He cutteth out rivers among the rocks; and his eye seeth every precious thing.
My Notes
Commentary
Trusted original commentary from respected historical Bible scholars and theologians.
Gill's Exposition
He cutteth out rivers among the rocks,.... By cleaving rocks asunder in order to find out things of value in the cliffs of them; or by cutting his way through them, the miner opens a course for rivers…
Barnes' Notes
He cutteth out rivers among the rocks - That is, in his operations of mining, he cuts channels for the water to flow off through the rocks. This was done, as it is now, for the purpose of drawing off…
Here Job shows, 1. What a great way the wit of man may go in diving into the depths of nature and seizing the riches of it, what a great deal of knowledge and wealth men may, by their ingenious and…
Cambridge Bible
cutteth out rivers The word "rivers" is that commonly used to denote the canals into which the Nile was divided, and might be translated canalsor channels. Such canals might be intended for drawing…