Job 12:15 Parallel Translations

NASB:

GWT:

When he holds back the waters, there is a drought. When he releases them, they flood the earth.(GOD'S WORD®)

KJV:

Behold, he withholdeth the waters, and they dry up: also he sendeth them out, and they overturn the earth.

ASV:

Behold, he withholdeth the waters, and they dry up; Again, he sendeth them out, and they overturn the earth.

BBE:

Truly, he keeps back the waters and they are dry; he sends them out and the earth is overturned.

DBY:

Behold, he withholdeth the waters, and they dry up; and he sendeth them out, and they overturn the earth.

ERV:

Behold, he withholdeth the waters, and they dry up; again, he sendeth them out, and they overturn the earth.

JPS:

Behold, He withholdeth the waters, and they dry up; also He sendeth them out, and they overturn the earth.

WBS:

Behold, he withholdeth the waters, and they dry up: also he sendeth them out, and they overturn the earth.

WEB:

Behold, he withholds the waters, and they dry up. Again, he sends them out, and they overturn the earth.

YLT:

Lo, He keepeth in the waters, and they are dried up, And he sendeth them forth, And they overturn the land.

Job 12:15 Cross References

XREF:

Genesis 7:11 In the six hundredth year of Noah's life, in the second month, on the seventeenth day of the month, on the same day all the fountains of the great deep burst open, and the floodgates of the sky were opened.

Deuteronomy 11:17 "Or the anger of the LORD will be kindled against you, and He will shut up the heavens so that there will be no rain and the ground will not yield its fruit; and you will perish quickly from the good land which the LORD is giving you.

1 Kings 8:35 "When the heavens are shut up and there is no rain, because they have sinned against You, and they pray toward this place and confess Your name and turn from their sin when You afflict them,

1 Kings 17:1 Now Elijah the Tishbite, who was of the settlers of Gilead, said to Ahab, "As the LORD, the God of Israel lives, before whom I stand, surely there shall be neither dew nor rain these years, except by my word." (NASB ©1995)

Commentaries and Concordances

WES:

12:15 The waters - Which are reserved its the clouds, that they may not fall upon the earth. They - The waters upon the earth, springs, and brooks, and rivers. As at the time of the general deluge, to which here is a manifest allusion.

MHC:

12:12-25 This is a noble discourse of Job concerning the wisdom, power, and sovereignty of God, in ordering all the affairs of the children of men, according to the counsel of His own will, which none can resist. It were well if wise and good men, who differ about lesser things, would see how it is for their honour and comfort, and the good of others, to dwell most upon the great things in which they agree. Here are no complaints, or reflections. He gives many instances of God's powerful management of the children of men, overruling all their counsels, and overcoming all their oppositions. Having all strength and wisdom, God knows how to make use, even of those who are foolish and bad; otherwise there is so little wisdom and so little honesty in the world, that all had been in confusion and ruin long ago. These important truths were suited to convince the disputants that they were out of their depth in attempting to assign the Lord's reasons for afflicting Job; his ways are unsearchable, and his judgments past finding out. Let us remark what beautiful illustrations there are in the word of God, confirming his sovereignty, and wisdom in that sovereignty: but the highest and infinitely the most important is, that the Lord Jesus was crucified by the malice of the Jews; and who but the Lord could have known that this one event was the salvation of the world?

CONC:

Behold Devastate Dried Drought Dry Forth Holds Inundate Keepeth Keeps Lets Loose Overturn Overturned Overwhelm Restrains Sends Truly Waters Withholdeth Withholds

Devastate Dried Drought Dry Earth Forth Holds Keepeth Keeps Lets Overturn Overturned Overwhelm Restrains Sends Waters Withholdeth Withholds

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