Job 37:12

Job 37:12 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)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.
• New International Version (NIV)At his direction they swirl around over the face of the whole earth to do whatever he commands them.
• English Standard Version (ESV)They turn around and around by his guidance, to accomplish all that he commands them on the face of the habitable world.
• New King James Version (NKJV)And they swirl about, being turned by His guidance, That they may do whatever He commands them On the face of the whole earth.

Context of Job 37:12

10The cold wind is like God's breath. He causes ice to cover the rivers and the lakes. 11He fills the clouds with lots of water. He sends the lightning through the clouds. The clouds move around across the whole earth. They go wherever God sends them. He tells them what they must do. 13He may send a storm as punishment for his land. Or he may send it to show his love for his people. 14Listen carefully to what I am telling you, Job. Stop and think about the wonderful things that God does.

Job 37:12 word by word

וְה֤וּא מְסִבּ֨וֹת׀ מִתְהַפֵּ֣ךְ בְּתַחְבּוּלֹתָ֣יו לְפָעֳלָ֑ם כֹּ֖ל אֲשֶׁ֥ר יְצַוֵּ֓ם׀ עַל־פְּנֵ֖י תֵבֵ֣ל אָֽרְצָה׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And it is turnedהָפַךְhâphak · to overturnH2015
• round aboutמֵסַבmêsab mesibbîym mesibbôth · surroundsH4524
• by his counselsתַּחְבֻּלָהtachbûlâh tachbûlâh · counselH8458
• that they may doפֹּ֫עַלpô‛al · workH6467
• whatsoever he commandethצָוָהtsâvâh · to commandH6680
• them upon the faceפָּנֶהpânîym · face: surfaceH6440
• of the worldתֵּבֵלtêbêl · worldH8398
• in the earthאֶ֫רֶץ'erets · land: country/planetH776

Cross-references for Job 37:12

• Psalms 65:9You take care of the land. You send rain to make the earth good for plants. Your rivers are full of water. You cause the earth to give good crops so that the people have grain to eat.
• Psalms 104:24Lord, you have made very many different things! You were very wise in the way that you have made them all. The earth is full of the living things that you have made.
• Jeremiah 14:22The idols of other nations are useless. None of them can cause rain to fall. And the sky itself does not make rain. No, it is you, Lord, our God, who sends rain. You alone do all these things, so we trust you to help us.’
• Joel 2:23Shout with joy, people in Zion! Be very happy because of the things that the Lord your God has done. He has given you just enough autumn rain. He has given you the winter rain, and the summer rain, as before.
• Amos 4:7‘Three months before your food was ready to pick, I did not send rain. So all the food became too dry. Sometimes I sent rain to one city, but I did not send it to other cities. I sent rain to one person's land, but I did not send it to another person's land. So that other person's land became too dry.
• Psalms 148:8Praise him, fire and hail, snow and clouds. Praise him, wind and storm, as you obey his commands.
• James 5:17For example, God's prophet Elijah was an ordinary person, as we are. He prayed to God that it would not rain. He continued to pray and it did not rain on the land for three years and six months.
• Revelation 11:6These servants of God have authority to shut up the sky. Then there will be no rain during the time that they tell their messages from God. They also have authority to cause the water on earth to become blood. They can cause many different kinds of trouble to happen on the earth. They can do this as often as they want to.

Commentaries on Job 37:12

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 12And it is turned round about by his counsels - The original is difficult: בתחבולתו מתהפך מסבות והוא vehu mesibboth mithhappech bethachbulothav ; which has been thus paraphrased: And he - the sun, makes revolutions - causes the heavenly bodies to revolve round him, turning round himself - turning round his own axis, by his attachments - his attractive and repulsive influences, by which the heavenly bodies revolve round him, and by which, as if strongly…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 12And it is turned round about - The word here rendered “it” (הוא hû' ) may refer either to the “cloud,” and then it will mean that it is driven about at the pleasure of God; or it may refer to God, and then it will mean that “he” drives it about at pleasure. The sense is not materially varied. The use of the Hebrew participle rendered “turned about” (in Hithpael), would rather imply that it refers to the cloud. The sense then is, that it turns itself…Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 11-1311-13. 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., translates; "Brightness drives away the…Read the comment

Topics related to Job 37:12

• God
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• Meteorology and Celestial Phenomena
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• Elihu
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• World, Cosmological

Commentaries on Job 37

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings