New International Version
Job 9:6
6He shakes the earth from its place and makes its pillars tremble.
Job 9:6 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Which shaketh the earth out of her place, and the pillars thereof tremble.
- English Standard Version (ESV)who shakes the earth out of its place, and its pillars tremble;
- New King James Version (NKJV)He shakes the earth out of its place, And its pillars tremble;
- New Living Translation (NLT)He shakes the earth from its place, and its foundations tremble.
Context of Job 9:6
4His wisdom is profound, his power is vast. Who has resisted him and come out unscathed? 5He moves mountains without their knowing it and overturns them in his anger. He shakes the earth from its place and makes its pillars tremble. 7He speaks to the sun and it does not shine; he seals off the light of the stars. 8He alone stretches out the heavens and treads on the waves of the sea.
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הַמַּרְגִּ֣יז אֶ֭רֶץ מִמְּקוֹמָ֑הּ וְ֝עַמּוּדֶ֗יהָ יִתְפַלָּצֽוּן׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Job 9:6
- Isaiah 2:19People will flee to caves in the rocks and to holes in the ground from the fearful presence of the Lord and the splendor of his majesty, when he rises to shake the earth.
- Isaiah 13:13Therefore I will make the heavens tremble; and the earth will shake from its place at the wrath of the Lord Almighty, in the day of his burning anger.
- Isaiah 24:1See, the Lord is going to lay waste the earth and devastate it; he will ruin its face and scatter its inhabitants—
- Haggai 2:6“This is what the Lord Almighty says: ‘In a little while I will once more shake the heavens and the earth, the sea and the dry land.
- Hebrews 12:26At that time his voice shook the earth, but now he has promised, “Once more I will shake not only the earth but also the heavens.”
- Revelation 20:11Then I saw a great white throne and him who was seated on it. The earth and the heavens fled from his presence, and there was no place for them.
- Job 26:11The pillars of the heavens quake, aghast at his rebuke.
- Job 38:4“Where were you when I laid the earth’s foundation? Tell me, if you understand.
- 1 Samuel 2:8He raises the poor from the dust and lifts the needy from the ash heap; he seats them with princes and has them inherit a throne of honor. “For the foundations of the earth are the Lord’s; on them he has set the world.
- Psalms 75:3When the earth and all its people quake, it is I who hold its pillars firm.
- Psalms 114:7Tremble, earth, at the presence of the Lord, at the presence of the God of Jacob,
- Jeremiah 4:24I looked at the mountains, and they were quaking; all the hills were swaying.
- Joel 2:10Before them the earth shakes, the heavens tremble, the sun and moon are darkened, and the stars no longer shine.
Commentaries on Job 9:6
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 6The pillars thereof tremble - This also refers to an earthquake, and to that tremulous motion which sometimes gives warning of the approaching catastrophe, and from which this violent convulsion of nature has received its name. Earthquakes, in Scripture language, signify also violent commotions and disturbances in states; mountains often signify rulers; sun, empires; stars, petty states. But it is most likely that the expressions here are to be understood…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 6Which shaketh the earth out of her place - This evidently refers to violent convulsions of nature, as if the earth were to be taken away. Objects on the earth‘s surface become displaced, and convulsion seems to seize the world. The Septuagint renders this, “who shaketh that which is under the heavens from its foundations” - ̓ ́ ek themeliōn The change in the Hebrew would be very slight to authorize this rendering. And the pillars thereof tremble - In…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 5-6When God moves mountains or shakes the earth, it shows his presence as: One who gives laws (Exodus 19:18). One who judges (Jeremiah 4:24). One who rescues (Psalm 18:7; Isaiah 13:13; 29:6).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 66. The earth is regarded, poetically, as resting on pillars, which tremble in an earthquake (Psa 75:3; Is 24:20). The literal truth as to the earth is given (Job 26:7).Read the comment
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Commentaries on Job 9
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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