Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Job 12:15 Cross-References
Explore 14 cross-references for Job 12:15 from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, connecting Job chapter 12 verse 15 to related passages throughout the Bible.
“Behold, he withholdeth the waters, and they dry up: also he sendeth them out, and they overturn the earth.”
Job 12:15 (KJV)
Commentary on Job 12:15
Behold, he withholdeth the waters, and they dry up: also he sendeth them out, and they overturn the earth—Job declares God's absolute sovereignty over water—both drought and flood. Hen ya'tsor ba-mayim ve-yivashu (הֵן יַעְצֹר בַּמַּיִם וְיִיבָשׁוּ, behold, He restrains the waters and they dry up) uses atsar (עָצַר), to restrain, withhold, or shut up. When God withholds rain, yabesh (יָבֵשׁ, they dry up) brings devastating drought, famine, and death—precisely what Job's friends claim happens as divine judgment for sin.Vayshalchem vayahpekhu aretz (וִישַׁלְּחֵם וְיַהַפְכוּ אָרֶץ, He sends them o...
Source: KJV Study Commentary
Cross-References for Job 12:15
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“who was of the foreigners of Gilead”
“and turns the shadow of death into the morning”
“and he prayed earnestly that it might not rain”
“The end of all flesh has come before me, for the earth is filled with violence through them. Behold, I will destroy them with the earth.,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.,וַיֹּאמֶר אֱלֹהִים לְנֹחַ קֵץ כָּל־בָּשָׂר בָּא לְפָנַי כִּי־מָלְאָה הָאָרֶץ חָמָס מִפְּנֵיהֶם וְהִנְנִי מַשְׁחִיתָם אֶת־הָאָרֶץ׃ ,And God said unto Noah: The end of all flesh is come before Me; for the earth is filled with violence through them; and”
“there were many widows in Israel in the days of Elijah”
“and makes it dry”
“At thy rebuke they fled; at the voice of thy thunder they hasted away.”
“Yahweh our God? therefore we will wait for you; for you have made all these things.”
“in the second month”
“and the breath of all mankind?”