Job 12:15
Job 12:13-25 The Message (MSG)
“True wisdom and real power belong to God; from him we learn how to live, and also what to live for. If he tears something down, it’s down for good; if he locks people up, they’re locked up for good. If he holds back the rain, there’s a drought; if he lets it loose, there’s a flood. Strength and success belong to God; both deceived and deceiver must answer to him. He strips experts of their vaunted credentials, exposes judges as witless fools. He divests kings of their royal garments, then ties a rag around their waists. He strips priests of their robes, and fires high officials from their jobs. He forces trusted sages to keep silence, deprives elders of their good sense and wisdom. He dumps contempt on famous people, disarms the strong and mighty. He shines a spotlight into caves of darkness, hauls deepest darkness into the noonday sun. He makes nations rise and then fall, builds up some and abandons others. He robs world leaders of their reason, and sends them off into no-man’s-land. They grope in the dark without a clue, lurching and staggering like drunks.”
Job 12:15 King James Version (KJV)
Behold, he withholdeth the waters, and they dry up: Also he sendeth them out, and they overturn the earth.
Job 12:15 New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995 (NASB1995)
Behold, He restrains the waters, and they dry up; And He sends them out, and they inundate the earth.
Job 12:15 New Century Version (NCV)
If God holds back the waters, there is no rain; if he lets the waters go, they flood the land.
Job 12:15 American Standard Version (ASV)
Behold, he withholdeth the waters, and they dry up; Again, he sendeth them out, and they overturn the earth.
Job 12:15 New International Version (NIV)
If he holds back the waters, there is drought; if he lets them loose, they devastate the land.
Job 12:15 New King James Version (NKJV)
If He withholds the waters, they dry up; If He sends them out, they overwhelm the earth.
Job 12:15 Amplified Bible (AMP)
“Behold, He restrains the waters, and they dry up; Again, He sends the waters out, and they overwhelm and devastate the earth.