Job 9:6 Meaning and Explanation
“Which shaketh the earth out of her place, and the pillars thereof tremble.”
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Read Full Chapter →God shakes the whole earth from its place, and its very foundations tremble.
What Does Job 9:6 Mean?
The hymn continues with the image of the earth itself being shaken from its place, its pillars quaking. In the poetry of the ancient world, the earth rested on unseen foundations; Job pictures even these trembling at God's touch. Nothing in creation is too settled for God to move.
This is meant to humble, and it does. Yet the believer hears more: the One who can shake the foundations of the earth is the sure foundation on which the soul may rest. When the ground beneath our own lives seems to tremble, our security is not in the steadiness of the earth but in the God who holds it.
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What does Job 9:6 mean?
God shakes the whole earth from its place, and its very foundations tremble.