“It is He who shakes the earth from its place, And its pillars tremble;
Parallel translations
- WEB He shakes the earth out of its place. Its pillars tremble.
- KJV Which shaketh the earth out of her place, and the pillars thereof tremble.
- BSB He shakes the earth from its place, so that its foundations tremble.
- NKJV He shakes the earth out of its place, And its pillars tremble;
- NLT He shakes the earth from its place, and its foundations tremble.
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Quick answer
Job says God shakes the earth from its place and makes its pillars tremble. Even the foundations of the world are subject to him.
Overview
Continuing his praise of God's power, Job pictures God shaking the very earth and its supporting pillars. The ancient imagery portrays God as sovereign over the cosmos he made. Job's point is that the One he longs to question controls all things, making any human challenge seem impossible.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 16
- Heb 12:26whose voice shook the earth then, but now he has promised, saying, “Yet once more I will shake not only the earth, but also the heavens.”
- Ps 75:3The earth and all its inhabitants quake. I firmly hold its pillars. Selah.
- Hag 2:6For this is what Yahweh of Armies says: ‘Yet once, it is a little while, and I will shake the heavens, the earth, the sea, and the dry land;
- Job 26:11The pillars of heaven tremble and are astonished at his rebuke.
- Isa 2:21To go into the caverns of the rocks, and into the clefts of the ragged rocks, from before the terror of Yahweh, and from the glory of his majesty, when he arises to shake the earth mightily.
- Job 38:4–7“Where were you when I laid the foundations of the earth? Declare, if you have understanding.
- Isa 2:19Men shall go into the caves of the rocks, and into the holes of the earth, from before the terror of Yahweh, and from the glory of his majesty, when he arises to shake the earth mightily.
- Ps 114:7Tremble, you earth, at the presence of the Lord, at the presence of the God of Jacob,
- Isa 13:13–14Therefore I will make the heavens tremble, and the earth will be shaken out of its place in Yahweh of Armies’ wrath, and in the day of his fierce anger.
- Hag 2:21“Speak to Zerubbabel, governor of Judah, saying, ‘I will shake the heavens and the earth.
- Rev 20:11I saw a great white throne, and him who sat on it, from whose face the earth and the heaven fled away. There was found no place for them.
- Isa 24:1Behold, Yahweh makes the earth empty, makes it waste, turns it upside down, and scatters its inhabitants.
- 1 Sam 2:8He raises up the poor out of the dust. He lifts up the needy from the dunghill, To make them sit with princes, and inherit the throne of glory. For the pillars of the earth are Yahweh’s. He has set the world on them.
- Joel 2:10The earth quakes before them. The heavens tremble. The sun and the moon are darkened, and the stars withdraw their shining.
- Jer 4:24I saw the mountains, and behold, they trembled, and all the hills moved back and forth.
- Isa 24:19–20The earth is utterly broken. The earth is torn apart. The earth is shaken violently.
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