Job 12:15
Lo! He holdeth back the waters, and they dry up, or sendeth them out, and they transform the earth:
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
In Context
14Lo! He pulleth down, and it cannot be built, He closeth up over a man, and it cannot be opened:
Cross References
Genesis 6:17And, I, behold me! bringing in the flood—even waters upon the earth, to destroy all flesh wherein is the spirit of life, from under the heavens,—everything that is in the earth, shall cease to breathe:
Genesis 8:1And God remembered Noah, and all the wild—beasts and all the tame-beasts that were with him in the ark,—and God caused a wind to pass over the earth, and the waters subsided;
1 Kings 8:35When the heavens are shut up, and there is no rain, because they have been sinning against thee,—and they shall pray toward this place, and confess thy Name, and, from their sin, shall return, because thou hast been afflicting them,
1 Kings 17:7But it came to pass, at the end of [certain] days, that the torrent dried up,—because there had been no rain in the land.
Psalms 104:7At thy rebuke, they flee, At the voice of thy thunder, they hurry away;
Amos 5:8[Seek him] who made the Cluster and the Giant, and turneth, into morning, the shadow of death, and who, day into night, doth darken, Him who calleth to the waters of the sea, and poureth them out on the face of the land, Yahweh, 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 →