Job 12:23

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

מַשְׂגִּ֣יא לַ֭גּוֹיִם וַֽיְאַבְּדֵ֑ם שֹׁטֵ֥חַ לַ֝גּוֹיִ֗ם וַיַּנְחֵֽם׃

Transliteration

maśgîʾ la-ggôyim wa-yəʾabbədēm šōṭēaḥ la-ggôyim wa-yanḥēm

Grammar Details

*maśgîʾ*: hiphil participle, masculine singular - making great
*la-ggôyim*: preposition + definite article + noun, masculine plural - to the nations
*wa-yəʾabbədēm*: waw consecutive + piel imperfect, 3rd masculine singular + 3rd masculine plural suffix - and he destroys them
*šōṭēaḥ*: qal participle, masculine singular - spreading out
*wa-yanḥēm*: waw consecutive + hiphil imperfect, 3rd masculine singular + 3rd masculine plural suffix - and he leads them

Word Meanings

*maśgîʾ*: makes great/increases/enlarges
*gôyim*: nations/peoples/gentiles
*yəʾabbədēm*: destroys them/causes them to perish
*šōṭēaḥ*: spreads out/expands/enlarges
*yanḥēm*: leads them/guides them

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Isa 9:3 : 3 Thou hast multiplied the nation, thou hast increased their joy: they joy before thee according to the joy in harvest, as men rejoice when they divide the spoil.
Isa 26:15 : 15 Thou hast increased the nation, O Jehovah, thou hast increased the nation; thou art glorified; thou hast enlarged all the borders of the land.
Isa 60:22 : 22 The little one shall become a thousand, and the small one a strong nation; I, Jehovah, will hasten it in its time.
Ps 107:38 : 38 He blesseth them also, so that they are multiplied greatly; And he suffereth not their cattle to decrease.
Exod 1:7 : 7 And the children of Israel were fruitful, and increased abundantly, and multiplied, and waxed exceeding mighty; and the land was filled with them.
Exod 1:20 : 20 And God dealt well with the midwives: and the people multiplied, and waxed very mighty.
Jer 30:19 : 19 And out of them shall proceed thanksgiving and the voice of them that make merry: and I will multiply them, and they shall not be few; I will also glorify them, and they shall not be small.
Jer 33:22 : 22 As the host of heaven cannot be numbered, neither the sand of the sea measured; so will I multiply the seed of David my servant, and the Levites that minister unto me.
Zech 10:8 : 8 I will hiss for them, and gather them; for I have redeemed them; and they shall increase as they have increased.
Isa 27:6 : 6 In days to come shall Jacob take root; Israel shall blossom and bud; and they shall fill the face of the world with fruit.
Isa 51:2 : 2 Look unto Abraham your father, and unto Sarah that bare you; for when he was but one I called him, and I blessed him, and made him many.

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