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Job 28:11

9 The miner strikes the flint; he overturns mountains at their base.

10 He hews out channels in the rocks, and his eyes spot every treasure.

He stops up the sources of the streams to bring what is hidden to light.

12 But where can wisdom be found, and where does understanding dwell?

13 No man can know its value, nor is it found in the land of the living.

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This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
He stops up the sources of the streams to bring what is hidden to light.
KJV
He bindeth the floods from overflowing; and the thing that is hid bringeth he forth to light.
WEB
He binds the streams that they don’t trickle. The thing that is hidden he brings out to light.
ASV
He bindeth the streams that they trickle not; And the thing that is hid bringeth he forth to light.
DARBY
He bindeth the streams that they drip not, and what is hidden he bringeth forth to light.
BLB
The rivers he has bound from weeping, and a hidden thing he brings to light.
ÅB
De demmer for dryppet av vannårene og fører skjulte ting fram i lyset.
OTB
Han stopper bekkenes strøm,
Og bringer frem i lyset det som var skjult.
B1930
De demmer for dryppet av vannårene og fører skjulte ting frem i lyset.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • 1 Corinthians 4:5

    Therefore judge nothing before the appointed time; wait until the Lord comes. He will bring to light what is hidden in darkness and will expose the motives of men’s hearts. At that time each will receive his praise from God.

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  • Isaiah 45:2–3

    “I will go before you and level the mountains; I will break down the gates of bronze and cut through the bars of iron.

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  • Job 26:8

    He wraps up the waters in His clouds, yet the clouds do not burst under their own weight.

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  • Isaiah 37:25

    I have dug wells and drunk foreign waters. With the soles of my feet I have dried up all the streams of Egypt.”

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  • Isaiah 44:27

    who says to the depths of the sea, ‘Be dry, and I will dry up your currents,’

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