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He binds the streams that they don`t trickle; The thing that is hidden he brings forth to light.
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The Peak of Human Skill
Commentators explain this verse describes the incredible skill of ancient miners. They could engineer solutions to stop underground streams from even trickling or “weeping” into a mine shaft, allowing them to bring hidden treasures to light. Job uses this pinnacle of human ingenuity to make a larger point: if even this level of effort cannot uncover divine wisdom, it must be beyond human reach.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
He bindeth the floods from overflowing — The marginal reading is 'Weeping.' The Hebrew is also 'from weeping,' מבכי (m…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
He binds the floods from overflowing As the miner finds ways and means of cutting through rocks, and draining and ca…
Job maintained that the arrangements of Providence are regulated by the highest wisdom. To confirm this, he showed how much knowledge and wealth pe…
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13th Century
Catholic
Previously, Job had shown how frail and perishable the lot is that the wicked receive from God (Job 27:13). Now, he intends to show, on…
