Job 12:15
What does Job 12:15 mean?
A plain-English look at Job 12:15 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000Behold, he withholdeth the waters, and they dry up; Again, he sendeth them out, and they overturn the earth.
KJV
King James Version · 1611Behold, he withholdeth the waters, and they dry up: also he sendeth them out, and they overturn the earth.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901Behold, he withholdeth the waters, and they dry up; Again, he sendeth them out, and they overturn the earth.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949Truly, he keeps back the waters and they are dry; he sends them out and the earth is overturned.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862Lo, He keepeth in the waters, and they are dried up, And he sendeth them forth, And they overturn the land.
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752If he withhold the waters, all things shall be dried up: and if he send them out, they shall overturn the earth.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890Behold, he withholdeth the waters, and they dry up; and he sendeth them out, and they overturn the earth.
Context
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Genesis 6:17
And I, behold, I do bring the flood of waters upon the earth, to destroy all flesh, wherein is the breath of life, from under heaven; everything that is in the earth shall die.
- 1 Kings 17:1
And Elijah the Tishbite, who was of the sojourners of Gilead, said unto Ahab, As Jehovah, the God of Israel, liveth, before whom I stand, there shall not be dew nor rain these years, but according to my word.
- Jeremiah 14:22
Are there any among the vanities of the nations that can cause rain? or can the heavens give showers? art not thou he, O Jehovah our God? therefore we will wait for thee; for thou hast made all these things.
- 1 Kings 8:35
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 dost afflict them:
- Luke 4:25
But of a truth I say unto you, There were many widows in Israel in the days of Elijah, when the heaven was shut up three years and six months, when there came a great famine over all the land;
- Psalms 104:7
At thy rebuke they fled; At the voice of thy thunder they hasted away
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