Job 28:11

Job 28:11 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)He bindeth the floods from overflowing; and the thing that is hid bringeth he forth to light.
• New International Version (NIV)They search the sources of the rivers and bring hidden things to light.
• English Standard Version (ESV)He dams up the streams so that they do not trickle, and the thing that is hidden he brings out to light.
• New King James Version (NKJV)He dams up the streams from trickling; What is hidden he brings forth to light.

Context of Job 28:11

9Man puts his hand on [and tears apart] the flinty rock; He overturns the mountains at the base [looking for treasure]. 10He cuts out channels and passages among the rocks; And his eye sees every precious thing. Man dams up the streams from flowing [so that they do not trickle into the mine], And what is hidden he brings out to the light. 12“But where can wisdom be found? And where is the place of understanding? 13Man does not know the value of it; Nor is it found in the land of the living.

Job 28:11 word by word

מִ֭בְּכִי נְהָר֣וֹת חִבֵּ֑שׁ וְ֝תַעֲלֻמָ֗הּ יֹ֣צִא אֽוֹר׃ פRead the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• He bindethחָבַשׁchâbash · to saddle/tieH2280
• the floodsנָהָרnâhâr · riverH5104
• from overflowingבְּכִיbekîy · weepingH1065
• hidתַּעֲלֻמָּהֿta‛ălûmmâh · secretH8587
• bringeth he forthיָצָאyâtsâ' · to come out: sendH3318
• to lightאוֹר'ôr · lightH216

Cross-references for Job 28:11

• Job 26:8He wraps the waters in His clouds [which otherwise would spill on earth all at once], And the cloud does not burst under them.
• Isaiah 37:25I dug wells and drank [foreign] waters, And with the sole of my feet I dried up All the canals [of the Nile] of Egypt.’
• Isaiah 44:27It is I who says to the deep, ‘Be dried up!’ And I will make your rivers dry.
• Isaiah 45:2“I will go before you and level the mountains; I will shatter the doors of bronze and cut through the bars of iron.
• 1 Corinthians 4:5So do not go on passing judgment before the appointed time, but wait until the Lord comes, for He will both bring to light the [secret] things that are hidden in darkness and disclose the motives of the hearts. Then each one’s praise will come from God.

Commentaries on Job 28:11

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 11He bindeth the floods - Prevents the risings of springs from drowning the mines; and conducts rivers and streams from their wonted course, in order to bring forth to light what was hidden under their beds. The binding or restraining the water, which, at different depths, annoys the miner, is both difficult and expensive: in some cases it may be drawn off by pipes or canals into neighboring water courses; in others, it is conducted to one receptacle or…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 11He bindeth the floods from overflowing - Margin, Weeping The Hebrew also is “from weeping” מבכי mı̂bekı̂y referring to the water which trickles down the shaft of the mine. The idea is, that even the large streams which break out in such mines, the fountains and springs which the miner encounters in his operations, he so effectually restrains that they do not even trickle down or “weep” on the sides of the shaft, but it is left perfectly dry. This is…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-28This section is an isolated speech. There is no speaker listed, so it might continue from earlier words. Some see it as a creative summary by the author of Job. It emphasizes the limits of human wisdom and sets the stage for the Lord's speeches.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1111. floods--"He restrains the streams from weeping"; a poetical expression for the trickling subterranean rills, which impede him; answering to the first clause of Job 28:10; so also the two latter clauses in each verse correspond.Read the comment

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Commentaries on Job 28

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings