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

9People break into the hard rocks. They turn over rocks under the mountains. 10They cut holes through the rocks. They discover stones that are very valuable. They look carefully in the springs of water where rivers start. They bring into the light things that were hidden away. 12But as for wisdom, people do not know where to find it. They cannot learn how to understand things properly. 13Humans do not understand the value of wisdom. They cannot find it in this world where people live.

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 fills the clouds with water. They become heavy but they do not break.
• Isaiah 37:25I dug wells and they gave me water to drink. My army marched through all the rivers in Egypt, and the rivers became dry.’
• Isaiah 44:27I say to the deep sea, “Become dry!” and its streams become dry.
• Isaiah 45:2I will go in front of you, and I will make the mountains flat. I will break bronze gates into pieces, and I will cut through iron bars.
• 1 Corinthians 4:5So you should not decide about things before the time is right. Wait until the Lord comes again. He will show everything clearly. He will show the bad things that people have done secretly. He will show the secret purpose of people's thoughts. Then God will praise each person in a way that is right for them.

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

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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