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Job 12:15

NETBible	If he holds back the waters, then they dry up;¹ if he releases them,² they destroy³ the land.
NIV © biblegateway Job 12:15	If he holds back the waters, there is drought; if he lets them loose, they devastate the land.
NASB © biblegateway Job 12:15	"Behold, He restrains the waters, and they dry up; And He sends them out, and they inundate the earth.
NLT © biblegateway Job 12:15	If he holds back the rain, the earth becomes a desert. If he releases the waters, they flood the earth.
MSG © biblegateway Job 12:15	If he holds back the rain, there's a drought; if he lets it loose, there's a flood.
BBE © SABDAweb Job 12:15	Truly, he keeps back the waters and they are dry; he sends them out and the earth is overturned.
NRSV © bibleoremus Job 12:15	If he withholds the waters, they dry up; if he sends them out, they overwhelm the land.
NKJV © biblegateway Job 12:15	If He withholds the waters, they dry up; If He sends them out, they overwhelm the earth.
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KJV	Behold, he withholdeth <06113> (8799) the waters <04325>_, and they dry up <03001> (8799)_: also he sendeth them out <07971> (8762)_, and they overturn <02015> (8799) the earth <0776>_.
NASB © biblegateway Job 12:15	"Behold <02005> , He restrains <06113> the waters <04325> , and they dry <03001> up; And He sends <07971> them out, and they inundate <02015> the earth <0776> .
LXXM	ean <1437> CONJ kwlush <2967> V-AAS-3S to <3588> T-ASN wdwr {N-ASN} xhranei <3583> V-FAI-3S thn <3588> T-ASF ghn <1065> N-ASF ean <1437> CONJ de <1161> PRT epafh {V-AAS-3S} apwlesen {V-AAI-3S} authn <846> D-ASF katastreqav <2690> V-AAPNS
NET [draft] ITL	If <02005> he holds back <06113> the waters <04325> , then they dry up <03001> ; if he releases <07971> them, they destroy <02015> the land <0776> .
HEBREW	Ura <0776> wkphyw <02015> Mxlsyw <07971> wsbyw <03001> Mymb <04325> ruey <06113> Nh (12:15) <02005>

NETBible

If he holds back the waters, then they dry up;¹ if he releases them,² they destroy³ the land.

NET Notes

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

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

³tn 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.