He stops up the sources of the streams This phrase reflects the human endeavor to control and manipulate natural resources, a theme prevalent in the ancient Near East where water management was crucial for survival. In the context of Job, it symbolizes the search for wisdom and understanding, akin to mining for precious metals and gems.

Unleash God's Word! They search the sources of the rivers and bring hidden things to light.

1. How does Job 28:11 illustrate God's control over creation, and what does this teach us about His nature? 2. In what ways can we actively seek the wisdom that God offers, as described in Job 28 and other scriptures like Proverbs 2? 3. Reflect on a time when God revealed something hidden in your life. How did this experience deepen your trust ...

What does Job 28:11 mean? Read commentary on this popular Bible verse and understand the real meaning behind God's Word using John Gill's Exposition of the Bible.

The meaning of Job 28:11 is, that he (the miner) binds or stops the watercourses which his working out of the pit has interfered with and injured, so that they may not leak, i.e., that they may not in the least ooze through, whether by building up a wall or by collecting the water that streams forth in reservoirs (Arab. mahbas) or in the ...

It begins with setting forth the sagacity of men in searching and finding out useful metals, and other things the earth produces; the difficulty, fatigue, and labour, that attend such a search, and the dangers they are exposed unto in it, Job 28:1-11; then it declares the unsearchableness of wisdom, its superior excellency to things the most ...

11 He bindeth the floods from overflowing; and the thing that is hid bringeth he forth to light. Read full chapter

28 “Surely there is a mine for silver, and a place for gold that they refine. 2 Iron is taken out of the earth, and copper is smelted from the ore. 3 Man puts an end to darkness and searches out to the farthest limit the ore in gloom and deep darkness. 4 He opens shafts in a valley away from where anyone lives; they are forgotten by travelers;

He dams up the streams from trickling; What is hidden he brings forth to light.

וְֽ֭הַחׇכְמָה מֵאַ֣יִן תָּב֑וֹא וְאֵ֥י זֶ֝֗ה מְק֣וֹם בִּינָֽה׃ But whence does wisdom come? Where is the source of understanding? Concealed from the fowl of heaven. “We have only a report of it.” Observes all …