Job 37:12

In 11 translations

BSB

They swirl about, whirling at His direction, accomplishing all that He commands over the face of all the earth.

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.

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,

LSV

And it is turning itself around by His counsels, || For their doing all He commands them, || On the face of the habitable earth.

YLT

And it is turning itself round by His counsels, For their doing all He commandeth them, On the face of the habitable earth.

DBY

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,

DRC

Which go round about, whithersoever the will of him that governeth them shall lead them, to whatsoever he shall command them upon the face of the whole earth:

GNV

And it is turned about by his gouernment, that they may doe whatsoeuer he commandeth them vpon the whole worlde:

JPS

And they are turned round about by His guidance, that they may do whatsoever He commandeth them upon the face of the habitable world:

LXXE

And he will carry round the encircling clouds by his governance, to perform their works: whatsoever he shall command them,

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WLC

וְה֤וּא מְסִבּ֨וֹת ׀ מִתְהַפֵּ֣ךְ בתחבולתו לְפָעֳלָ֑ם כֹּ֖ל אֲשֶׁ֥ר יְצַוֵּ֓ם ׀ עַל־פְּנֵ֖י תֵבֵ֣ל אָֽרְצָה׃Read aloud as (qere): בְּתַחְבּוּלֹתָ֣יו

LXX-Br

καὶ αὐτὸς κυκλώματα διαστρέψει, ἐν θεεβουλαθὼθ, εἰς ἔργα αὐτῶν· πάντα ὅσα ἂν ἐντείληται αὐτοῖς, ταῦτα συντέτακται παρʼ αὐτοῦ ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς,

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• Psalms 148:8lightning and hail, snow and clouds, powerful wind fulfilling His word,
• Psalms 104:24How many are Your works, O LORD! In wisdom You have made them all; the earth is full of Your creatures.
• Joel 2:23Be glad, O children of Zion, and rejoice in the LORD your God, for He has given you the autumn rains for your vindication. He sends you showers, both autumn and spring rains, as before.
• James 5:17–18Elijah was a man just like us. He prayed earnestly that it would not rain, and it did not rain on the land for three and a half years. Again he prayed, and the heavens gave rain, and the earth yielded its crops.
• Amos 4:7“I also withheld the rain from you when the harvest was three months away. I sent rain on one city but withheld it from another. One field received rain; another without rain withered.
• Psalms 65:9–10You attend to the earth and water it; with abundance You enrich it. The streams of God are full of water, for You prepare our grain by providing for the earth. You soak its furrows and level its ridges; You soften it…
• Jeremiah 14:22Can the worthless idols of the nations bring rain? Do the skies alone send showers? Is this not by You, O LORD our God? So we put our hope in You, for You have done all these things.
• Revelation 11:6These witnesses have power to shut the sky so that no rain will fall during the days of their prophecy, and power to turn the waters into blood and to strike the earth with every kind of plague as often as they wish.

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