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Amplified
“Behold, He restrains the waters, and they dry up;
Again, He sends the waters out, and they overwhelm and devastate the earth.
New American Standard Bible
And He
King James Version
Behold, he withholdeth the waters, and they dry up: also he sendeth them out, and they overturn the earth.
Holman Bible
and when He releases them, they destroy the land.
International Standard Version
When he withholds water, rivers dry up; when he lets them loose, they'll flood the land.
A Conservative Version
Behold, he withholds the waters, and they dry up. Again, he sends them out, and they overturn the earth.
American Standard Version
Behold, he withholdeth the waters, and they dry up; Again, he sendeth them out, and they overturn the earth.
Bible in Basic English
Truly, he keeps back the waters and they are dry; he sends them out and the earth is overturned.
Darby Translation
Behold, he withholdeth the waters, and they dry up; and he sendeth them out, and they overturn the earth.
Julia Smith Translation
Behold, he will hold back upon the waters, and they will dry up: and he will send them forth and they will overturn the earth.
King James 2000
Behold, he withholds the waters, and they dry up: also he sends them out, and they overturn the earth.
Lexham Expanded Bible
Look, [if] he withholds the water, then they dry up; and [if] he sends them out, then they overwhelm [the] land.
Modern King James verseion
Behold, He withholds the waters, and they dry up; also He sends them out, and they overturn the earth.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Behold, if he withhold the waters, they dry up; If he let them go, they destroy the earth.
NET Bible
If he holds back the waters, then they dry up; if he releases them, they destroy the land.
New Heart English Bible
Behold, he withholds the waters, and they dry up. Again, he sends them out, and they overturn the earth.
The Emphasized Bible
Lo! He holdeth back the waters, and they dry up, or sendeth them out, and they transform the earth:
Webster
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.
Youngs Literal Translation
Lo, He keepeth in the waters, and they are dried up, And he sendeth them forth, And they overturn the land.
Themes
Government » God setting up and removing kings
Nations » The lord destroying nations
Philosophy » Philosophical inductions and deductions relating to God and his providence
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Job 12:15
Verse Info
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14
“Behold, He tears down, and it cannot be rebuilt;
He imprisons a man, and there can be no release.
“Behold, He restrains the waters, and they dry up;
Again, He sends the waters out, and they overwhelm and devastate the earth.
“With Him are might and sound wisdom,
The misled and the misleader are His [and in His power].
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Cross References
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, there shall be neither dew nor rain these years, except by my word.”
Genesis 6:13
God said to Noah, “I intend to make an end of all that lives, for through men the land is filled with violence; and behold, I am about to
Genesis 6:17
For behold, I, even I, will bring a flood of waters on the earth, to destroy all life under the heavens in which there is the breath and spirit of life; everything that is on the land shall die.
Genesis 7:11-2
In the six hundredth year of Noah’s life, on the seventeenth day of the second month, on that same day all the fountains of the great deep [subterranean waters] burst open, and the windows and floodgates of the heavens were opened.
Deuteronomy 11:17
or [else] the Lord’s anger will be kindled and burn against you, and He will shut up the heavens so that there will be no rain and the land will not yield its fruit; and you will perish quickly from the good land which the Lord is giving you.
1 Kings 8:35-36
“When the heavens are shut up and there is no rain because they have sinned against You, and they pray toward this place and praise Your name and turn from their sin when You afflict them,
Job 12:10
In whose hand is the life of every living thing,
And the breath of all mankind?
Psalm 104:7-9
At Your rebuke they fled;
At the sound of Your thunder they hurried away.
Jeremiah 14:22
Are there any among the idols of the nations who can send rain?
Or can the heavens [of their own will] give showers?
Is it not You, O Lord our God?
Therefore we will wait and hope [confidently] in You,
For You are the one who has made all these things [the heavens and the rain].
Amos 5:8
He who made the [cluster of stars called] Pleiades and [the constellation] Orion,
Who turns deep darkness into the morning
And darkens the day into night,
Who calls for the waters of the sea
And pours them out on the surface of the earth,
The Lord is His name.
Nahum 1:4
He rebukes the sea and dries it up;
He dries up all the rivers [illustrating His judgment].
Bashan [on the east] and [Mount] Carmel [on the west] wither,
And [in the north] the blossoms of Lebanon fade.
Luke 4:25
James 5:17-18
Elijah was a man with a nature like ours [with the same physical, mental, and spiritual limitations and shortcomings], and he prayed
Revelation 11:6
These [two witnesses] have the power [from God] to shut up the sky, so that no rain will fall during the days of their prophesying [regarding judgment and salvation]; and they have power over the waters (seas, rivers) to turn them into blood, and to strike the earth with every [kind of] plague, as often as they wish.