KJV King James Version
He increaseth the nations, and destroyeth them: he enlargeth the nations, and straiteneth them [again].
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Job 12:23
He increaseth the nations, and destroyeth them: he enlargeth the nations, and straiteneth them [again].
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
He makes nations great and destroys them; He enlarges nations, then disperses them.
WEB World English Bible
He increases the nations, and he destroys them. He enlarges the nations, and he leads them captive.
ASV American Standard Version
He increaseth the nations, and he destroyeth them: He enlargeth the nations, and he leadeth them captive.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
Magnifying the nations, and He destroyeth them, Spreading out the nations, and He quieteth them.
Surrounding context — Job 12
20 He removeth away the speech of the trusty, and taketh away the understanding of the aged.
21 He poureth contempt upon princes, and weakeneth the strength of the mighty.
22 He discovereth deep things out of darkness, and bringeth out to light the shadow of death.
23 He increaseth the nations, and destroyeth them: he enlargeth the nations, and straiteneth them [again].
24 He taketh away the heart of the chief of the people of the earth, and causeth them to wander in a wilderness [where there is] no way.
25 They grope in the dark without light, and he maketh them to stagger like [a] drunken [man].
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Isaiah 9:3Thou hast multiplied the nation, [and] not increased the joy: they joy before thee according to the joy in harvest, [and] as [men] rejoice when they divide the spoil.Isaiah 26:15Thou hast increased the nation, O LORD, thou hast increased the nation: thou art glorified: thou hadst removed [it] far [unto] all the ends of the earth.Isaiah 60:22A little one shall become a thousand, and a small one a strong nation: I the LORD will hasten it in his time.Psalm 107:38He blesseth them also, so that they are multiplied greatly; and suffereth not their cattle to decrease.Zechariah 10:8I will hiss for them, and gather them; for I have redeemed them: and they shall increase as they have increased.Isaiah 27:6He shall cause them that come of Jacob to take root: Israel shall blossom and bud, and fill the face of the world with fruit.Jeremiah 33:22As the host of heaven cannot be numbered, neither the sand of the sea measured: so will I multiply the seed of David my servant, and the Levites that minister unto me.Isaiah 51:2Look unto Abraham your father, and unto Sarah [that] bare you: for I called him alone, and blessed him, and increased him.Jeremiah 30:19And out of them shall proceed thanksgiving and the voice of them that make merry: and I will multiply them, and they shall not be few; I will also glorify them, and they shall not be small.Exodus 1:20Therefore God dealt well with the midwives: and the people multiplied, and waxed very mighty.Exodus 1:7And the children of Israel were fruitful, and increased abundantly, and multiplied, and waxed exceeding mighty; and the land was filled with them.
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