KJV King James Version
He cutteth out rivers among the rocks; and his eye seeth every precious thing.
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Job 28:10
He cutteth out rivers among the rocks; and his eye seeth every precious thing.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
He hews out channels in the rocks, and his eyes spot every treasure.
WEB World English Bible
He cuts out channels among the rocks. His eye sees every precious thing.
ASV American Standard Version
He cutteth out channels among the rocks; And his eye seeth every precious thing.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
Among rocks, brooks he hath cleaved, And every precious thing hath his eye seen.
Surrounding context — Job 28
7 [There is] a path which no fowl knoweth, and which the vulture’s eye hath not seen:
8 The lion’s whelps have not trodden it, nor the fierce lion passed by it.
9 He putteth forth his hand upon the rock; he overturneth the mountains by the roots.
10 He cutteth out rivers among the rocks; and his eye seeth every precious thing.
11 He bindeth the floods from overflowing; and [the thing that is] hid bringeth he forth to light.
12 But where shall wisdom be found? and where [is] the place of understanding?
13 Man knoweth not the price thereof; neither is it found in the land of the living.
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Habakkuk 3:9Thy bow was made quite naked, [according] to the oaths of the tribes, [even thy] word. Selah. Thou didst cleave the earth with rivers.Proverbs 14:23In all labour there is profit: but the talk of the lips [tendeth] only to penury.Proverbs 24:4And by knowledge shall the chambers be filled with all precious and pleasant riches.
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