Job 12:15
Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
If He holds back the waters, they dry up, and if He releases them, they overwhelm the land.

Young's Literal Translation
Lo, He keepeth in the waters, and they are dried up, And he sendeth them forth, And they overturn the land.

King James Bible
Behold, he withholdeth the waters, and they dry up: also he sendeth them out, and they overturn the earth.

Hebrew
If
הֵ֤ן (hên)
Interjection
Strong's 2005: Lo! behold!

He holds back
יַעְצֹ֣ר (ya‘·ṣōr)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 6113: To inclose, to hold back, to maintain, rule, assemble

the waters,
בַּמַּ֣יִם (bam·ma·yim)
Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 4325: Water, juice, urine, semen

they dry up,
וְיִבָ֑שׁוּ (wə·yi·ḇā·šū)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive imperfect - third person masculine plural
Strong's 3001: To be ashamed, confused, disappointed, to dry up, wither

and if He releases them,
וִֽ֝ישַׁלְּחֵ֗ם (wî·šal·lə·ḥêm)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Conjunctive imperfect - third person masculine singular | third person masculine plural
Strong's 7971: To send away, for, out

they overwhelm
וְיַ֖הַפְכוּ (wə·ya·hap̄·ḵū)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive imperfect - third person masculine plural
Strong's 2015: To turn about, over, to change, overturn, return, pervert

the land.
אָֽרֶץ׃ (’ā·reṣ)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 776: Earth, land

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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