Job 28:11
He bindeth the streams that they trickle not; and the thing that is hid bringeth he forth to light.
JPS TaNaKH 1917
In The King James Version
He bindeth the floods from overflowing; and the thing that is hid bringeth he forth to light.
In Context
10He cutteth out channels among the rocks; and his eye seeth every precious thing.
12But wisdom, where shall it be found? And where is the place of understanding?
Cross References
Isaiah 37:25I have digged and drunk water, and with the sole of my feet have I dried up all the rivers of Egypt.
Isaiah 45:2I will go before thee, and make the crooked places straight; I will break in pieces the doors of brass, and cut in sunder 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 →