"But the mountain falls and crumbles away, and the rock is removed from its place." Job returns to the meditation on transience, this time invoking mountains and rocks—symbols of permanence—to insist that even these impermanent forms eventually crumble. The verse emphasizes that nothing endures; transience is universal. This observation undercuts the whole conversation: if even mountains fail, what hope has mortal man?

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