Behold, he withholdeth the waters, and they dry up: also he sendeth them out, and they overturn the earth.
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Gill's Exposition
With him is strength and wisdom,.... Which is repeated from Job 12:13; though different words are used but expressive of the same things; of the greatest strength might, and power of God, as the above…
Barnes' Notes
He withholdeth the waters - From the clouds and springs. He has control over the rains and the fountains; and when these are withheld, rivers and lakes become dry. The Syriac renders this, - “if he…
This is a noble discourse of Job's concerning the wisdom, power, and sovereignty of God, in ordering and disposing of all the affairs of the children of men, according to the counsel of his own will,…
Cambridge Bible
withholdeth the waters In droughts. The second half of the verse refers to floods and cataclysms.
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