Job 12:15
If he should withhold the water, he will dry the earth: 1 And if he should let it loose, he overthrows and destroys it. 1
Updated Brenton Septuagint
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In Context
14If he should cast down, who will build up? 1 If he should shut up against men, who shall open? 1
16With him are strength and power: 1 He has knowledge and understanding. 1
Cross References
Genesis 6:17And behold I bring a flood of water upon the earth, to destroy all flesh in which is the breath of life under heaven, and whatsoever things are upon the earth shall die.
Genesis 8:1And God remembered Noah, and all the wild beasts, and all the cattle, and all the birds, and all the reptiles that creep, as many as were with him in the ark, and God brought a wind upon the earth, and the water stayed.
1 Kings 8:35When the heaven is restrained, and there is no rain, because they shall sin against thee, and they shall pray toward this place, and shall make confession to thy name, and shall turn from their sins when thou shalt have humbled them,
1 Kings 17:7And it came to pass after some time, that the brook was dried up, because there had been no rain upon the earth.
Psalms 104:7He is the Lord our God; 1 His judgments are in all the earth. 1
Amos 5:8who makes all things, and changes them, and turns darkness into the morning, and darkens the day into night: who calls for the water of the sea, and pours it out on 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 →