King James Version

Job 12:15

Behold, he withholdeth the waters, and they dry up: also he sendeth them out, and they overturn the earth.

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הֵ֤ןhenifהֵןparticle, demonstrative — “if”H2005lo!; also (as expressing surprise) ifbehold, if, lo, though.יַעְצֹ֣רyatsorclose upעָצָרverb, qal, imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “close up”, an unfinished actionH6113to inclose; by analogy, to hold back; also to maintain, rule, assemble[idiom] be able, close up, detain, fast, keep (self close, still), prevail, recover, refrain, [idiom] reign, restrain, retain, shut (up), slack, stay, stop, withhold (self).בַּמַּ֣יִםbamayimin waterמַיִםpreposition, with the article, noun, common, masculine, plural, absolute — “in water”, the ordinary formH4325water; figuratively, juice; by euphemism, urine, semen[phrase] piss, wasting, water(-ing, (-course, -flood, -spring)).וְיִבָ֑שׁוּveyivashvand be ashamedיָבֵשׁconjunction, verb, qal, imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “and be ashamed”, an unfinished actionH3001to be ashamed, confused or disappointed; also (as failing) to dry up (as water) or wither (as herbage)be ashamed, clean, be confounded, (make) dry (up), (do) shame(-fully), [idiom] utterly, wither (away).וִֽ֝ישַׁלְּחֵ֗םvishalchemand sendשָׁלַחconjunction, verb, piel, imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “and send”, an unfinished actionH7971to send away, for, or out (in a great variety of applications)[idiom] any wise, appoint, bring (on the way), cast (away, out), conduct, [idiom] earnestly, forsake, give (up), grow long, lay, leave, let depart (down, go, loose), push away, put (away, forth, in, out), reach forth, send (away, forth, ou…וְיַ֖הַפְכוּveyahafkhvand changeהָפַךְconjunction, verb, qal, imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “and change”, an unfinished actionH2015to turn about or over; by implication, to change, overturn, return, pervert[idiom] become, change, come, be converted, give, make (a bed), overthrow (-turn), perverse, retire, tumble, turn (again, aside, back, to the contrary, every way).אָֽרֶץaretsearthאֶרֶץnoun, common, both genders, singular, absolute — “earth”, the ordinary formH776the earth (at large, or partitively a land)[idiom] common, country, earth, field, ground, land, [idiom] natins, way, [phrase] wilderness, world.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

Behold, He withholdeth the waters, and they dry up; also He sendeth them out, and they overturn the earth.

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American Standard Version (1901)

Behold, he withholdeth the waters, and they dry up; Again, he sendeth them out, and they overturn the earth.

Young’s Literal Translation

Lo, He keepeth in the waters, and they are dried up, And he sendeth them forth, And they overturn the land.

World English Bible

Behold, he withholds the waters, and they dry up. Again, he sends them out, and they overturn the earth.

Darby Translation

Behold, he withholdeth the waters, and they dry up; and he sendeth them out, and they overturn the earth.

Douay-Rheims

If he withhold the waters, all things shall be dried up: and if he send them out, they shall overturn the earth.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

Behold, He withholdeth the waters, and they dry up; also He sendeth them out, and they overturn the earth.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

If he should withhold the water, he will dry the earth: and if he should let it loose, he overthrows and destroys it.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Ἐὰν κωλύσῃ τὸ ὕδωρ, ξηρανεῖ τὴν γῆν· ἐὰν δὲ ἐπαφῇ, ἀπώλεσεν αὐτὴν καταστρέψας.