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Job 12:23
Job 12:23 is verse 23 of Job chapter 12, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.
Berean Standard Bible
He makes nations great and destroys them; He enlarges nations, then disperses them.
King James Version
He increaseth the nations, and destroyeth them: he enlargeth the nations, and straiteneth them again.
World English Bible
He increases the nations, and he destroys them. He enlarges the nations, and he leads them captive.
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Job 12:21–25 · Berean Standard Bible
21 He pours out contempt on nobles and disarms the mighty.
22 He reveals the deep things of darkness and brings deep shadows into light.
23 He makes nations great and destroys them; He enlarges nations, then disperses them.
24 He deprives the earth’s leaders of reason and makes them wander in a trackless wasteland.
25 They grope in the darkness without light; He makes them stagger like drunkards.
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Cross-references
The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.
Exodus 1:7but the Israelites were fruitful and increased rapidly; they multiplied and became exceedingly numerous, so that the land was filled with them.
Exodus 1:20So God was good to the midwives, and the people multiplied and became even more numerous.
Psalms 107:38He blesses them, and they multiply greatly; He does not let their herds diminish.
Isaiah 9:3You have enlarged the nation and increased its joy. The people rejoice before You as they rejoice at harvest time, as men rejoice in dividing the plunder.
Isaiah 26:15You have enlarged the nation, O LORD; You have enlarged the nation. You have gained glory for Yourself; You have extended all the borders of the land.
Isaiah 27:6In the days to come, Jacob will take root. Israel will bud and blossom and fill the whole world with fruit.
Isaiah 51:2Look to Abraham your father, and to Sarah who gave you birth. When I called him, he was but one; then I blessed him and multiplied him.
Isaiah 60:22The least of you will become a thousand, and the smallest a mighty nation. I am the LORD; in its time I will accomplish it quickly.
Jeremiah 30:19Thanksgiving will proceed from them, a sound of celebration. I will multiply them, and they will not be decreased; I will honor them, and they will not be belittled.
Jeremiah 33:22As the hosts of heaven cannot be counted and as the sand on the seashore cannot be measured, so too will I multiply the descendants of My servant David and the Levites who minister before Me.”
Zechariah 10:8I will whistle for them to gather, for I have redeemed them; and they will be as numerous as they once were.