Job 12:15
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for Job 12:15 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
Job 12:15 is a verse from the book of Job in the Old Testament. The KJV reads: "Behold, he withholdeth the waters, and they dry up: also he sendeth them out, and they overturn the earth." Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
Job 12:15 — KJV
“Behold, he withholdeth the waters, and they dry up: also he sendeth them out, and they overturn the earth.”
— Job 12:15 (KJV)
Job 12:15 in Context — About the Book of Job
Job is the Bible's deepest wrestle with undeserved suffering. A blameless man loses everything, sits in ashes, and refuses easy answers — from his friends or himself. God answers from the whirlwind not with explanations but with Himself, and Job's fortunes are restored double.
Cross-References for Job 12:15
“And it came to pass in the six hundredth and first year, in the first month, the first day of the month, the waters were dried up from off the earth: and Noah removed the covering of the ark, and looked, and, behold, the face of the ground was dry.”
Shares key themes with Job 12:15: behold, waters, dry
“And God called the dry land Earth; and the gathering together of the waters called he Seas: and God saw that it was good.”
Shares key themes with Job 12:15: waters, dry, earth
“And, 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.”
Shares key themes with Job 12:15: behold, waters, earth
“Behold, the heaven and the heaven of heavens is the LORD'S thy God, the earth also, with all that therein is.”
Shares key themes with Job 12:15: behold, also, earth
“Behold, I will put a fleece of wool in the floor; and if the dew be on the fleece only, and it be dry upon all the earth beside, then shall I know that thou wilt save Israel by mine hand, as thou hast said.”
Shares key themes with Job 12:15: behold, dry, earth
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