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Job 12:15

Context

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

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

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

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

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.



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