Job 28:11
Job 28:1-11 The Message (MSG)
“We all know how silver seams the rocks, we’ve seen the stuff from which gold is refined, We’re aware of how iron is dug out of the ground and copper is smelted from rock. Miners penetrate the earth’s darkness, searching the roots of the mountains for ore, digging away in the suffocating darkness. Far from civilization, far from the traffic, they cut a shaft, and are lowered into it by ropes. Earth’s surface is a field for grain, but its depths are a forge Firing sapphires from stones and chiseling gold from rocks. Vultures are blind to its riches, hawks never lay eyes on it. Wild animals are oblivious to it, lions don’t know it’s there. Miners hammer away at the rock, they uproot the mountains. They tunnel through the rock and find all kinds of beautiful gems. They discover the origins of rivers, and bring earth’s secrets to light.
Job 28:11 King James Version (KJV)
He bindeth the floods from overflowing; And the thing that is hid bringeth he forth to light.
Job 28:11 New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995 (NASB1995)
He dams up the streams from flowing, And what is hidden he brings out to the light.
Job 28:11 New Century Version (NCV)
They search for places where rivers begin and bring things hidden out into the light.
Job 28:11 American Standard Version (ASV)
He bindeth the streams that they trickle not; And the thing that is hid bringeth he forth to light.
Job 28:11 New International Version (NIV)
They search the sources of the rivers and bring hidden things to light.
Job 28:11 New King James Version (NKJV)
He dams up the streams from trickling; What is hidden he brings forth to light.
Job 28:11 Amplified Bible (AMP)
“Man dams up the streams from flowing [so that they do not trickle into the mine], And what is hidden he brings out to the light.