Job 37:12
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Which go round about, whithersoever the will of him that governeth them shall lead them, to whatsoever he shall command them upon the face of the whole earth:

it

Psalm 65:9,10 Thou hast visited the earth, and hast plentifully watered it; thou hast many ways enriched it. The river of God is filled with water, thou hast prepared their food: for so is its preparation. . . .

Psalm 104:24 How great are thy works, O Lord ? thou hast made all things in wisdom: the earth is filled with thy riches.

Jeremiah 14:22 Are there any among the graven things of the Gentiles that can send rain? or can the heavens give showers? art not thou the Lord our God, whom we have looked for? for thou hast made all these things.

Joel 2:23 And you, O children of Sion, rejoice, and be joyful in the Lord your God: because he hath given you a teacher of justice, and he will make the early and the latter rain to come down to you as in the beginning.

Amos 4:7 I also have withholden the rain from you, when there were yet three months to the harvest: and I caused it to rain upon on city, and caused it not to rain upon another city: one piece was rained upon: and the piece whereupon I rained not, withered.

that

Psalm 148:8 Fire, hail, snow, ice, stormy winds, which fulfil his word:

James 5:17,18 Elias was a man passible like unto us: and with prayer he prayed that it might not rain upon the earth. And it rained not for three years and six months. . . .

Revelation 11:6 These have power to shut heaven, that it rain not in the days of their prophecy: And they have power over waters, to turn them into blood and to strike the earth with all plagues, as often as they will.

Context
Elihu Proclaims God's Majesty
11Corn desireth clouds, and the clouds spread their light: 12Which go round about, whithersoever the will of him that governeth them shall lead them, to whatsoever he shall command them upon the face of the whole earth:13Whether in one tribe, or in his own land, or in what place soever of his mercy he shall command them to be found.…
Cross References
Job 36:32
In his hands he hideth the light, and commandeth it to come again.

Job 37:3
He beholdeth under all the heavens, and his light is upon the ends of the earth.

Psalm 147:15
Who sendeth forth his speech to the earth: his word runneth swiftly.

Psalm 148:8
Fire, hail, snow, ice, stormy winds, which fulfil his word:

Isaiah 14:21
Prepare his children for slaughter for the iniquity of their fathers: they shall not rise up, nor inherit the land, nor fill the face of the world with cities.

Isaiah 27:6
When they shall rush in unto Jacob, Israel shall blossom and bud, and they shall fill the face of the world with seed.

Lexicon
They
וְה֤וּא (wə·hū)
Conjunctive waw | Pronoun - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1931: He, self, the same, this, that, as, are

swirl about,
מְסִבּ֨וֹת ׀ (mə·sib·bō·wṯ)
Noun - feminine plural
Strong's Hebrew 4524: That which surrounds or is round

turning round and round
מִתְהַפֵּ֣ךְ (miṯ·hap·pêḵ)
Verb - Hitpael - Participle - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 2015: To turn about, over, to change, overturn, return, pervert

at His direction,
בְּתַחְבּוּלֹתָ֣יו (bə·ṯaḥ·bū·lō·ṯāw)
Preposition-b | Noun - feminine plural construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 8458: Steerage, guidance, a plan

accomplishing
לְפָעֳלָ֑ם (lə·p̄ā·‘o·lām)
Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct | third person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 6467: Doing, deed, work

all
כֹּ֖ל (kōl)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3605: The whole, all, any, every

that
אֲשֶׁ֥ר (’ă·šer)
Pronoun - relative
Strong's Hebrew 834: Who, which, what, that, when, where, how, because, in order that

He commands
יְצַוֵּ֓ם ׀ (yə·ṣaw·wêm)
Verb - Piel - Imperfect - third person masculine singular | third person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 6680: To lay charge (upon), give charge (to), command, order

over
עַל־ (‘al-)
Preposition
Strong's Hebrew 5921: Above, over, upon, against

the face
פְּנֵ֖י (pə·nê)
Noun - common plural construct
Strong's Hebrew 6440: The face

of all
תֵבֵ֣ל (ṯê·ḇêl)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 8398: The earth, the globe, its inhabitants, a particular land

the earth.
אָֽרְצָה׃ (’ā·rə·ṣāh)
Noun - feminine singular | third person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 776: Earth, land


Additional Translations
They swirl about, turning round and round at His direction, accomplishing all that He commands over the face of all the earth.And it is turned round about by his counsels: that they may do whatever he commands them on the face of the world in the earth.

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

And he will carry round the encircling clouds by his governance, to perform their works: whatsoever he shall command them,

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,

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

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.

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

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