Job 28:11 · KJV
“He bindeth the floods from overflowing; and {the thing that is} hid bringeth he forth to light. {overflowing: Heb. weeping}”
— Job 28:11
He cutteth out rivers among the rocks; and his eye seeth every precious thing.
But where shall wisdom be found? and where {is} the place of understanding?
Job 28 — Context
He putteth forth his hand upon the rock; he overturneth the mountains by the roots. {rock: or, flint}
10He cutteth out rivers among the rocks; and his eye seeth every precious thing.
11He bindeth the floods from overflowing; and {the thing that is} hid bringeth he forth to light. {overflowing: Heb. weeping}
12But where shall wisdom be found? and where {is} the place of understanding?
13Man knoweth not the price thereof; neither is it found in the land of the living.
Cross References
Isaiah 45:2-3
I will go before thee, and make the crooked places straight: I will break in pieces the gates of brass, and cut in sunder the bars of iron:
1 Corinthians 4:5
Therefore judge nothing before the time, until the Lord come, who both will bring to light the hidden things of darkness, and will make manifest the counsels of the hearts: and then shall every man have praise of God.
Job 26:8
He bindeth up the waters in his thick clouds; and the cloud is not rent under them.
Isaiah 44:27
That saith to the deep, Be dry, and I will dry up thy rivers:
Isaiah 37:25
I have digged, and drunk water; and with the sole of my feet have I dried up all the rivers of the besieged places. {besieged: or, fenced and closed}