He puts his hand on the flinty rock,
and he overturns the mountains by the roots.
THE SURROUNDING PASSAGE
Job 28:9 in context
Job 28:6–12
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Sapphires come from its rocks.
It has dust of gold.
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That path no bird of prey knows,
neither has the falcon’s eye seen it.
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The proud animals have not trodden it,
nor has the fierce lion passed by there.
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He puts his hand on the flinty rock,
and he overturns the mountains by the roots.
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He cuts out channels among the rocks.
His eye sees every precious thing.
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He binds the streams that they don’t trickle.
The thing that is hidden he brings out to light.
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“But where will wisdom be found?
Where is the place of understanding?
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