Job 28:9 — Bible Verse (KJV)

“He putteth forth his hand upon the rock; he overturneth the mountains by the roots.”

Job 28:9 — King James Version (KJV), 1611

Job 28:9 in 6 Bible Translations

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Job 28:9 WEB — World English Bible (2000)

“He puts his hand on the flinty rock, and he overturns the mountains by the roots.”

Job 28:9 — World English Bible

Job 28:9 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)

“He putteth forth his hand upon the flinty rock; He overturneth the mountains by the roots.”

Job 28:9 — American Standard Version

Job 28:9 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)

“Against the flint he sent forth his hand, He overturned from the root mountains.”

Job 28:9 — Young's Literal Translation

Job 28:9 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)

“[Man] putteth forth his hand upon the flinty rock, he overturneth the mountains by the root. ”

Job 28:9 — Darby Translation

Job 28:9 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)

“He putteth his hand vpon the rockes, and ouerthroweth the mountaines by the rootes.”

Job 28:9 — Geneva Bible

Job 28:9 in Context — Job 28

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.

9 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.

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What Does Job 28:9 Mean?

Job 28:9 is a verse from the Book of Job, part of the Old Testament. It appears in Job chapter 28. Use The Living Sword's word-by-word study mode to explore every word in the original Hebrew and Aramaic.

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