Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version If he holds back the waters, there is drought; if he lets them loose, they devastate the land. New Living Translation If he holds back the rain, the earth becomes a desert. If he releases the waters, they flood the earth. English Standard Version If he withholds the waters, they dry up; if he sends them out, they overwhelm the land. Berean Standard Bible If He holds back the waters, they dry up, and if He releases them, they overwhelm the land. King James Bible Behold, he withholdeth the waters, and they dry up: also he sendeth them out, and they overturn the earth. New King James Version If He withholds the waters, they dry up; If He sends them out, they overwhelm the earth. New American Standard Bible “Behold, He restrains the waters, and they dry up; And He sends them out, and they inundate the earth. NASB 1995 “Behold, He restrains the waters, and they dry up; And He sends them out, and they inundate the earth. NASB 1977 “Behold, He restrains the waters, and they dry up; And He sends them out, and they inundate the earth. Legacy Standard Bible Behold, He restrains the waters, and they dry up; And He sends them out, and they overturn the earth. Amplified Bible “Behold, He restrains the waters, and they dry up; Again, He sends the waters out, and they overwhelm and devastate the earth. Christian Standard Bible When he withholds water, everything dries up, and when he releases it, it destroys the land. Holman Christian Standard Bible When He withholds the waters, everything dries up, and when He releases them, they destroy the land. American Standard Version Behold, he withholdeth the waters, and they dry up; Again, he sendeth them out, and they overturn the earth. Aramaic Bible in Plain English If he rebukes the waters, they dry up, and if he sends them out, they overturn the land Brenton Septuagint Translation If he should withhold the water, he will dry the earth: and if he should let it loose, he overthrows and destroys it. Contemporary English Version God can hold back the rain or send a flood, Douay-Rheims Bible If he withhold the waters, all things shall be dried up: and if he send them out, they shall overturn the earth. English Revised Version Behold, he withholdeth the waters, and they dry up; again, he sendeth them out, and they overturn the earth. GOD'S WORD® Translation When he holds back the waters, there is a drought. When he releases them, they flood the earth. Good News Translation Drought comes when God withholds rain; floods come when he turns water loose. International Standard Version When he withholds water, rivers dry up; when he lets them loose, they'll flood the land. JPS Tanakh 1917 Behold, He withholdeth the waters, and they dry up; Also He sendeth them out, and they overturn the earth. Literal Standard Version Behold, He keeps in the waters, and they are dried up, | And He sends them forth, | And they overturn the land. Majority Standard Bible If He holds back the waters, they dry up, and if He releases them, they overwhelm the land. New American Bible He holds back the waters and there is drought; he sends them forth and they overwhelm the land. NET Bible If he holds back the waters, then they dry up; if he releases them, they destroy the land. New Revised Standard Version If he withholds the waters, they dry up; if he sends them out, they overwhelm the land. New Heart English Bible Look, he withholds the waters, and they dry up. Again, he sends them out, and they overturn the earth. Webster's Bible Translation Behold, he withholdeth the waters, and they dry up: also he sendeth them out, and they overturn the earth. World English Bible Behold, he withholds the waters, and they dry up. Again, he sends them out, and they overturn the earth. Young's Literal Translation Lo, He keepeth in the waters, and they are dried up, And he sendeth them forth, And they overturn the land. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Job Responds to Zophar…14What He tears down cannot be rebuilt; the man He imprisons cannot be released. 15If He holds back the waters, they dry up, and if He releases them, they overwhelm the land. 16True wisdom and power belong to Him. The deceived and the deceiver are His.