Against the flint he sent forth his hand, He overturned from the root mountains.
[Man] putteth forth his hand upon the flinty rock, he overturneth the mountains by the root.
He putteth forth his hand upon the flinty rock; He overturneth the mountains by the roots.
The miner strikes the flint; he overturns mountains at their base.
Job — Hebrew Scriptures (Old Testament).
J O B CHAP. XXVIII. The strain of this chapter is very unlike the rest of this book. Job forgets his sores, and all his sorrows, and talks like a philosopher or a virtuoso. Here is a great deal both of natural and moral philosophy in this discourse; but the…