6 He shakes the earth from its place and makes its pillars tremble.
6 Which shaketh the earth out of her place, and the pillars thereof tremble.
6 who shakes the earth out of its place, and its pillars tremble;
6 He gives the earth a good shaking up, rocks it down to its very foundations.
6 He shakes the earth out of its place, And its pillars tremble;
6 He shakes the earth from its place, and its foundations tremble.
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Job 9:6
Commentary on Job 9:1-13
(Read Job 9:1-13)
In this answer Job declared that he did not doubt the justice of God, when he denied himself to be a hypocrite; for how should man be just with God? Before him he pleaded guilty of sins more than could be counted; and if God should contend with him in judgment, he could not justify one out of a thousand, of all the thoughts, words, and actions of his life; therefore he deserved worse than all his present sufferings. When Job mentions the wisdom and power of God, he forgets his complaints. We are unfit to judge of God's proceedings, because we know not what he does, or what he designs. God acts with power which no creature can resist. Those who think they have strength enough to help others, will not be able to help themselves against it.