Bible verse
The miner strikes the flint; he overturns mountains at their base.
Job 28:9 · BSB
The verses around it, from Job 28.
5 Food may come from the earth, but from below it is transformed as by fire.
6 Its rocks are the source of sapphires, containing flecks of gold.
7 No bird of prey knows that path; no falcon’s eye has seen it.
8 Proud beasts have never trodden it; no lion has ever prowled over it.
9 The miner strikes the flint; he overturns mountains at their base.
10 He hews out channels in the rocks, and his eyes spot every treasure.
11 He stops up the sources of the streams to bring what is hidden to light.
12 But where can wisdom be found, and where does understanding dwell?
13 No man can know its value, nor is it found in the land of the living.
KJV
He putteth forth his hand upon the rock; he overturneth the mountains by the roots.
ASV
He putteth forth his hand upon the flinty rock; He overturneth the mountains by the roots.
ERV
He putteth forth his hand upon the flinty rock; he overturneth the mountains by the roots.
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