On the flinty rock man has set to work ¹  with his hand; he has overturned mountains at their bases. ² 

biblegateway Job 28:9

"He puts his hand on the flint; He overturns the mountains at the base.

The miner strikes the flint and transforms the mountains at their foundations.

"Humans exert their power on the flinty rocks and overturn mountains at their base.

biblegateway Job 28:9

Man’s hand assaults the flinty rock and lays bare the roots of the mountains.

"Man puts his hand to the flinty rock and overturns mountains by the roots.

bibleoremus Job 28:9

"They put their hand to the flinty rock, and overturn mountains by the roots.

Man sets his hand to the granite rock and lays bare the roots of the mountains;

biblegateway Job 28:9

He puts his hand on the flint; He overturns the mountains at the roots.

He putteth forth his hand upon the rock; he overturneth the mountains by the roots.

biblegateway Job 28:9

On the flinty rock man has set to work ¹  with his hand; he has overturned mountains at their bases. ² 

¹ tn The Hebrew verb is simply “to stretch out; to send” (שָׁלח, shalakh). With יָדוֹ (yado, “his hand”) the idea is that of laying one’s hand on the rock, i.e., getting to work on the hardest of rocks.

² tn The Hebrew מִשֹּׁרֶשׁ (mishoresh) means “from/at [their] root [or base].” In mining, people have gone below ground, under the mountains, and overturned rock and dirt. It is also interesting that here in a small way humans do what God does – overturn mountains (cf. 9:5).