Job 12:15
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12:15If he holds back the waters, then they dry up;35
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- 35 The has a clarification: “he will dry the earth.”
- 36 The verse is focusing on the two extremes of drought and flood. Both are described as being under the power of God.
- 37 The verb הָפַךְ (hafakh) means “to overthrow; to destroy; to overwhelm.” It was used in Job 9:5 for “overturning” mountains. The word is used in Genesis for the destruction of Sodom.
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ESVEnglish Standard Version
If he withholds the waters, they dry up;
if he sends them out, they overwhelm the land.
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NIVNew International Version (2011)
If he holds back the waters, there is drought;
if he lets them loose, they devastate the land.
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CSBChristian Standard Bible
When he withholds water, everything dries up,
and when he releases it, it destroys the land.
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NLTNew Living Translation
If he holds back the rain, the earth becomes a desert.
If he releases the waters, they flood the earth.
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LEBThe Lexham English Bible
Look, if he withholds the water, then they dry up;
and if he sends them out, then they overwhelm the land.
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KJV 1900King James Version
Behold, he withholdeth the waters, and they dry up:
Also he sendeth them out, and they overturn the earth.
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