Job 12:23 Parallel Translations

NASB:

GWT:

He makes nations important and then destroys them. He makes nations large and leads them away.(GOD'S WORD®)

KJV:

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

ASV:

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

BBE:

Increasing nations, and sending destruction on them; making wide the lands of peoples, and then giving them up.

DBY:

He increaseth the nations, and destroyeth them; he spreadeth out the nations, and bringeth them in;

ERV:

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

JPS:

He increaseth the nations, and destroyeth them; He enlargeth the nations, and leadeth them away.

WBS:

He increaseth nations, and destroyeth them: he enlargeth nations, and straiteneth them again.

WEB:

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

YLT:

Magnifying the nations, and He destroyeth them, Spreading out the nations, and He quieteth them.

Job 12:23 Cross References

XREF:

Isaiah 9:3 You shall multiply the nation, You shall increase their gladness; They will be glad in Your presence As with the gladness of harvest, As men rejoice when they divide the spoil.

Isaiah 26:15 You have increased the nation, O LORD, You have increased the nation, You are glorified; You have extended all the borders of the land. (NASB ©1995)

Commentaries and Concordances

GSB:

12:23 He {m} increaseth the nations, and destroyeth them: he enlargeth the nations, and straiteneth them [again].
(m) In this discourse of God's wonderful works, Job shows that whatever is done in this world both in the order and change of things, is by God's will and appointment, in which he declares that he thinks well of God, and is able to set forth his power in words as they that reasoned against him were.

WES:

12:23 Nations - What hitherto he said of princes, he now applies to nations, whom God does either increase or diminish as he pleases.

MHC:

12:12-25 This is a noble discourse of Job concerning the wisdom, power, and sovereignty of God, in ordering all the affairs of the children of men, according to the counsel of His own will, which none can resist. It were well if wise and good men, who differ about lesser things, would see how it is for their honour and comfort, and the good of others, to dwell most upon the great things in which they agree. Here are no complaints, or reflections. He gives many instances of God's powerful management of the children of men, overruling all their counsels, and overcoming all their oppositions. Having all strength and wisdom, God knows how to make use, even of those who are foolish and bad; otherwise there is so little wisdom and so little honesty in the world, that all had been in confusion and ruin long ago. These important truths were suited to convince the disputants that they were out of their depth in attempting to assign the Lord's reasons for afflicting Job; his ways are unsearchable, and his judgments past finding out. Let us remark what beautiful illustrations there are in the word of God, confirming his sovereignty, and wisdom in that sovereignty: but the highest and infinitely the most important is, that the Lord Jesus was crucified by the malice of the Jews; and who but the Lord could have known that this one event was the salvation of the world?

CONC:

Bringeth Captive Destroyeth Destroys Destruction Disperses Enlarges Enlargeth Giving Increases Increaseth Increasing Lands Leadeth Leads Magnifying Makes Making Nations Peoples Quieteth Sending Spreadeth Spreading Straiteneth Wide

Captive Destroyeth Destroys Destruction Disperses Enlarges Enlargeth Great Increases Increaseth Increasing Leads Magnifying Makes Making Nations Peoples Quieteth Sending Spreadeth Spreading Wide

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