying.

Nahum 1:5
The mountains quake before Him, and the hills melt away; the earth trembles at His presence—the world and all its dwellers.

Amos 4:13
For behold, He who forms the mountains, who creates the wind and reveals His thoughts to man, who turns the dawn to darkness and strides on the heights of the earth—the LORD, the God of Hosts, is His name.”

Psalm 104:32
He looks on the earth, and it trembles; He touches the mountains, and they smolder.

Isaiah 2:19
Men will flee to caves in the rocks and holes in the ground, away from the terror of the LORD and from the splendor of His majesty, when He rises to shake the earth.

Isaiah 13:13
Therefore I will make the heavens tremble, and the earth will be shaken from its place at the wrath of the LORD of Hosts on the day of His burning anger.

Psalm 18:7
Then the earth shook and quaked, and the foundations of the mountains trembled; they were shaken because He burned with anger.

Psalm 46:2-3
Therefore we will not fear, though the earth is transformed and the mountains are toppled into the depths of the seas, / though their waters roar and foam and the mountains quake in the surge. Selah

Psalm 97:5
The mountains melt like wax at the presence of the LORD, before the Lord of all the earth.

Isaiah 24:19-20
The earth is utterly broken apart, the earth is split open, the earth is shaken violently. / The earth staggers like a drunkard and sways like a shack. Earth’s rebellion weighs it down, and it falls, never to rise again.

Matthew 17:20
“Because you have so little faith,” He answered. “For truly I tell you, if you have faith the size of a mustard seed, you can say to this mountain, ‘Move from here to there,’ and it will move. Nothing will be impossible for you.”

Mark 11:23
“Truly I tell you that if anyone says to this mountain, ‘Be lifted up and thrown into the sea,’ and has no doubt in his heart but believes that it will happen, it will be done for him.

Revelation 6:14
The sky receded like a scroll being rolled up, and every mountain and island was moved from its place.


Treasury of Scripture

Which removes the mountains, and they know not: which overturns them in his anger.

removeth

Job 28:9
He putteth forth his hand upon the rock; he overturneth the mountains by the roots.

Psalm 46:2
Therefore will not we fear, though the earth be removed, and though the mountains be carried into the midst of the sea;

Psalm 68:8
The earth shook, the heavens also dropped at the presence of God: even Sinai itself was moved at the presence of God, the God of Israel.

which overturneth

Numbers 1:5,6
And these are the names of the men that shall stand with you: of the tribe of Reuben; Elizur the son of Shedeur…

Zechariah 14:4,5
And his feet shall stand in that day upon the mount of Olives, which is before Jerusalem on the east, and the mount of Olives shall cleave in the midst thereof toward the east and toward the west, and there shall be a very great valley; and half of the mountain shall remove toward the north, and half of it toward the south…

Matthew 27:51
And, behold, the veil of the temple was rent in twain from the top to the bottom; and the earth did quake, and the rocks rent;

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Job 9
1. Job acknowledges God's justice
22. Man's innocence is not to be condemned by afflictions














He moves mountains
The phrase "He moves mountains" is a powerful metaphor illustrating God's omnipotence. In the Hebrew text, the word for "moves" is "yaʿăqîr," which conveys the idea of uprooting or displacing. Mountains, often seen as symbols of stability and permanence, are subject to God's will. This reflects the belief that nothing in creation is beyond God's control. Historically, mountains were considered sacred and immovable, yet Job acknowledges that God can alter even these mighty structures. This serves as a reminder of God's supreme authority over the natural world.

without their knowledge
The phrase "without their knowledge" suggests that the mountains are unaware of their own movement. In Hebrew, the word "bĕlî" implies a lack of awareness or understanding. This can be seen as a metaphor for humanity's limited perception of God's actions. Just as mountains are moved without their awareness, so too are people often unaware of the divine workings in their lives. This highlights the mystery of God's ways, which are beyond human comprehension, and calls believers to trust in His wisdom and sovereignty.

and overturns them
The term "overturns" comes from the Hebrew "hāp̄ak," meaning to turn over or transform. This action signifies a complete and dramatic change, emphasizing God's power to alter the course of nature and history. In the context of Job, it reflects the upheaval in Job's own life, as everything he once knew has been turned upside down. This serves as a reminder that God can bring about radical change, both in the physical world and in personal circumstances, according to His divine purpose.

in His anger
The phrase "in His anger" refers to God's righteous indignation. The Hebrew word "ʾap̄" is often associated with the nostrils or breath, symbolizing the intensity of emotion. In the biblical context, God's anger is not capricious but is a response to sin and injustice. It underscores the seriousness with which God views moral order and His commitment to justice. For Job, this acknowledgment of divine anger is part of grappling with the suffering he endures, recognizing that God's actions, though sometimes severe, are rooted in His holy nature.

Verses 5-13. - A magnificent description of the might and majesty of God, transcending anything in the Psalms, and comparable to the grandest passages of Isaiah (see especially Isaiah 40:21-24; Isaiah 43:15-20). Verse 5. - Which removeth the mountains, and they know not; which overturneth them in his anger. Earthquakes are common in all the countries adjoining Syria and Palestine, and must always have been among the most striking manifestations of God's power. There are several allusions to them in the Psalms (Psalm 8:8, 104:32). and historical mention of them in Numbers 16:32; 1 Kings 19:1; Amos 1:1; Zechariah 14:4, 5; Matthew 24:7. Josephus speaks of one which desolated Judaea in the reign of Herod the Great, and destroyed ten thousand people ('Ant. Jud.,' 15:5. § 2). There was another in 1181, which was felt over the whole of the Hauran, and did great damage. A still more violent convulsion occurred in 1837, when the area affected extended five hundred miles from north to south, and from eighty to a hundred miles east and west. Tiberias and Safed were overthrown. The earth gaped in various places, and closed again. Fearful oscillations were felt. The hot springs of Tiberias mounted up to a temperature that ordinary thermometers could not mark, and the loss of life was considerable (see the account given by Dr. Cunningham Geikie, in 'The Holy Land and the Bible,' vol. 2. pp. 317, 318). The phrases used by Job are, of course, poetical. Earthquakes do not literally "remove" mountains, nor "overturn" them. They produce fissures, elevations, depressions, and the like; but they rarely much alter local features or the general configuration of a district.

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
He moves
הַמַּעְתִּ֣יק (ham·ma‘·tîq)
Article | Verb - Hifil - Participle - masculine singular
Strong's 6275: To remove, to grow old, to transcribe

mountains
הָ֭רִים (hā·rîm)
Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 2022: Mountain, hill, hill country

without
וְלֹ֣א (wə·lō)
Conjunctive waw | Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's 3808: Not, no

their knowledge,
יָדָ֑עוּ (yā·ḏā·‘ū)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural
Strong's 3045: To know

when
אֲשֶׁ֖ר (’ă·šer)
Pronoun - relative
Strong's 834: Who, which, what, that, when, where, how, because, in order that

He overturns them
הֲפָכָ֣ם (hă·p̄ā·ḵām)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular | third person masculine plural
Strong's 2015: To turn about, over, to change, overturn, return, pervert

in His anger.
בְּאַפּֽוֹ׃ (bə·’ap·pōw)
Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's 639: The nose, nostril, the face, a person, ire


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