Job 28:11

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

He bindeth {H2280} the floods {H5104} from overflowing {H1065}; and the thing that is hid {H8587} bringeth he forth {H3318} to light {H216}.

He dams up streams to keep them from flooding, and brings what was hidden out into the light.

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

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

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Cross-References

  • 1 Corinthians 4:5 (3 votes)

    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.

  • Isaiah 45:2 (3 votes)

    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:

  • Isaiah 45:3 (3 votes)

    And I will give thee the treasures of darkness, and hidden riches of secret places, that thou mayest know that I, the LORD, which call [thee] by thy name, [am] the God of Israel.

  • Isaiah 37:25 (2 votes)

    I have digged, and drunk water; and with the sole of my feet have I dried up all the rivers of the besieged places.

  • Isaiah 44:27 (2 votes)

    That saith to the deep, Be dry, and I will dry up thy rivers:

  • Job 26:8 (2 votes)

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