Job 28:9
[Man] putteth forth his hand upon the flinty rock, he overturneth the mountains by the root.
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
He putteth forth his hand upon the rock; he overturneth the mountains by the roots.
In Context
8The proud beasts have not trodden it, nor the fierce lion passed over it.
10He cutteth out channels in the rocks, and his eye seeth every precious thing.
Matthew Henry on Job 28:2-12
Extent of Human Discoveries. ( b. c. 1520.) 1 Surely there is a vein for the silver, and a place for gold where they fine it. 2 Iron is taken out of the earth, and brass is molten out of the stone. 3 He setteth an end to darkness, and searcheth out all perfection: the stones of darkness, and the shadow of death. 4 The flood breaketh out from the inhabitant; even the waters forgotten of the foot: they are dried up, they are gone away from men. 5 As for the earth, out of it cometh bread: and under it is turned up as… Read the whole commentary →