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Job 9:6

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9:6he who shakes the earth out of its place16

so that its pillars tremble;17

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Footnotes

  1. 16 Shakes the earth out of its place probably refers to earthquakes, although some commentators protest against this in view of the idea of the pillars. In the ancient world the poetical view of the earth is that it was a structure on pillars, with water around it and under it. In an earthquake the pillars were shaken, and the earth moved.
  2. 17 The verb הִתְפַלָּץ (hitfallats) is found only here, but the root seems clearly to mean “to be tossed; to be thrown about,” and so in the Hitpael “quiver; shake; tremble.” One of the three nouns from this root is פַּלָּצוּת (pallatsut), the “shudder” that comes with terror (see Job 21:6; Isa 21:4; Ezek 7:18; and Ps 55:6).

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

who shakes the earth out of its place,

and its pillars tremble;

NIVNew International Version (2011)

He shakes the earth from its place

and makes its pillars tremble.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

He shakes the earth from its place

so that its pillars tremble.

NLTNew Living Translation

He shakes the earth from its place,

and its foundations tremble.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

He is the one who shakes the earth from its place,

and its pillars tremble.

KJV 1900King James Version

Which shaketh the earth out of her place,

And the pillars thereof tremble.