Ayub 9:6

9:6 he who shakes the earth out of its place ¹ 

so that its pillars tremble; ² 

Ayub 16:18

An Appeal to God as Witness

16:18 “O earth, do not cover my blood, ³ 

nor let there be a secret ⁴  place for my cry.

Ayub 20:27

20:27 The heavens reveal his iniquity;

the earth rises up against him.

[9:6]  ¹ sn Shakes the earth out of its place probably refers to earthquakes, although some commentators protest against this in view of the idea of the pillars. In the ancient world the poetical view of the earth is that it was a structure on pillars, with water around it and under it. In an earthquake the pillars were shaken, and the earth moved.

[9:6]  ² tn The verb הִתְפַלָּצ (hitfallats) is found only here, but the root seems clearly to mean “to be tossed; to be thrown about,” and so in the Hitpael “quiver; shake; tremble.” One of the three nouns from this root is פַּלָּצוּת (pallatsut), the “shudder” that comes with terror (see Job 21:6; Isa 21:4; Ezek 7:18; and Ps 55:6).

[16:18]  ³ sn Job knows that he will die, and that his death, signified here by blood on the ground, will cry out for vindication.

[16:18]  ⁴ tn The word is simply “a place,” but in the context it surely means a hidden place, a secret place that would never be discovered (see 18:21).