God’s Word Translation
Job 28:11
11They explore the sources of rivers so that they bring hidden treasures to light.
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“Humans exert their power on the flinty rocks and overturn mountains at their base. 10They cut out mineshafts in the rocks. Their eyes see every precious thing. They explore the sources of rivers so that they bring hidden treasures to light. 12“Where can wisdom be found? Where does understanding live? 13No mortal knows where it is. It cannot be found in this world of the living.
Read all of Job 28Job 28:11 word by word
מִ֭בְּכִי נְהָר֣וֹת חִבֵּ֑שׁ וְ֝תַעֲלֻמָ֗הּ יֹ֣צִא אֽוֹר׃ פRead the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Job 28:11
- Job 26:8He holds the water in his thick clouds, and the clouds don’t ⌞even⌟ split under its ⌞weight⌟.
- Isaiah 37:25I’ll dig wells and drink water. I’ll dry up all the streams of Egypt with the trampling of my feet.”
- Isaiah 44:27He says to the deep water, “Dry up.” So I will dry up your rivers.
- Isaiah 45:2I will go ahead of you, Cyrus, and smooth out the rough places. I will break down the bronze doors and cut through the iron bars.
- 1 Corinthians 4:5Therefore, don’t judge anything before the appointed time. Wait until the Lord comes. He will also bring to light what is hidden in the dark and reveal people’s motives. Then each person will receive 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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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
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