Job 12:15

12:15 If he holds back the waters, then they dry up; ¹ 

if he releases them, ²  they destroy ³  the land.

[12:15]  ¹ tc The LXX has a clarification: “he will dry the earth.”

[12:15]  ² sn The verse is focusing on the two extremes of drought and flood. Both are described as being under the power of God.

[12:15]  ³ tn The verb הָפַךְ (hafakh) means “to overthrow; to destroy; to overwhelm.” It was used in Job 9:5 for “overturning” mountains. The word is used in Genesis for the destruction of Sodom.