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 sends the ice, freezing wide expanses of water. 11He loads the clouds with moisture, and they flash with his lightning. The clouds churn about at his direction. They do whatever he commands throughout the earth. 13He makes these things happen either to punish people or to show his unfailing love. 14“Pay attention to this, Job. Stop and consider the wonderful miracles of God!

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 water it, making it rich and fertile. The river of God has plenty of water; it provides a bountiful harvest of grain, for you have ordered it so.
• Psalms 104:24O Lord, what a variety of things you have made! In wisdom you have made them all. The earth is full of your creatures.
• Jeremiah 14:22Can any of the worthless foreign gods send us rain? Does it fall from the sky by itself? No, you are the one, O Lord our God! Only you can do such things. So we will wait for you to help us.
• Joel 2:23Rejoice, you people of Jerusalem! Rejoice in the Lord your God! For the rain he sends demonstrates his faithfulness. Once more the autumn rains will come, as well as the rains of spring.
• Amos 4:7“I kept the rain from falling when your crops needed it the most. I sent rain on one town but withheld it from another. Rain fell on one field, while another field withered away.
• Psalms 148:8fire and hail, snow and clouds, wind and weather that obey him,
• James 5:17Elijah was as human as we are, and yet when he prayed earnestly that no rain would fall, none fell for three and a half years!
• Revelation 11:6They have power to shut the sky so that no rain will fall for as long as they prophesy. And they have the power to turn the rivers and oceans into blood, and to strike the earth with every kind of plague as often as they wish.

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