Job 37:12 Parallel Translations

He guides the clouds as they churn round and round over the face of the inhabited earth to do everything he orders them.(GOD'S WORD®)

KJV:

And it is turned round about by his counsels: that they may do whatsoever he commandeth them upon the face of the world in the earth.

ASV:

And it is turned round about by his guidance, That they may do whatsoever he commandeth them Upon the face of the habitable world,

BBE:

And it goes this way and that, round about, turning itself by his guiding, to do whatever he gives orders to be done, on the face of his world of men,

DBY:

And they are turned every way by his guidance, that they may do whatsoever he commandeth them upon the face of the circuit of the earth,

ERV:

And it is turned round about by his guidance, that they may do whatsoever he commandeth them upon the face of the habitable world.

JPS:

And they are turned round about by His guidance, that they may do whatsoever He commandeth them upon the face of the habitable world:

WBS:

And it is turned around by his counsels: that they may do whatever he commandeth them upon the face of the world on the earth.

WEB:

It is turned around by his guidance, that they may do whatever he commands them on the surface of the habitable world,

YLT:

And it is turning itself round by His counsels, For their doing all He commandeth them, On the face of the habitable earth.

Job 37:12 Cross References

XREF:

Job 36:32 "He covers His hands with the lightning, And commands it to strike the mark.

Psalm 148:8 Fire and hail, snow and clouds; Stormy wind, fulfilling His word;

Isaiah 14:21 "Prepare for his sons a place of slaughter Because of the iniquity of their fathers. They must not arise and take possession of the earth And fill the face of the world with cities."

Isaiah 27:6 In the days to come Jacob will take root, Israel will blossom and sprout, And they will fill the whole world with fruit. (NASB ©1995)

Commentaries and Concordances

WES:

37:12 Turned - The clouds are carried about to this or that place. Not by chance (though nothing seems to be more casual than the motions of the clouds) but by his order and governance.

MHC:

37:1-13 The changes of the weather are the subject of a great deal of our thoughts and common talk; but how seldom do we think and speak of these things, as Elihu, with a regard to God, the director of them! We must notice the glory of God, not only in the thunder and lightning, but in the more common and less awful changes of the weather; as the snow and rain. Nature directs all creatures to shelter themselves from a storm; and shall man only be unprovided with a refuge? Oh that men would listen to the voice of God, who in many ways warns them to flee from the wrath to come; and invites them to accept his salvation, and to be happy. The ill opinion which men entertain of the Divine direction, peculiarly appears in their murmurs about the weather, though the whole result of the year proves the folly of their complaints. Believers should avoid this; no days are bad as God makes them, though we make many bad by our sins.

CONC:

Accomplish Changes Circuit Commandeth Commands Counsels Direction Face Gives Goes Guidance Guiding Habitable Inhabited Itself Orders Round Surface Swirl Turn Turning Whatever Whatsoever

Accomplish Changes Circuit Commandeth Commands Counsels Direction Earth Face Gives Goes Guidance Guiding Habitable Inhabited Itself Orders Round Surface Swirl Turn Turned Turning Way Whatever Whatsoever World

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