Job 28:11

Bindeth. This may refer to creating dams, dikes, and other forms of embankment to control water in the processes of mining.

The thing. The concealed treasures, the gold and gems that are buried deep in the earth. The illustration was admirably chosen. Job’s object was to show that true wisdom was not to be found by human science or by mere investigation. He selects a case, therefore, where man had shown the most skill and wisdom and where he had penetrated the farthest into darkness. He had driven his shaft through rocks, closed up gushing fountains, and laid bare the treasures that had been buried for generations. Yet all this did not enable him to understand the operations of God’s government.