Job 28:11 Meaning and Explanation
“He bindeth the floods from overflowing; and the thing that is hid bringeth he forth to light.”
King James Version (KJV)
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Read Full Chapter →The miner dams back the seeping waters and brings hidden treasures up into the light of day.
What Does Job 28:11 Mean?
Job closes his description of mining with a final feat. The worker binds back the underground streams that would flood his shaft, holding the waters in check, and so he brings what was hidden up into the light. Buried things are drawn out of the dark and made to shine in the open.
It is a fitting climax to the catalogue of human achievement: people can even master the waters that threaten them and carry hidden treasure into daylight. This is the height of what searching hands can do. And it is exactly here, at the summit of human capability, that Job will spring his question. Everything that lies hidden in the earth can be brought to light, but wisdom is not among those things. The greatest treasure resists every effort that conquers the rest.
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What does Job 28:11 mean?
The miner dams back the seeping waters and brings hidden treasures up into the light of day.