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10 By God’s breath, ice is given,
and the broad waters are frozen.
11 Also, he loads down thick clouds with moisture;
his lightning scatters the clouds.
12 And they[a] turn around by his guidance
to accomplish all that he has commanded them
on the face of the habitable world.[b]

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Footnotes

  1. Job 37:12 Collective “clouds” in the first line takes the singular “it” here with the plural meaning
  2. Job 37:12 Literally “world of earth”

10 The breath of God produces ice,
    and the broad waters become frozen.(A)
11 He loads the clouds with moisture;(B)
    he scatters his lightning(C) through them.(D)
12 At his direction they swirl around
    over the face of the whole earth
    to do whatever he commands them.(E)

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