The Meaning of Job 28:11 Explained

Job 28:11

KJV: He bindeth the floods from overflowing; and the thing that is hid bringeth he forth to light.

YLT: From overflowing floods he hath bound, And the hidden thing bringeth out to light.

Darby: He bindeth the streams that they drip not, and what is hidden he bringeth forth to light.

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

KJV Reverse Interlinear

He bindeth  the floods  from overflowing;  and [the thing that is] hid  bringeth he forth  to light. 

What does Job 28:11 Mean?

Context Summary

Job 28:1-28 - The Pearl Of Great Price
A search for this pearl of great price has occupied men in every age. Job compares it with the search of the miner for the hidden treasures of the earth, Job 28:1-12. This paragraph should be read in the r.v. The shaft into the earth, the miner's exile from the cheerful haunts of human life, his exposure to dangers from foul air, water, and the falling-in of the mine, the binding up of the streams, are vividly portrayed. But the miner perseveres through all till he obtains his golden spoil. Would that we were as persistent in our quest for the knowledge of God! Paul was a great miner; he went down into caverns of pain and sorrow, that he might bring to light the treasures of God's wisdom and love.
Only God knows God, Job 28:23. In the depths of His nature, dark with excess of light but hidden from the falcon's eye of human genius, are both knowledge and understanding. He waits to reveal these things to babes, saying, "Fear God, and you will be wise. Depart from evil, and you will understand," Job 28:28. Christ is the Word and the Wisdom of God, 1 Corinthians 1:24. [source]

Chapter Summary: Job 28

1  There is a knowledge of natural things
12  But wisdom is an excellent gift of God

What do the individual words in Job 28:11 mean?

From trickling the streams He dams up and [What is] hidden he brings forth to light -
מִ֭בְּכִי נְהָר֣וֹת חִבֵּ֑שׁ וְ֝תַעֲלֻמָ֗הּ‪‬ יֹ֣צִא אֽוֹר פ

מִ֭בְּכִי  From  trickling 
Parse: Preposition-m, Noun, masculine singular
Root: בְּכִי  
Sense: a weeping, weeping.
נְהָר֣וֹת  the  streams 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural
Root: נָהָר  
Sense: stream, river.
חִבֵּ֑שׁ  He  dams  up 
Parse: Verb, Piel, Perfect, third person masculine singular
Root: חָבַשׁ  
Sense: to tie, bind, bind on, bind up, saddle, restrain, bandage, govern.
וְ֝תַעֲלֻמָ֗הּ‪‬  and  [What  is]  hidden 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, feminine singular construct
Root: תַּעֲלֻמָה  
Sense: hidden thing, secret, that which is hidden.
יֹ֣צִא  he  brings  forth 
Parse: Verb, Hifil, Imperfect, third person masculine singular
Root: יׄוצֵאת 
Sense: to go out, come out, exit, go forth.
אֽוֹר  to  light 
Parse: Noun, common singular
Root: אֹור  
Sense: light.
פ  - 
Parse: Punctuation

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