Job 12:15
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Behold, he withholdeth the waters, and they dry up: also he sendeth them out, and they overturn the earth.If He holds back the waters, they dry up, and if He releases them, they overwhelm the land.
In other translations
Behold, he withholdeth the waters, and they dry up: also he sendeth them out, and they overturn the earth.If He holds back the waters, they dry up, and if He releases them, they overwhelm the land.
Hebrew words
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- Genesis 6:17And, behold, I, even I, do bring a flood of waters upon the earth, to destroy all flesh, wherein is the breath of life, from under heaven; and every thing that is in the earth shall die.And behold, I will bring floodwaters upon the earth to destroy every creature under the heavens that has the breath of life. Everything on the earth will perish.
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- James 5:17-1817 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. 18 And he prayed again, and the heaven gave rain, and the earth brought forth her fruit.17 Elijah was a man just like us. He prayed earnestly that it would not rain, and it did not rain on the land for three and a half years. 18 Again he prayed, and the heavens gave rain, and the earth yielded its crops.
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