Job 28:11
And he has laid bare the depths of rivers, and has brought his power to light.
Brenton Septuagint
In The King James Version
He bindeth the floods from overflowing; and the thing that is hid bringeth he forth to light.
In Context
10and he has interrupted the whirlpools of rivers, and mine eye has seen every precious thing.
12But whence has wisdom been discovered? and what is the place of knowledge?
Cross References
Isaiah 37:25and I have made a bridge, and dried up the waters, and every pool of water.
Isaiah 45:2I will go before thee, and will level mountains: I will break to pieces brazen doors, and will burst iron bars.
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 →