Job 28 · Verse 10

Job 28:10

He cutteth out rivers among the rocks; and his eye seeth every precious thing.

Job 28:10, King James Version

Job 28:10 in other translations

BSB	He hews out channels in the rocks, and his eyes spot every treasure.
WEB	He cuts out channels among the rocks. His eye sees every precious thing.
ASV	He cutteth out channels among the rocks; And his eye seeth every precious thing.
YLT	Among rocks, brooks he hath cleaved, And every precious thing hath his eye seen.
DARBY	He cutteth out channels in the rocks, and his eye seeth every precious thing.
BBE	He makes deep ways, cut through the rock, and his eye sees everything of value.
Webster	He cutteth out rivers among the rocks; and his eye seeth every precious thing.

What does Job 28:10 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown

10. He cuts channels to drain off the waters, which hinder his mining; and when the waters are gone, he he is able to see the precious things in the earth.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary

Verse 10 He cutteth out rivers among the rocks - He cuts canals, adits, etc., in the rocks, and drives levels under ground, in order to discover loads or veins of ore. These are often continued a great way under ground; and may be poetically compared to rivers, channels, or canals. His eye seeth every precious thing - He sinks those shafts, and drives those levels, in order to discover where the precious minerals lie, of which he is in pursuit.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Job 28:1-11

Job maintained that the dispensations of Providence were regulated by the highest wisdom. To confirm this, he showed of what a great deal of knowledge and wealth men may make themselves masters. The caverns of the earth may be discovered, but not the counsels of Heaven. Go to the miners, thou sluggard in religion, consider their ways, and be wise. Let their courage and diligence in seeking the wealth that perishes…

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Job 28:10 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

בַּ֭צּוּרוֹתBa.tzu.rotin the rocksH6697

יְאֹרִ֣יםye.'o.RimshaftsH2975

בִּקֵּ֑עַbi.Ke.a'he splits openH1234

וְכָל\־ve.kholand everyH3605

יְ֝קָ֗רye.Karprecious thingH3366

רָאֲתָ֥הra.'a.Tahit seesH7200

עֵינֽוֹ\׃ei.Noeye hisH5869

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Job 28:10

Proverbs 24:4
And by knowledge shall the chambers be filled with all precious and pleasant riches.
Proverbs 14:23
In all labour there is profit: but the talk of the lips tendeth only to penury.
Habakkuk 3:9
Thy bow was made quite naked, according to the oaths of the tribes, even thy word. Selah. Thou didst cleave the earth with rivers.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

every precious thing.
Pr 14:23; 24:4; Hab 3:9

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

Job 28:9
He putteth forth his hand upon the rock; he overturneth the mountains by the roots.
Job 28:10
He cutteth out rivers among the rocks; and his eye seeth every precious thing.
Job 28:11
He bindeth the floods from overflowing; and the thing that is hid bringeth he forth to light.

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Job 28:10 in other languages

Spanish Reina-Valera 1909	De los peñascos cortó ríos, y sus ojos vieron todo lo preciado.
French Bible J.N. Darby 1885	Il creuse des canaux dans les rochers; et son œil voit tout ce qui est précieux;
German Elberfelder 1871	Kanäle haut er durch die Felsen, und allerlei Köstliches sieht sein Auge.
Latin Clementine Vulgate	In petris rivos excidit, et omne pretiosum vidit oculus ejus.