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

10God’s breath produces ice, and the seas freeze over. 11Yes, he loads the thick clouds with moisture and scatters his lightning from the clouds. He guides the clouds as they churn round and round over the face of the inhabited earth to do everything he orders them. 13Whether for discipline, or for ⌞the good of⌟ his earth, or out of mercy, he makes the storm appear. 14“Open your ears to this, Job. Stop and consider God’s miracles.

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 earth, and you water it. You make it much richer than it was. (The river of God is filled with water.) You provide grain for them. Indeed, you even prepare the ground.
• Psalms 104:24What a large number of things you have made, O Lord! You made them all by wisdom. The earth is filled with your creatures.
• Jeremiah 14:22The worthless gods of the nations can’t make it rain. By themselves, the skies can’t give showers. But you can, O Lord our God. We have hope in you because you do all these things.
• Joel 2:23People of Zion, be glad and find joy in the Lord your God. The Lord has given you the Teacher of Righteousness. He has sent the autumn rain and the spring rain as before.
• Amos 4:7I stopped the rain from falling three months before the harvest. I sent rain on one city and not on another. One field had rain. Another field had none and dried up.
• Psalms 148:8lightning and hail, snow and fog, strong winds that obey his commands,
• James 5:17Elijah was human like us. Yet, when he prayed that it wouldn’t rain, no rain fell on the ground for three-and-a-half years.
• Revelation 11:6These witnesses have authority to shut the sky in order to keep rain from falling during the time they speak what God has revealed. They have authority to turn water into blood and to strike the earth with any plague as often as they want.

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
• God Continued...
• Meteorology and Celestial Phenomena
• Religion

In the dictionaries

• Comprehend
• Den
• Direct
• Elihu
• God
• 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