KING JAMES BIBLE · PCE
Job 28:9–11
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Job 28:9
9He putteth forth his hand upon the rock; he overturneth the mountains by the roots.
9Hee putteth foorth his hand vpon the ‖rocke; hee ouerturneth the mountaines by the rootes.
- Or, flint.
Job 28:10
10He cutteth out rivers among the rocks; and his eye seeth every precious thing.
10Hee cutteth out riuers among the rockes, and his eye seeth euery precious thing.
Job 28:11
11He bindeth the floods from overflowing; and the thing that is hid bringeth he forth to light.
11He bindeth the flouds †from ouerflowing, and the thing that is hid, bringeth he foorth to light.
- Heb. from weeping.
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DEFINED WORDS
Job 28:9
To place, set, lay, appoint, bring into a condition, or cause to be, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: Approved KJV word-family definition · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · KJV usage (PCE)
Outward, onward, or away from a place.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828
The part of the body at the end of the arm; figuratively, power, possession, aid, or agency.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
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overturneth
State of being overturned or subverted; overthrow.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828
The underground parts by which plants are fixed and nourished; figuratively, origins, causes, or established bases.
Meaning drawn from: Approved KJV word-family definition · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · KJV usage (PCE)
DEFINED WORDS
Job 28:10
Outside, away from within, forth, absent, or no longer in a stated condition.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
The organ of sight; also to look upon or observe attentively.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828
To perceive with the eyes; to behold, observe, understand, consider, experience, or take heed, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: Approved KJV word-family definition · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · KJV usage (PCE)
Each one of all; all taken separately, without exception in the stated group.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
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Job 28:11
MEANING IN THIS VERSE
overflowing
Spreading over, as a fluid; inundating; running over the brim or banks.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
Concealed, covered, kept secret, or placed out of sight.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
Outward, onward, or away from a place.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828
Visible brightness; something that gives illumination; not heavy; to kindle, illuminate, or come down upon, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828
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From verse 9
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Open the full verse study4He rebuketh the sea, and maketh it dry, and drieth up all the rivers: Bashan languisheth, and Carmel, and the flower of Lebanon languisheth.
5The mountains quake at him, and the hills melt, and the earth is burned at his presence, yea, the world, and all that dwell therein.
6Who can stand before his indignation? and who can abide in the fierceness of his anger? his fury is poured out like fire, and the rocks are thrown down by him.
From verse 10
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Open the full verse study9Thy 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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Open the full verse study23In all labour there is profit: but the talk of the lips tendeth only to penury.
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Open the full verse study4And by knowledge shall the chambers be filled with all precious and pleasant riches.
From verse 11
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Open the full verse study5Therefore 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.
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Open the full verse study2I 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:
3And 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.
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Open the full verse study25I have digged, and drunk water; and with the sole of my feet have I dried up all the rivers of the besieged places.
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Open the full verse study27That saith to the deep, Be dry, and I will dry up thy rivers:
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Open the full verse study8He bindeth up the waters in his thick clouds; and the cloud is not rent under them.
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