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Job 9:5–9

He moves mountainsc without their knowing it

and overturns them in his anger.d

He shakes the earthe from its place

and makes its pillars tremble.f

He speaks to the sun and it does not shine;g

he seals off the light of the stars.h

He alone stretches out the heavensi

and treads on the waves of the sea.j

He is the Makerk of the Beara and Orion,

the Pleiades and the constellations of the south.l

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Job 9:5–9 — English Standard Version (ESV)

he who removes mountains, and they know it not,

when he overturns them in his anger,

who shakes the earth out of its place,

and its pillars tremble;

who commands the sun, and it does not rise;

who seals up the stars;

who alone stretched out the heavens

and trampled the waves of the sea;

who made the Bear and Orion,

the Pleiades and the chambers of the south;

Job 9:5–9 — King James Version (KJV 1900)

Which removeth the mountains, and they know not:

Which overturneth them in his anger.

Which shaketh the earth out of her place,

And the pillars thereof tremble.

Which commandeth the sun, and it riseth not;

And sealeth up the stars.

Which alone spreadeth out the heavens,

And treadeth upon the waves of the sea.

Which maketh Arcturus, Orion,

And Pleiades, and the chambers of the south.

Job 9:5–9 — New Living Translation (NLT)

“Without warning, he moves the mountains,

overturning them in his anger.

He shakes the earth from its place,

and its foundations tremble.

If he commands it, the sun won’t rise

and the stars won’t shine.

He alone has spread out the heavens

and marches on the waves of the sea.

He made all the stars—the Bear and Orion,

the Pleiades and the constellations of the southern sky.

Job 9:5–9 — The New King James Version (NKJV)

He removes the mountains, and they do not know

When He overturns them in His anger;

He shakes the earth out of its place,

And its pillars tremble;

He commands the sun, and it does not rise;

He seals off the stars;

He alone spreads out the heavens,

And treads on the waves of the sea;

He made the Bear, Orion, and the Pleiades,

And the chambers of the south;

Job 9:5–9 — New Century Version (NCV)

God moves mountains without anyone knowing it

and turns them over when he is angry.

He shakes the earth out of its place

and makes its foundations tremble.

He commands the sun not to shine

and shuts off the light of the stars.

He alone stretches out the skies

and walks on the waves of the sea.

It is God who made the Bear, Orion, and the Pleiades

and the groups of stars in the southern sky.

Job 9:5–9 — American Standard Version (ASV)

Him that removeth the mountains, and they know it not,

When he overturneth them in his anger;

That shaketh the earth out of its place,

And the pillars thereof tremble;

That commandeth the sun, and it riseth not,

And sealeth up the stars;

That alone stretcheth out the heavens,

And treadeth upon the waves of the sea;

That maketh the Bear, Orion, and the Pleiades,

And the chambers of the south;

Job 9:5–9 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)

Who removeth mountains, and they know it not, when he overturneth them in his anger; Who shaketh the earth out of its place, and the pillars thereof tremble; Who commandeth the sun, and it riseth not, and he sealeth up the stars; Who alone spreadeth out the heavens, and treadeth upon the high waves of the sea; Who maketh the Bear, Orion, and the Pleiades, and the chambers of the south;

Job 9:5–9 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)

He moves mountains without their knowing it, 

and he topples them in his anger. 

He shakes the earth from its place, 

and its pillars tremble. 

He commands the sun not to rise. 

He doesn’t let the stars come out. 

He stretches out the heavens by himself 

and walks on the waves of the sea. 

He made ⸤the constellations⸥ Ursa Major, Orion, and the Pleiades, 

and the clusters of stars in the south. 

Job 9:5–9 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)

He removes mountains without their knowledge,

overturning them in His anger.

He shakes the earth from its place

so that its pillars tremble.

He commands the sun not to shine

and seals off the stars.

He alone stretches out the heavens

and treads on the waves of the sea.

He makes the stars: the Bear, Orion,

the Pleiades, and the constellations of the southern sky.

Job 9:5–9 — The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)

he who removes mountains, and they do not know it,

when he overturns them in his anger;

who shakes the earth out of its place,

and its pillars tremble;

who commands the sun, and it does not rise;

who seals up the stars;

who alone stretched out the heavens

and trampled the waves of the Sea;

who made the Bear and Orion,

the Pleiades and the chambers of the south;

Job 9:5–9 — The Lexham English Bible (LEB)

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

who overturns them in his anger.

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

and its pillars tremble.

He is the one who commands the sun, and it does not rise,

and he seals up the stars.

He is the one who alone stretches out the heavens

and who tramples on the waves of the sea.

He is the one who made the Bear and Orion,

the Pleiades and the constellations of the south.

Job 9:5–9 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV)

He moves mountains, and they don’t even know it.

When he is angry, he turns them upside down.

He shakes the earth loose from its place.

He makes its pillars tremble.

When he tells the sun not to shine, it doesn’t.

He turns off the light of the stars.

He’s the only one who can spread the heavens out.

He alone can walk on the waves of the ocean.

He made the Big Dipper and Orion.

He created the Pleiades and the southern stars.

Job 9:5–9 — New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update (NASB95)

It is God who removes the mountains, they know not how,

When He overturns them in His anger;

Who shakes the earth out of its place,

And its pillars tremble;

Who commands the sun not to shine,

And sets a seal upon the stars;

Who alone stretches out the heavens

And tramples down the waves of the sea;

Who makes the Bear, Orion and the Pleiades,

And the chambers of the south;


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