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Job 28:10 Cross-References
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“He cutteth out rivers among the rocks; and his eye seeth every precious thing.”
Job 28:10 (KJV)
Commentary on Job 28:10
He cutteth out rivers among the rocks—miners channel water through tunnels for ore processing and transport. The Hebrew yeor (יְאֹר, "rivers") often refers to the Nile but here means artificial channels. And his eye seeth every precious thing uses yaqar (יְקָר, "precious"), meaning costly or valuable. The miner's trained eye discerns valuable ore from worthless rock—specialized knowledge enabling wealth extraction.Job's irony deepens: humans engineer underground rivers and identify precious minerals through practiced discernment, yet this same careful observation cannot locate wisdom. The "eye...
Source: KJV Study Commentary
Cross-References for Job 28:10
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“Thy bow was made quite naked”
“but the talk of the lips leads only to poverty.”
“And by knowledge shall the chambers be filled with all precious and pleasant riches.”