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
to see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and causative)
עָצָר
ʻâtsâr
to inclose; by analogy, to hold back; also to maintain, rule, assemble
מַיִם
mayim
water; figuratively, juice; by euphemism, urine, semen
שָׁלַח
shâlach
to send away, for, or out (in a great variety of applications)
הָפַךְ
hâphak
to turn about or over; by implication, to change, overturn, return, pervert
אֶרֶץ
ʼerets
the earth (at large, or partitively a land)
Key Terms in This Verse
עָצָר ʻâtsâr
to inclose; by analogy, to hold back; also to maintain, rule, assemble
Study H6113 →הָפַךְ hâphak
to turn about or over; by implication, to change, overturn, return, pervert
Study H2015 →שָׁלַח shâlach
to send away, for, or out (in a great variety of applications)
Study H7971 →רָאָה râʼâh
to see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and causative)
Study H7200 →Cross References
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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.
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.
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...
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;
He rebuketh the sea, and maketh it dry, and drieth up all the rivers: Bashan languisheth, and Carmel, and the flower of Lebanon languisheth.
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.
In whose hand is the soul of every living thing, and the breath of all mankind.
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