King James Version
Job 37:12 in the King James Version says “And it is turned round about by his counsels: that they may do whatsoever he commandeth them upon the face of the world ...” — study this verse from Job chapter 37 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“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.”
Job 37:12 · KJV
By the breath of God frost is given: and the breadth of the waters is straitened.
Also by watering he wearieth the thick cloud: he scattereth his bright cloud: his: Heb. the cloud of his light
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.
He causeth it to come, whether for correction, or for his land, or for mercy. correction: Heb. a rod
Hearken unto this, O Job: stand still, and consider the wondrous works of God.
KJV Study — Public Domain
he (she or it); only expressed when emphatic or without a verb; also (intensively) self, or (especially with the article) the same; sometimes (as demo
“And it is turned”
H2015to turn about or over; by implication, to change, overturn, return, pervert
“by his counsels”
H8458(only in plural) properly, steerage (as a management of ropes), i.e., (figuratively) guidance or (by implication) a plan
properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc
above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
“them upon the face”
H6440the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposi
“of the world”
H8398the earth (as moist and therefore inhabited); by extension, the globe; by implication, its inhabitants; specifically, a particular land, as babylonia,
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