Job 37:12

BSB · Public Domain (CC0)

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

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BSBPD

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

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“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.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“And it is turned round about by his guidance, That they may do whatsoever he commandeth them Upon the face of the habitable world,”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

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

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Job 37:12 — 8 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Psalms 65:9You 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.
  2. Psalms 104:24How many are Your works, O LORD! In wisdom You have made them all; the earth is full of Your creatures.
  3. Psalms 148:8lightning and hail, snow and clouds, powerful wind fulfilling His word,
  4. 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.
  5. 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.
  6. 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.
  7. James 5:17Elijah 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.
  8. 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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