And surely the mountain falling cometh to nought, and the rock is removed out of his place.
Parallel translations
- WEB “But the mountain falling comes to nothing. The rock is removed out of its place;
- BSB But as a mountain erodes and crumbles and a rock is dislodged from its place,
- NKJV “But as a mountain falls and crumbles away, And as a rock is moved from its place;
- NASB ¶“But the falling mountain crumbles away, And the rock moves from its place;
- NLT “But instead, as mountains fall and crumble and as rocks fall from a cliff,
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Quick answer
Job notes that even mountains and rocks eventually crumble. Nothing in creation endures forever.
Overview
Job observes that 'the mountain falling comes to nothing' and rocks are moved from their place. The most enduring features of the earth wear away in time. He marshals these images to picture how God, over time, wears down even the strongest things, leading to his sober conclusion about human hope.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 11
- Rev 6:14And the heaven departed as a scroll when it is rolled together; and every mountain and island were moved out of their places.
- Job 18:4He teareth himself in his anger: shall the earth be forsaken for thee? and shall the rock be removed out of his place?
- Jer 4:24I beheld the mountains, and, lo, they trembled, and all the hills moved lightly.
- Isa 54:10For the mountains shall depart, and the hills be removed; but my kindness shall not depart from thee, neither shall the covenant of my peace be removed, saith the LORD that hath mercy on thee.
- Isa 41:15–16Behold, I will make thee a new sharp threshing instrument having teeth: thou shalt thresh the mountains, and beat them small, and shalt make the hills as chaff.
- Rev 20:11And I saw a great white throne, and him that sat on it, from whose face the earth and the heaven fled away; and there was found no place for them.
- Rev 8:8And the second angel sounded, and as it were a great mountain burning with fire was cast into the sea: and the third part of the sea became blood;
- Isa 64:1Oh that thou wouldest rend the heavens, that thou wouldest come down, that the mountains might flow down at thy presence,
- Isa 40:12Who hath measured the waters in the hollow of his hand, and meted out heaven with the span, and comprehended the dust of the earth in a measure, and weighed the mountains in scales, and the hills in a balance?
- Matt 27:51And, behold, the veil of the temple was rent in twain from the top to the bottom; and the earth did quake, and the rocks rent;
- Ps 102:25–26Of old hast thou laid the foundation of the earth: and the heavens are the work of thy hands.
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