Job 28:11
He has bound overflowing rivers, || And the hidden thing brings out [to] light.
Literal Standard Version
In The King James Version
He bindeth the floods from overflowing; and the thing that is hid bringeth he forth to light.
In Context
10Among rocks, he has cleaved brooks, || And his eye has seen every precious thing.
12And the wisdom—from where is it found? And where [is] this, the place of understanding?
Cross References
Isaiah 37:25I have dug and drunk waters, || And I dry up with the sole of my steps || All floods of a bulwark.
Isaiah 45:2“I go before you, and make crooked places straight, || I shatter doors of bronze, || And I cut bars of iron apart,
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 →