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Job 9:5

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9:5He who removes mountains suddenly,14

who overturns them in his anger;15

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Footnotes

  1. 14 The verb is plural: “they do not know it.” This suggests that the mountains would not know it. Some follow the with a singular verb, i.e., God does not know it, meaning, it is so trifling to God that he can do it without thinking. But the better interpretation may be “suddenly.” This would be interpreted from the as it stands; it would imply “before they know anything,” thus “suddenly” (Gray, Dhorme, Buttenwieser, et. al.). D. W. Thomas connects the meaning to another verb based on Arabic and translates it, “so that they are no longer still” (“Additional Notes on the Root yada` in Hebrew,” 15 [1964]: 54–57). J. A. Emerton works with a possible root יָדַע (yada’) meaning “be still” (“A Consideration of Some Alleged Meanings of yada` in Hebrew,” 15 [1970]: 145–80).
  2. 15 This line beginning with the relative pronoun can either be read as a parallel description of God, or it can be subordinated by the relative pronoun to the first (“they do not know who overturned them”).

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

he who removes mountains, and they know it not,

when he overturns them in his anger,

NIVNew International Version (2011)

He moves mountains without their knowing it

and overturns them in his anger.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

He removes mountains without their knowledge,

overturning them in his anger.

NLTNew Living Translation

“Without warning, he moves the mountains,

overturning them in his anger.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

“He is the one who moves mountains, and they do not know how,

who overturns them in his anger.

KJV 1900King James Version

Which removeth the mountains, and they know not:

Which overturneth them in his anger.