Job 12:23 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

²³ He makes nations great, and he destroys them: he enlarges nations, and leads them away.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²³ He increaseth the nations, and destroyeth them: He enlargeth the nations, and straiteneth them again.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²³ He makes nations great, and He destroys them; He enlarges nations [and then straitens and shrinks them again], and leads them [away captive].

American Standard Version (1901)

²³ He increaseth the nations, and he destroyeth them: He enlargeth the nations, and he leadeth them captive.

Common English Bible

²³ makes nations prominent and destroys them, expands nations and leads them astray;

Catholic Public Domain Version

²³ He multiplies peoples, and destroys them, and, having been overthrown, he restores them anew.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

²³ He multiplieth nations, and destroyeth them, and restoreth them again after they were overthrown.

Job 12:23 Cross References

Psalm 107:38

By his blessing they multiply greatly; and he does not let their cattle decrease.

Psalm 107:39

When they are diminished and brought low through oppression, trouble, and sorrow,

Exodus 1:20

So God dealt well with the midwives; and the people multiplied and grew very strong.

Exodus 1:7

But the descendants of Israel were fruitful and increased greatly; they multiplied and grew exceedingly strong; so that the land was filled with them.

Isaiah 26:15

But thou hast increased the nation, O Lord, thou hast increased the nation; thou art glorified; thou hast enlarged all the borders of the land.

Isaiah 27:6

In days to come Jacob shall take root, Israel shall blossom and put forth shoots, and fill the whole world with fruit.

Isaiah 51:2

Look to Abraham your father and to Sarah who bore you; for when he was but one I called him, and I blessed him and made him many.

Isaiah 60:22

The least one shall become a clan, and the smallest one a mighty nation; I am the Lord; in its time I will hasten it.

Isaiah 9:3

Thou hast multiplied the nation, thou hast increased its joy; they rejoice before thee as with joy at the harvest, as men rejoice when they divide the spoil.

Jeremiah 30:19

Out of them shall come songs of thanksgiving, and the voices of those who make merry. I will multiply them, and they shall not be few; I will make them honored, and they shall not be small.

Jeremiah 33:22

As the host of heaven cannot be numbered and the sands of the sea cannot be measured, so I will multiply the descendants of David my servant, and the Levitical priests who minister to me.”

Zechariah 10:8

“I will signal for them and gather them in, for I have redeemed them, and they shall be as many as of old.

Acts 17:26

And he made from one every nation of men to live on all the face of the earth, having determined allotted periods and the boundaries of their habitation,