Job 12:15 — King James Version← Study notes

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

Job 12:15 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Job 12:157 words

HebrewMeaning

הֵ֤ןhēn

there!particleH2005

if · lo · though

יַעְצֹ֣רyaʿəṣōr

he holds backverbH6113

be able · detain · fast · keep (self close ···

בַּ/מַּ֣יִםbamayim

the waterspronH4325

piss · water(-ing · (-course · -flood ···

וְ/יִבָ֑שׁוּwəyibāšw

so they may be dryconjH3001

clean · be confounded · dry · shame ···

וִֽ֝/ישַׁלְּחֵ֗/םwiyšaləḥēm

and he lets loose themconjH7971

any wise · bring · cast (away · out) ···

וְ/יַ֖הַפְכוּwəyahapəkw

and they may devastateconjH2015

become · come · be converted · give ···

אָֽרֶץʾāreṣ

the earthnounH776

common · earth · field · ground ···

ℹWords are listed top to bottom following the original right-to-left reading order. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Church Fathers on Job 12:15

If He withholdeth the waters, all things are dried up. If He sendeth them out, they will overturn the earth. 14. If ‘water’ be understood of knowledge for preaching, as when it is written, The words of a man’s mouth are as deep waters, and the well-spring of wisdom as an overflowing brook; when ‘water is withheld, all is dried up,’ in that if the knowledge of the preacher is withdrawn, the hearts of those that might have flourished in eternal hope, are forthwith ‘dried up,’…
Gregory the Great · 6th century · Morals on Job, Book 11 §14

Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain

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