Job 12:15
If he withhold the waters, all things shall be dried up: and if he send them out, they shall overturn the earth.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
In Context
16With him is strength and wisdom: he knoweth both the deceiver, and him that is deceived.
Cross References
Genesis 6:17Behold I will bring the waters of a great flood upon the earth, to destroy all flesh, wherein is the breath of life, under heaven. All things that are in the earth shall be consumed.
Genesis 8:1And God remembered Noe, and all the living creatures, and all the cattle which were with him in the ark, and brought a wind upon the earth, and the waters were abated.
1 Kings 8:35If heaven shall be shut up, and there shall be no rain, because of their sins, and they praying in this place, shall do penance to thy name, and shall be converted from their sins, by occasion of their afflictions:
1 Kings 17:7But after some time the torrent was dried up, for it had not rained upon the earth.
Psalms 104:7At thy rebuke they shall flee: at the voice of thy thunder they shall fear.
Amos 5:8Seek him that maketh Arcturus, and Orion, and that turneth darkness into morning, and that changeth day into night: that calleth the waters of the sea, and poureth them out upon the face of the earth: The Lord is his name.
Matthew Henry on Job 12:13-25
12 With the ancient is wisdom; and in length of days understanding. 13 With him is wisdom and strength, he hath counsel and understanding. 14 Behold, he breaketh down, and it cannot be built again: he shutteth up a man, and there can be no opening. 15 Behold, he withholdeth the waters, and they dry up: also he sendeth them out, and they overturn the earth. 16 With him is strength and wisdom: the deceived and the deceiver are his. 17 He leadeth counsellors away spoiled, and maketh the judges fools. 18 He looseth… Read the whole commentary →