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Job 9:6
He shakes the earth from its place, so that its foundations tremble.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — Job speaks in a discourse describing God’s absolute power and the impossibility of human standing before Him. He frames divine action as the immediate backdrop for his own helplessness.
The words — The Hebrew מַרְגִּיז (mar.giz) literally means “the one who shakes,” while עַמּוּדֶיהָ (am.mu.dei.ha) translates to “its pillars” or foundations. These terms describe the earth as a fixed structure violently unsettled by divine command.
The thread — This motif of God shaking the earth and its pillars recurs in Psalms 75:3, Haggai 2:6, and Hebrews 12:26. Each reference extends the image from cosmic upheaval to divine judgment or covenant renewal.
Why it lands — The text demands recognition that creation’s stability depends entirely on God’s will, not human control. It requires the reader to cease relying on earthly security and acknowledge divine sovereignty.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
Which shaketh the earth out of her place, and the pillars thereof tremble.
Cross-references
- Psalms 75:3 When the earth and all its dwellers quake, it is I who bear up its pillars. Selah
- Haggai 2:6 For this is what the LORD of Hosts says: “Once more, in a little while, I will shake the heavens and the earth, the sea and the dry land.
- Hebrews 12:26 At that time His voice shook the earth, but now He has promised, “Once more I will shake not only the earth, but heaven as well.”
- Job 26:11 The foundations of heaven quake, astounded at His rebuke.
- Job 38:4 Where were you when I laid the foundations of the earth? Tell Me, if you have understanding.
- Isaiah 2:21 They will flee to caverns in the rocks and crevices in the cliffs, away from the terror of the LORD and from the splendor of His majesty, when He rises to shake the earth.
- Isaiah 2:19 Men will flee to caves in the rocks and holes in the ground, away from the terror of the LORD and from the splendor of His majesty, when He rises to shake the earth.
- Psalms 114:7 Tremble, O earth, at the presence of the Lord, at the presence of the God of Jacob,
- Isaiah 13:13 Therefore I will make the heavens tremble, and the earth will be shaken from its place at the wrath of the LORD of Hosts on the day of His burning anger.
- Haggai 2:21 “Tell Zerubbabel governor of Judah that I am about to shake the heavens and the earth: