Job 28:11 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

¹¹ He binds up the streams so that they do not trickle, and the thing that is hid he brings forth to light.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹¹ He bindeth the floods from overflowing; And the thing that is hid bringeth he forth to light.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹¹ [Man] binds the streams so that they do not trickle [into the mine], and the thing that is hidden he brings forth to light.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹¹ He bindeth the streams that they trickle not; And the thing that is hid bringeth he forth to light.

Common English Bible

¹¹ They dam up the sources of rivers; hidden things come to light.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹¹ The depths of rivers he has also examined, and he has brought hidden things into the light.

Job 28:11 Cross References

Job 26:8

He binds up the waters in his thick clouds, and the cloud is not rent under them.

Job 28:10

He cuts out channels in the rocks, and his eye sees every precious thing.

Job 28:12

“But where shall wisdom be found? And where is the place of understanding?

Isaiah 37:25

I dug wells and drank waters, and I dried up with the sole of my foot all the streams of Egypt.

Isaiah 44:27

who says to the deep, ‘Be dry, I will dry up your rivers’;

1 Corinthians 4:5

Therefore do not pronounce judgment before the time, before the Lord comes, who will bring to light the things now hidden in darkness and will disclose the purposes of the heart. Then every man will receive his commendation from God.