Job 37:12
10 By the breath of God frost is given: and the breadth of the waters is straitened.
11 Also by watering he wearieth the thick cloud: he scattereth his bright cloud:
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.
13 He causeth it to come, whether for correction, or for his land, or for mercy.
14 Hearken unto this, O Job: stand still, and consider the wondrous works of God.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- They swirl about, whirling at His direction, accomplishing all that He commands over the face of all the earth.
- 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.
- WEB
- It is turned around by his guidance, that they may do whatever he commands them on the surface of the habitable world,
- 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,
- DARBY
- 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,
- BLB
- And it turns around, being turned [about] by His guidance, to do all of what He commands them above the face of the habitation of the earth.
- ÅB
- og de svinger hit og dit, etter som han leder dem, for at de skal utføre alt det han befaler dem, over den vide jord;
- OTB
- Den skifter retning, snur seg ved Hans veiledning,
For at den skal utføre hva Han befaler den
På jordens bebodde ansikt. - B1930
- og de svinger hit og dit, efter som han leder dem, forat de skal utføre alt det han byder dem, over den vide jord;
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Psalms 148:8
Fire, and hail; snow, and vapour; stormy wind fulfilling his word:
Read in contextPsalms 104:24
O LORD, how manifold are thy works! in wisdom hast thou made them all: the earth is full of thy riches.
Read in contextJames 5:17–18
Elias was a man subject to like passions as we are, and he prayed earnestly that it might not rain: and it rained not on the earth by the space of three years and six months.
Read in contextJoel 2:23
Be glad then, ye children of Zion, and rejoice in the LORD your God: for he hath given you the former rain moderately, and he will cause to come down for you the rain, the former rain, and the latter rain in the first month.
Read in contextAmos 4:7
And also I 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.
Read in contextRevelation 11:6
These have power to shut heaven, that it rain not in the days of their prophecy: and have power over waters to turn them to blood, and to smite the earth with all plagues, as often as they will.
Read in contextJeremiah 14:22
Are there any among the vanities of the Gentiles that can cause rain? or can the heavens give showers? art not thou he, O LORD our God? therefore we will wait upon thee: for thou hast made all these things.
Read in contextPsalms 65:9–10
Thou visitest the earth, and waterest it: thou greatly enrichest it with the river of God, which is full of water: thou preparest them corn, when thou hast so provided for it.
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