Job 12:15

Old Testament • 7 words with Strong's data

"Behold, he withholdeth the waters, and they dry up: also he sendeth them out, and they overturn the earth."

Word-by-Word Analysis

רָאָה

râʼâh

H7200

to see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and causative)

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he

עָצָר

ʻâtsâr

H6113

to inclose; by analogy, to hold back; also to maintain, rule, assemble

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the

מַיִם

mayim

H4325

water; figuratively, juice; by euphemism, urine, semen

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and they

יַבָּשָׁה

yabbâshâh

H3004

dry ground

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up also he

שָׁלַח

shâlach

H7971

to send away, for, or out (in a great variety of applications)

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them out and they

הָפַךְ

hâphak

H2015

to turn about or over; by implication, to change, overturn, return, pervert

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the

אֶרֶץ

ʼerets

H776

the earth (at large, or partitively a land)

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Key Terms in This Verse

withholdeth H6113

עָצָר ʻâtsâr

to inclose; by analogy, to hold back; also to maintain, rule, assemble

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overturn H2015

הָפַךְ hâphak

to turn about or over; by implication, to change, overturn, return, pervert

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sendeth H7971

שָׁלַח shâlach

to send away, for, or out (in a great variety of applications)

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dry H3004

יַבָּשָׁה yabbâshâh

dry ground

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waters H4325

מַיִם mayim

water; figuratively, juice; by euphemism, urine, semen

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earth H776

אֶרֶץ ʼerets

the earth (at large, or partitively a land)

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Behold H7200

רָאָה râʼâh

to see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and causative)

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Cross References

1 Kings 17:1 cross-reference

And Elijah the Tishbite, who was of the inhabitants of Gilead, said unto Ahab, As the LORD God of Israel liveth, before whom I stand, there shall not be dew nor rain these years, but according to my w...

Amos 5:8 cross-reference

Seek him that maketh the seven stars and Orion, and turneth the shadow of death into the morning, and maketh the day dark with night: that calleth for the waters of the sea, and poureth them out upon ...

Genesis 6:17 cross-reference

And, behold, I, even I, do bring a flood of waters upon the earth, to destroy all flesh, wherein is the breath of life, from under heaven; and every thing that is in the earth shall die.

Revelation 11:6 cross-reference

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 cross-reference

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 t...

Luke 4:25 cross-reference

But I tell you of a truth, many widows were in Israel in the days of Elias, when the heaven was shut up three years and six months, when great famine was throughout all the land;

Nahum 1:4 cross-reference

He rebuketh the sea, and maketh it dry, and drieth up all the rivers: Bashan languisheth, and Carmel, and the flower of Lebanon languisheth.

Genesis 6:13 cross-reference

And God said unto Noah, The end of all flesh is come before me; for the earth is filled with violence through them; and, behold, I will destroy them with the earth.

Job 12:10 cross-reference

In whose hand is the soul of every living thing, and the breath of all mankind.

Deuteronomy 11:17 cross-reference

And then the LORD’s wrath be kindled against you, and he shut up the heaven, that there be no rain, and that the land yield not her fruit; and lest ye perish quickly from off the good land which the L...

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