Parallel Verses

NET Bible

The clouds go round in circles, wheeling about according to his plans, to carry out all that he commands them over the face of the whole inhabited world.

New American Standard Bible

“It changes direction, turning around by His guidance,
That it may do whatever He commands it
On the face of the inhabited earth.

King James Version

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.

Holman Bible

They swirl about,
turning round and round at His direction,
accomplishing everything He commands them
over the surface of the inhabited world.

International Standard Version

It whirls about in circles at his direction to accomplish all that he commands throughout the surface of the entire world,

A Conservative Version

and it is turned round about by his guidance, that they may do whatever he commands them upon the face of the habitable world.

American Standard Version

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

Amplified


“Its direction is turned around by His guidance,
That it may do whatever He commands it
On the face of the inhabited earth.

Bible in Basic English

And it goes this way and that, round about, turning itself by his guiding, to do whatever he gives orders to be done, on the face of his world of men,

Darby Translation

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,

Julia Smith Translation

Being turned by his guidance to their doing all that he commanded them upon the face of the habitable globe of the earth.

King James 2000

And it is turned around by his guidance: that they may do whatsoever he commands them upon the face of the whole earth.

Lexham Expanded Bible

And {they} turn around by his guidance to accomplish all that he has commanded them on [the] face of {the habitable world}.

Modern King James verseion

and it is turned around by His guidance, so that they may do whatever He commands them on the face of the world in the earth.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

He distributeth also on every side, according as it pleaseth him to deal out his works, that they may do whatsoever he commandeth them through the whole world:

New Heart English Bible

It is turned around by his guidance, that they may do whatever he commands them on the surface of the habitable world,

The Emphasized Bible

Yea, the same, in circles, turneth itself to and fro, by his steering them to their work, whithersoever he commandeth them, over the face of the world, towards the earth.

Webster

And it is turned around by his counsels: that they may do whatever he commandeth them upon the face of the world on the earth.

World English Bible

It is turned around by his guidance, that they may do whatever he commands them on the surface of the habitable world,

Youngs Literal Translation

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

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
And it is turned
הפך 
Haphak 
Usage: 94

מסבּות מסבּים מסב 
mecab 
Usage: 5

תּחבּוּלה תּחבּלה 
Tachbulah 
Usage: 6

פּעל 
Po`al 
Usage: 37

them upon the face
פּנים 
Paniym 
Usage: 2119

of the world
תּבל 
Tebel 
Usage: 36

Context Readings

Elihu Extols God's Majesty

11 He loads the clouds with moisture; he scatters his lightning through the clouds. 12 The clouds go round in circles, wheeling about according to his plans, to carry out all that he commands them over the face of the whole inhabited world. 13 Whether it is for punishment for his land, or whether it is for mercy, he causes it to find its mark.


Cross References

Psalm 148:8

O fire and hail, snow and clouds, O stormy wind that carries out his orders,

Psalm 65:9-10

You visit the earth and give it rain; you make it rich and fertile with overflowing streams full of water. You provide grain for them, for you prepare the earth to yield its crops.

Psalm 104:24

How many living things you have made, O Lord! You have exhibited great skill in making all of them; the earth is full of the living things you have made.

Jeremiah 14:22

Do any of the worthless idols of the nations cause rain to fall? Do the skies themselves send showers? Is it not you, O Lord our God, who does this? So we put our hopes in you because you alone do all this."

Joel 2:23

Citizens of Zion, rejoice! Be glad because of what the Lord your God has done! For he has given to you the early rains as vindication. He has sent to you the rains -- both the early and the late rains as formerly.

Amos 4:7

"I withheld rain from you three months before the harvest. I gave rain to one city, but not to another. One field would get rain, but the field that received no rain dried up.

James 5:17-18

Elijah was a human being like us, and he prayed earnestly that it would not rain and there was no rain on the land for three years and six months!

Revelation 11:6

These two have the power to close up the sky so that it does not rain during the time they are prophesying. They have power to turn the waters to blood and to strike the earth with every kind of plague whenever they want.

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