The Meaning of Job 37:12 Explained

Job 37:12

KJV: 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.

YLT: And it is turning itself round by His counsels, For their doing all He commandeth them, On the face of the habitable earth.

Darby: And they are turned every way by his guidance, that they may do whatsoever he commandeth them upon the face of the circuit of the earth,

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

Discover Job 37:12

CONTEXT: What is the Context of Job 37:12?

MEANING: What does Job 37:12 Mean?

WORDS: What do the individual words in Job 37:12 mean?

RELATIONS: What do the major concepts mean in Job 37:12?

What is the context of Job 37:12?

KJV Reverse Interlinear

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.

What does Job 37:12 Mean?

Context Summary

Job 37:1-24 - The Light In The Clouds

As Elihu spoke a thunder-storm was gathering, and much of the imagery of this chapter is suggested by that fact. The little group listened to the sound of God's voice in the thunder. Peal followed peal without cessation, Job 37:4. The lightly-falling snow and the drenching showers are alike His work, whether they restrain men from their labor in the fields or drive the beasts to their dens, Job 37:8. From the storm Elihu turns naturally to the winter, with its ice and snow, and the frost that binds up the flow of the streams, Job 37:10. All these perform God's bidding in the earth.

How little we know of atmospheric phenomena! Why the north and south winds blow, what is the real nature of the azure, and what the red and gold of the northern lights! We cannot find out the Almighty. He is great and glorious, and cannot be unjust. But let us be more eager to look for the bright light in the clouds. It is always there. A rainbow for every storm; an arbor for every difficult hill; a sure hiding-place in every tempest. Such is Jesus to all who love and trust Him. [source]

Chapter Summary: Job 37

¹ God is to be feared because of his great works
¹⁵ His wisdom is unsearchable in them

What do the individual words in Job 37:12 mean?

And he swirls about being turned by His guidance by His guidance that they may do all whatever He commands them On the face of the whole earth

וְה֤וּא מְסִבּ֨וֹת ׀ מִתְהַפֵּ֣ךְ [בתחבולתו] (בְּתַחְבּוּלֹתָ֣יו) לְפָעֳלָ֑ם כֹּ֖ל אֲשֶׁ֥ר יְצַוֵּ֓ם ׀ עַל־ פְּנֵ֖י תֵבֵ֣ל אָֽרְצָה

וְה֤וּא	And he
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Pronoun, third person masculine singular Root: הוּא Sense: he, she, it.
מְסִבּ֨וֹת ׀	swirls about
Parse: Noun, feminine plural Root: מֵסַב Sense: round thing, surroundings, round about, that which surrounds, that which is round.
מִתְהַפֵּ֣ךְ	being turned
Parse: Verb, Hitpael, Participle, masculine singular Root: הָפַךְ Sense: to turn, overthrow, overturn.
[בתחבולתו]	by His guidance
Parse: Preposition-b, Noun, feminine singular construct, third person masculine singular
(בְּתַחְבּוּלֹתָ֣יו)	by His guidance
Parse: Preposition-b, Noun, feminine plural construct, third person masculine singular Root: תַּחְבֻּלֹות Sense: direction, counsel, guidance, good advice, (wise) counsel.
לְפָעֳלָ֑ם	that they may do
Parse: Preposition-l, Verb, Qal, Infinitive construct, third person masculine plural Root: פֹּעַל Sense: work, deed, doing.
אֲשֶׁ֥ר	whatever
Parse: Pronoun, relative Root: אֲשֶׁר Sense: (relative part.).
יְצַוֵּ֓ם ׀	He commands them
Parse: Verb, Piel, Imperfect, third person masculine singular, third person masculine plural Root: צָוָה Sense: to command, charge, give orders, lay charge, give charge to, order.
פְּנֵ֖י	the face
Parse: Noun, common plural construct Root: לִפְנֵי Sense: face.
תֵבֵ֣ל	of the whole
Parse: Noun, feminine singular Root: תֵּבֵל Sense: world.
אָֽרְצָה	earth
Parse: Noun, feminine singular, third person feminine singular Root: אֶרֶץ Sense: land, earth.

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