Job 9:5 - Forerunner Commentary

Job 9:5

3 If one wished to¹ contend with Him,
He could not answer Him one time out of a thousand.

4 ^aGod is wise in heart and mighty in strength.
Who has hardened himself against Him and prospered?

5 He removes the mountains, and they do not know
When He overturns them in His anger;

6 He ^ashakes the earth out of its place,
And its ^bpillars tremble;

7 He commands the sun, and it does not rise;
He seals off the stars;

8 ^aHe alone spreads out the heavens,
And¹ treads on the waves of the sea;

9 ^aHe made¹ the Bear, Orion, and the Pleiades,
And the chambers of the south;

10 ^aHe does great things past finding out,
Yes, wonders without number.

11 ^aIf He goes by me, I do not see Him;
If He moves past, I do not perceive Him;

12 ^aIf He takes away,¹ who can hinder Him?
Who can say to Him, ‘What are You doing?’

13 God will not withdraw His anger,
^aThe allies of¹ the proud lie prostrate beneath Him.

14 “How then can I answer Him,
And choose my words to reason with Him?

Verse Comparison: Job 9:5

American Standard Version
`Him' that removeth the mountains, and they know it not, When he overturneth them in his anger;

Amplified® Bible
[God] Who removes the mountains, and they know it not when He overturns them in His anger;

Contemporary English Version
When God becomes angry, he can move mountains before they even know it.

Darby English Version
Who removeth mountains, and they know it not, when he overturneth them in his anger;

Good News Bible
Without warning he moves mountains and in anger he destroys them.

King James Version
Which removeth the mountains, and they know not: which overturneth them in his anger.

New American Standard Bible
"{It is God} who removes the mountains, they know not {how,} When He overturns them in His anger;

New International Version
He moves mountains without their knowing it
and overturns them in his anger.

New King James Version
He removes the mountains, and they do not know
When He overturns them in His anger;

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
" God removes the mountains, they know not how, When He overturns them in His anger;

Revised Standard Version
he who removes mountains, and they know it not, when he overturns them in his anger;

Young's Literal Translation
Who is removing mountains, And they have not known, Who hath overturned them in His anger.

New English Translation
He who removes mountains suddenly,¹ who overturns them in his anger;²