Job 37:12
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.
Job 37:12 in other translations
| BSB | They swirl about, whirling at His direction, accomplishing all that He commands over the face of all the earth. |
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| 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, |
| YLT | And it is turning itself round by His counsels, For their doing all He commandeth them, On the face of the habitable earth. |
| 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, |
| BBE | And it goes this way and that, round about, turning itself by his guiding, to do whatever he gives orders to be done, on the face of his world of men, |
| Webster | And it is turned around by his counsels: that they may do whatever he commandeth them upon the face of the world on the earth. |
What does Job 37:12 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Job 37:11-13
11-13. How the thunderclouds are dispersed, or else employed by God, either for correction or mercy. by watering--by loading it with water. wearieth--burdeneth it, so that it falls in rain; thus "wearieth" answers to the parallel "scattereth" (compare, see on Job 37:9); a clear sky resulting alike from both. bright cloud--literally, "cloud of his light," that is, of His lightning. Umbreit for "watering," &c…
Adam Clarke's Commentary
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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Job 37:1-13
The changes of the weather are the subject of a great deal of our thoughts and common talk; but how seldom do we think and speak of these things, as Elihu, with a regard to God, the director of them! We must notice the glory of God, not only in the thunder and lightning, but in the more common and less awful changes of the weather; as the snow and rain. Nature directs all creatures to shelter themselves from a…
Job 37:12 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Job 37:12
- Psalms 148:8
Fire, and hail; snow, and vapour; stormy wind fulfilling his word:
- Psalms 104:24
O Lord, how manifold are thy works! in wisdom hast thou made them all: the earth is full of thy riches.
- James 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. And he prayed again, and the heaven gave rain, and the earth brought forth her fruit.
- Joel 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.
- Amos 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.
- Revelation 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.
- Jeremiah 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.
- Psalms 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. Thou waterest the ridges thereof abundantly: thou settlest the furrows thereof: thou makest it soft with showers: thou blessest the springing thereof.
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Context
- Job 37:11
Also by watering he wearieth the thick cloud: he scattereth his bright cloud:
- Job 37:12
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.
- Job 37:13
He causeth it to come, whether for correction, or for his land, or for mercy.
Job 37:12 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Asimismo por sus designios se revuelven las nubes en derredor, para hacer sobre la haz del mundo, en la tierra, lo que él les mandara. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Et sous sa conduite elles tournoient en tout sens, pour accomplir leur œuvre, tout ce qu’il leur commande sur la face du cercle de la terre, |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Und unter seiner Leitung wenden sie sich ringsumher zu ihrem Werke, zu allem, was er ihnen gebietet, über die Fläche des Erdkreises hin, |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Quæ lustrant per circuitum, quocumque eas voluntas gubernantis duxerit, ad omne quod præceperit illis super faciem orbis terrarum: |