He blesses them, they multiply greatly, and He does not let their herds diminish,
Job 12:23 - Tree of Life Version He makes nations great and destroys them. He enlarges the nations and leads them away. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 He increaseth the nations, and destroyeth them: He enlargeth the nations, and straiteneth them again. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition 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) He increaseth the nations, and he destroyeth them: He enlargeth the nations, and he leadeth them captive. Common English Bible makes nations prominent and destroys them, expands nations and leads them astray; Catholic Public Domain Version He multiplies peoples, and destroys them, and, having been overthrown, he restores them anew. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version He multiplieth nations, and destroyeth them, and restoreth them again after they were overthrown. |
He blesses them, they multiply greatly, and He does not let their herds diminish,
So God was good to the midwives, and the people multiplied, growing very numerous.
Yet Bnei-Yisrael were fruitful, increased abundantly, multiplied and grew extremely numerous—so the land was filled with them.
You have increased the nation, Adonai, You have increased the nation. You are glorified as You have expanded all the borders of the land.
In days to come Jacob will take root, Israel will blossom and bud and fill the face of the world with fruit.
Look to Abraham your father and to Sarah who bore you. For when I called him, he was but one, then I blessed him and multiplied him.”
The smallest will become a thousand, and the least a mighty nation. I, Adonai, will hasten it in its time.”
For You will break the burdensome yoke and the rod on his shoulder— the war-club of his oppressor— as in the day of Midian.
Out of them will come thanksgiving and the sound of celebration. I will multiply them, so they will not decrease. I will also honor them, so they will not be insignificant.
As the host of heaven cannot be numbered, nor the sand of the sea measured, so I will multiply the offspring of David My servant, and the Levites who minister to Me.”
I will signal for them and gather them. Surely I will redeem them and they will be as numerous as before.
From one He made every nation of men to live on the face of the earth, having set appointed times and the boundaries of their territory.