… Cross References Genesis 7:11 In the six hundredth year of Noah's life, on the seventeenth day of the second month, all the fountains of the great deep burst forth, and the floodgates of the heavens were opened. Genesis 8:1 But God remembered Noah and all the animals and livestock that were with him in the ark. And God sent a wind over the earth, and the waters began to subside. Deuteronomy 11:17 or the anger of the LORD will be kindled against you. He will shut the heavens so that there will be no rain, nor will the land yield its produce, and you will soon perish from the good land that the LORD is giving you. 1 Kings 8:35 When the skies are shut and there is no rain because Your people have sinned against You, and they pray toward this place and confess Your name, and they turn from their sins because You have afflicted them, 1 Kings 17:1 Now Elijah the Tishbite, who was among the settlers of Gilead, said to Ahab, "As surely as the LORD lives--the God of Israel before whom I stand--there will be neither dew nor rain in these years except at my word!" Job 28:25 When God fixed the weight of the wind and measured out the waters, Treasury of Scripture Behold, he withholds the waters, and they dry up: also he sends them out, and they overturn the earth. Behold Job 12:10 In whose hand is the soul of every living thing, and the breath of all mankind. Genesis 8:1,2 And God remembered Noah, and every living thing, and all the cattle that was with him in the ark: and God made a wind to pass over the earth, and the waters asswaged; … 1 Kings 8:35,36 When heaven is shut up, and there is no rain, because they have sinned against thee; if they pray toward this place, and confess thy name, and turn from their sin, when thou afflictest them: … he sendeth Genesis 6:13,17 And God said unto Noah, The end of all flesh is come before me; for the earth is filled with violence through them; and, behold, I will destroy them with the earth… Genesis 7:11,23 In the six hundredth year of Noah's life, in the second month, the seventeenth day of the month, the same day were all the fountains of the great deep broken up, and the windows of heaven were opened… Psalm 104:7-9 At thy rebuke they fled; at the voice of thy thunder they hasted away… Jump to Previous Devastate Dried Drought Dry Earth Forth Holds Keepeth Keeps Lets Overturn Overturned Overwhelm Restrains Sends Waters Withholdeth WithholdsJump to Next Devastate Dried Drought Dry Earth Forth Holds Keepeth Keeps Lets Overturn Overturned Overwhelm Restrains Sends Waters Withholdeth WithholdsJob 12 1. Job maintains himself against his friends that reprove him7. He acknowledges the doctrine of God's omnipotence Verse 15. - Behold, he withholdeth the waters, and they dry up. God, at his pleasure, causes great droughts, which are among the worst calamities that can happen. He withholds the blessed rain from heaven (Deuteronomy 11:17; 1 Kings 8:35; 1 Kings 17:1), and the springs shrink, and the rivers dry up, and a fruitful land is turned into a desert, and famine stalks through the land, and men perish by thousands. Also he sendeth them out, and they overturn the earth; i.e. he causes floods and inundations. Once upon a time he overwhelmed the whole earth, and destroyed almost the entire race of mankind, by a deluge of an extraordinary character, which so fixed itself in the human consciousness, that traces of it are to be found in the traditions of almost all the various races of men. But, beside this great occasion, he also in ten thousand other cases, causes, by means of floods, tremendous ruin and devastation, sweeping away crops and cattle, and even villages and cities, sometimes even "overturning the earth," causing lakes to burst, rivers to change their course, vast tracts of land to be permanently submerged, and the contour of coasts to be altered. Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew Ifהֵ֤ן (hên) Interjection Strong's 2005: Lo! behold! He holds back יַעְצֹ֣ר (ya‘·ṣōr) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 6113: To inclose, to hold back, to maintain, rule, assemble the waters, בַּמַּ֣יִם (bam·ma·yim) Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine plural Strong's 4325: Water, juice, urine, semen they dry up, וְיִבָ֑שׁוּ (wə·yi·ḇā·šū) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive imperfect - third person masculine plural Strong's 3001: To be ashamed, confused, disappointed, to dry up, wither and if He releases them, וִֽ֝ישַׁלְּחֵ֗ם (wî·šal·lə·ḥêm) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Conjunctive imperfect - third person masculine singular | third person masculine plural Strong's 7971: To send away, for, out they overwhelm וְיַ֖הַפְכוּ (wə·ya·hap̄·ḵū) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive imperfect - third person masculine plural Strong's 2015: To turn about, over, to change, overturn, return, pervert the land. אָֽרֶץ׃ (’ā·reṣ) Noun - feminine singular Strong's 776: Earth, land Links Job 12:15 NIVJob 12:15 NLT Job 12:15 ESV Job 12:15 NASB Job 12:15 KJV Job 12:15 BibleApps.com Job 12:15 Biblia Paralela Job 12:15 Chinese Bible Job 12:15 French Bible Job 12:15 Catholic Bible OT Poetry: Job 12:15 Behold he withholds the waters and they (Jb) |
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