King James Version

Job 28:11

He bindeth the floods from overflowing; and the thing that is hid bringeth he forth to light.

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מִ֭בְּכִיmibkhifrom weepingבְּכִיpreposition, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “from weeping”, the ordinary formH1065a weeping; by analogy, a drippingoverflowing, [idiom] sore, (continual) weeping, wept.נְהָר֣וֹתneharotfloodנָהָרnoun, common, masculine, plural, absolute — “flood”, the ordinary formH5104a stream (including the sea; expectation the Nile, Euphrates, etc.); figuratively, prosperityflood, river.חִבֵּ֑שׁchibeshsaddleחָבַשׁverb, piel, perfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “saddle”, a completed actionH2280to wrap firmly (especially a turban, compress, or saddle); figuratively, to stop, to rulebind (up), gird about, govern, healer, put, saddle, wrap about.וְ֝תַעֲלֻמָ֗הּvetaalumahand secretתַּעֲלֻמָּהconjunction, noun, common, feminine, singular, absolute — “and secret”, the ordinary formH8587a secretthing that is hid, secret.יֹ֣צִאyotsibring forthיָצָאverb, hiphil, imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “bring forth”, an unfinished actionH3318to go (causatively, bring) out, in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively, direct and proxim.[idiom] after, appear, [idiom] assuredly, bear out, [idiom] begotten, break out, bring forth (out, up), carry out, come (abroad, out, thereat, without), [phrase] be condemned, depart(-ing, -ure), draw forth, in the end, escape, exact, fail…אֽוֹרorbrightאוֹרnoun, common, both genders, singular, absolute — “bright”, the ordinary formH216illumination or (concrete) luminary (in every sense, including lightning, happiness, etc.)bright, clear, [phrase] day, light (-ning), morning, sun.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

He bindeth the streams that they trickle not; and the thing that is hid bringeth he forth to light.

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American Standard Version (1901)

He bindeth the streams that they trickle not; And the thing that is hid bringeth he forth to light.

Young’s Literal Translation

From overflowing floods he hath bound, And the hidden thing bringeth out [to] light.

World English Bible

He binds the streams that they don’t trickle. The thing that is hidden he brings out to light.

Darby Translation

He bindeth the streams that they drip not, and what is hidden he bringeth forth to light.

Douay-Rheims

The depths also of rivers he hath searched, and hidden things he hath brought forth to light.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

He bindeth the streams that they trickle not; and the thing that is hid bringeth he forth to light.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

And he has laid bare the depths of rivers, and has brought his power to light.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Βάθη δὲ ποταμῶν ἀνεκάλυψεν, ἔδειξε δὲ αὐτοῦ δύναμιν εἰς φῶς.