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Job 37:12

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.

KJV

Quæ lustrant per circuitum, quocumque eas voluntas gubernantis duxerit, ad omne quod præceperit illis super faciem orbis terrarum :

Vulgate

καὶ αὐτὸς κυκλώματα διαστρέψει, ἐν θεεβουλαθὼθ εἰς ἔργα αὐτῶν· πάντα ὅσα ἂν ἐντείληται αὐτοῖς, ταῦτα συντέτακται παρ’ αὐτοῦ ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς,

LXX

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

ASV

וְ/ה֤וּא מְסִבּ֨וֹת מִתְהַפֵּ֣ךְ ב/תחבולת/ו בְּ/תַחְבּוּלֹתָ֣י/ו לְ/פָעֳלָ֑/ם כֹּ֖ל אֲשֶׁ֥ר יְצַוֵּ֓/ם עַל פְּנֵ֖י תֵבֵ֣ל אָֽרְצָ/ה

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

12 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֲשֶׁר
'shr
particle · 5461×
אֶ֣רֶץ
'rts
noun · 2484×
ה֖וּא
hv'
pronoun · 1878×
הָפַ֣ךְ
hpk
verb · 94×
ו
v
noun · 7×
וֹ
v
noun · 38×
כָּל
kl
noun · 5376×
מֵסַ֣ב
msb
noun · 5×
עַל
'l
noun · 5732×
פְנֵ֣י
pny
noun · 2111×
צִוָּ֥ה
tsvh
verb · 489×
תֵּבֵ֥ל
tbl
noun · 36×

Historic Christian voices

3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • Jas 5:17 — Elias was a man subject to like passions as we are, and he prayed earnestly that it might not rain: and it rained not on the earth by the space of three years and six months.
  • Joel 2:23 — Be glad then, ye children of Zion, and rejoice in the LORD your God: for he hath given you the former rain moderately, and he will cause to come down for you the rain, the former rain, and the latter
  • Ps 104:24 — O LORD, how manifold are thy works! in wisdom hast thou made them all: the earth is full of thy riches.
  • Ps 147:15 — He sendeth forth his commandment upon earth: his word runneth very swiftly.
  • Ps 148:8 — Fire, and hail; snow, and vapours; stormy wind fulfilling his word: