Job 28:11
He bindeth the floods, that they doe not ouerflowe, and the thing that is hid, bringeth he to light.
Geneva Bible 1599
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 breaketh riuers in the rockes, and his eye seeth euery precious thing.
12But where is wisdome found? and where is the place of vnderstanding?
Cross References
Isaiah 37:25I haue digged and drunke the waters, and with the plant of my feete haue I dryed all the riuers closed in.
Isaiah 45:2I will goe before thee and make the crooked streight: I will breake the brasen doores, and burst the yron barres.
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 →