Job 37:12

What does Job 37:12 mean?

A plain-English look at Job 37:12 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

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

KJV

King James Version · 1611

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

American Standard Version · 1901

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

Bible in Basic English · 1949

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,

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

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

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

Which go round about, whithersoever the will of him that governeth them shall lead them, to whatsoever he shall command them upon the face of the whole earth:

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

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,

Context

v.11Yea, he ladeth the thick cloud with moisture; He spreadeth abroad the cloud of his lightning:

v.12This passage

v.13Whether it be for correction, or for his land, Or for lovingkindness, that he cause it to come.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • 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.

  • Psalms 148:8

    Fire and hail, snow and vapor; Stormy wind, fulfilling his word;

  • Joel 2:23

    Be glad then, ye children of Zion, and rejoice in Jehovah your God; for he giveth you the former rain in just measure, and he causeth to come down for you the rain, the former rain and the latter rain, in the first month.

  • Revelation 11:6

    These have the power to shut the heaven, that it rain not during the days of their prophecy: and they have power over the waters to turn them into blood, and to smite the earth with every plague, as often as they shall desire.

  • Amos 4:7

    And I also have withholden the rain from you, when there were yet three months to the harvest; and I caused it to rain upon one city, and caused it not to rain upon another city: one piece was rained upon, and the piece whereupon it rained not withered.

  • James 5:17

    Elijah was a man of like passions with us, and he prayed fervently that it might not rain; and it rained not on the earth for three years and six months.

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