Job 28:11
And he has laid bare the depths of rivers, 1 And has brought his power to light. 1
Updated 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, 1 And mine eye has seen every precious thing. 1
12But whence has wisdom been discovered? 1 And what is the place of knowledge? 1
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 →