Job 28:11
The depths also of rivers he hath searched, and hidden things he hath brought forth to light.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
He bindeth the floods from overflowing; and the thing that is hid bringeth he forth to light.
In Context
10In the rocks he hath cut out rivers, and his eye hath seen every precious thing.
12But where is wisdom to be found, and where is the place of understanding?
Cross References
Isaiah 37:25I have digged, and drunk water, and have dried up with the sole of my foot, all the rivers shut up in banks.
Isaiah 45:2I will go before thee, and will humble the great ones of the earth: I will break in pieces the gates of brass, and will burst the bars of iron.
Matthew Henry on Job 28:2-12
Extent of Human Discoveries. ( b. c. 1520.) 1 Surely there is a vein for the silver, and a place for gold where they fine it. 2 Iron is taken out of the earth, and brass is molten out of the stone. 3 He setteth an end to darkness, and searcheth out all perfection: the stones of darkness, and the shadow of death. 4 The flood breaketh out from the inhabitant; even the waters forgotten of the foot: they are dried up, they are gone away from men. 5 As for the earth, out of it cometh bread: and under it is turned up as… Read the whole commentary →