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

9[Man] putteth forth his hand upon the flinty rock, he overturneth the mountains by the root. 10He cutteth out channels in the rocks, and his eye seeth every precious thing. He bindeth the streams that they drip not, and what is hidden he bringeth forth to light. 12But wisdom, where shall it be found? and where is the place of understanding? 13Man knoweth not the value thereof; and it is not found in the land of the living.

Job 28:11 word by word

מִ֭בְּכִי נְהָר֣וֹת חִבֵּ֑שׁ וְ֝תַעֲלֻמָ֗הּ יֹ֣צִא אֽוֹר׃ פRead the interlinear

• forthיָצָאyâtsâ' · to come out: comeH3318
• lightאוֹר'ôr · lightH216

Cross-references for Job 28:11

• Job 26:8He bindeth up the waters in his thick clouds, and the cloud is not rent under them.
• Isaiah 37:25I have digged and drunk water; and with the sole of my feet have I dried up all the streams of Matsor.
• Isaiah 44:27that saith to the deep, Be dry, and I will dry up thy rivers;
• Isaiah 45:2I will go before thee, and make the elevated places plain; I will break in pieces the brazen doors, and cut asunder the bars of iron;
• 1 Corinthians 4:5So that do not judge anything before [the] time, until the Lord shall come, who shall also both bring to light the hidden things of darkness, and shall make manifest the counsels of hearts; and then shall each have [his] praise 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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In the dictionaries

• Bind
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• Equal
• Fain
• Fine
• Mine
• Wisdom
• Baruch, Book of
• Ethics
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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