Job 12:23 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

²³ He increaseth the nations, and destroyeth them: He spreadeth the nations abroad, and bringeth them in.

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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

He blesseth them also, so that they are multiplied greatly; And he suffereth not their cattle to decrease.

Psalm 107:39

Again, they are minished and bowed down Through oppression, trouble, and sorrow.

Exodus 1:20

And God dealt well with the midwives: and the people multiplied, and waxed very mighty.

Exodus 1:7

And the children of Israel were fruitful, and increased abundantly, and multiplied, and waxed exceeding mighty; and the land was filled with them.

Isaiah 26:15

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 shall Jacob take root; Israel shall blossom and bud: and they shall fill the face of the world with fruit.

Isaiah 51:2

Look unto Abraham your father, and unto Sarah that bare you: for when he was but one I called him, and I blessed him, and made him many.

Isaiah 60:22

The little one shall become a thousand, and the small one a strong nation: I the LORD will hasten it in its time.

Isaiah 9:3

Thou hast multiplied the nation, thou hast increased their joy: they joy before thee according to the joy in harvest, as men rejoice when they divide the spoil.

Jeremiah 30:19

And 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.

Jeremiah 33:22

As 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.

Zechariah 10:8

I will hiss for them, and gather them; for I have redeemed them: and they shall increase as they have increased.

Acts 17:26

and he made of one every nation of men for to dwell on all the face of the earth, having determined their appointed seasons, and the bounds of their habitation;