Job 12:23
Strong's Lexicon
He makes nations
לַ֭גּוֹיִם (lag·gō·w·yim)
Preposition-l, Article | Noun - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 1471: n m 1) nation, people 1a) nation, people 1a1) usually of non-Hebrew people 1a2) of descendants of Abraham 1a3) of Israel 1b) of swarm of locusts, other animals (fig.) n pr m 1c) Goyim? = 'nations'

great,
מַשְׂגִּ֣יא (maś·gî)
Verb - Hifil - Participle - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7679: 1) to increase, grow, magnify, grow great 1a) (Hiphil) 1a1) to make great 1a2) to magnify, laud

and destroys them;
וַֽיְאַבְּדֵ֑ם (way·’ab·bə·ḏêm)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular | third person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 6: 1) perish, vanish, go astray, be destroyed 1a) (Qal) 1a1) perish, die, be exterminated 1a2) perish, vanish (fig.) 1a3) be lost, strayed 1b) (Piel) 1b1) to destroy, kill, cause to perish, to give up (as lost), exterminate 1b2) to blot out, do away with, cause to vanish, (fig.) 1b3) cause to stray, lose 1c) (Hiphil) 1c1) to destroy, put to death 1c1a) of divine judgment 1c2) object name of kings (fig.)

He enlarges
שֹׁטֵ֥חַ (šō·ṭê·aḥ)
Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7849: 1) to spread, spread abroad, stretch out 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to spread 1a2) spreading, expanding (participle) 1b) (Piel) to spread out

nations,
לַ֝גּוֹיִ֗ם (lag·gō·w·yim)
Preposition-l, Article | Noun - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 1471: n m 1) nation, people 1a) nation, people 1a1) usually of non-Hebrew people 1a2) of descendants of Abraham 1a3) of Israel 1b) of swarm of locusts, other animals (fig.) n pr m 1c) Goyim? = 'nations'

and sends them away.
וַיַּנְחֵֽם׃ (way·yan·ḥêm)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular | third person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 5148: 1) to lead, guide 1a) (Qal) to lead, bring 1b) (Hiphil) to lead, guide

Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
He makes nations great and destroys them; He enlarges nations, then disperses them.

Young's Literal Translation
Magnifying the nations, and He destroyeth them, Spreading out the nations, and He quieteth them.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
He makes nations great, then  destroys  them; He enlarges nations,  then  leads them  away.

New American Standard Bible
"He makes the nations great, then destroys them; He enlarges the nations, then leads them away.

King James Bible
He increaseth the nations, and destroyeth them: he enlargeth the nations, and straiteneth them [again].
Parallel Verses
New International Version
He makes nations great, and destroys them; he enlarges nations, and disperses them.

New Living Translation
He builds up nations, and he destroys them. He expands nations, and he abandons them.

English Standard Version
He makes nations great, and he destroys them; he enlarges nations, and leads them away.

New American Standard Bible
"He makes the nations great, then destroys them; He enlarges the nations, then leads them away.

King James Bible
He increaseth the nations, and destroyeth them: he enlargeth the nations, and straiteneth them again.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
He makes nations great, then destroys them; He enlarges nations, then leads them away.

International Standard Version
He makes nations great, and then destroys them; he enlarges nations, but then sends them away to captivity.

NET Bible
He makes nations great, and destroys them; he extends the boundaries of nations and disperses them.

American Standard Version
He increaseth the nations, and he destroyeth them: He enlargeth the nations, and he leadeth them captive.

English Revised Version
He increaseth the nations, and destroyeth them: he spreadeth the nations abroad, and bringeth them in.

Young's Literal Translation
Magnifying the nations, and He destroyeth them, Spreading out the nations, and He quieteth them.
















Cross References
Acts 17:26
And hath made of one blood all nations of men for to dwell on all the face of the earth, and hath determined the times before appointed, and the bounds of their habitation;

Isaiah 9:3
Thou hast multiplied the nation, and not increased the joy: they joy before thee according to the joy in harvest, and as men rejoice when they divide the spoil.

Isaiah 26:15
Thou hast increased the nation, O LORD, thou hast increased the nation: thou art glorified: thou hadst removed it far unto all the ends of the earth.

Job 1:1
There was a man in the land of Uz, whose name was Job; and that man was perfect and upright, and one that feared God, and eschewed evil.

Job 12:22
He discovereth deep things out of darkness, and bringeth out to light the shadow of death.

Job 12:21
He poureth contempt upon princes, and weakeneth the strength of the mighty.

Job 12:20
He removeth away the speech of the trusty, and taketh away the understanding of the aged.

Job 12:24
He taketh away the heart of the chief of the people of the earth, and causeth them to wander in a wilderness where there is no way.

Job 12:25
They grope in the dark without light, and he maketh them to stagger like a drunken man.

Job 13:1
Lo, mine eye hath seen all this, mine ear hath heard and understood it.
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