Job 12:23

A Conservative Version

He increases the nations, and he destroys them. He enlarges the nations, and he leads them captive.

Cross References

Isaiah 26:15

Thou have increased the nation, O LORD, thou have increased the nation. Thou are glorified. Thou have enlarged all the borders of the land.

Isaiah 9:3

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

Isaiah 60:22

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

Psalm 107:38

He also blesses them, so that they are multiplied greatly, and he does not allow their cattle to decrease.

Zechariah 10:8

I will whistle for them, and gather them. For I have redeemed them, and they shall increase as they have increased.

Jeremiah 33:22

As the host of heaven cannot be numbered, neither the sand of the sea measured, so I will multiply the seed of David my servant, and the Levites that minister to me.

Jeremiah 30:19

And out of them shall proceed thanksgiving and the voice of those who make merry. And I will multiply them, and they shall not be few. I will also glorify them, and they shall not be small.

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 27:6

In days to come Jacob shall take root; Israel shall blossom and bud. And they shall fill the face of the world with fruit.

Exodus 1:20

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

Exodus 1:7

And the sons of Israel were fruitful, and increased abundantly, and multiplied, and grew exceedingly mighty, and the land was filled with them.

Acts 17:26

And he made from one blood every nation of men to dwell upon all the face of the earth, having determined prescribed times, and the limits of their occupancy,

Psalm 107:39

Again, they are diminished and bowed down through oppression, trouble, and sorrow.