Job 12:23

Geneva Bible (1560)

He increaseth the people, and destroyeth them: he inlargeth the nations, and bringeth them in againe.

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  • Isa 9:3 : 3 Thou hast multiplied the nation, and not increased their ioye: they haue reioyced before thee according to the ioye in haruest, and as men reioyce when they deuide a spoyle.
  • Isa 26:15 : 15 Thou hast increased the nation, O Lord: thou hast increased the nation: thou art made glorious: thou hast enlarged all the coastes of the earth.
  • Isa 60:22 : 22 A litle one shall become as a thousande, and a small one as a strong nation: I the Lord wil hasten it in due time.
  • Ps 107:38 : 38 For he blesseth them, & they multiplie exceedingly, and he diminisheth not their cattell.
  • Exod 1:7 : 7 And the children of Israel brought foorth fruite and encreased in aboundance, and were multiplied, and were exceeding mightie, so that the land was full of them.
  • Exod 1:20 : 20 God therefore prospered the midwiues, and the people multiplied and were very mightie.
  • Jer 30:19 : 19 And out of them shall proceede thankesgiuing, and the voyce of them that are ioyous, and I will multiplie them, and they shall not bee fewe: I will also glorifie them, and they shall not be diminished.
  • Jer 33:22 : 22 As the army of heauen can not be nombred, neither the sand of the sea measured: so wil I multiplie the seede of Dauid my seruant, and the Leuites, that minister vnto me.
  • Zech 10:8 : 8 I will hisse for them, and gather them: for I haue redeemed them: and they shall encrease, as they haue encreased.
  • Isa 27:6 : 6 Hereafter, Iaakob shall take roote: Israel shall florish and growe, and the world shall be filled with fruite.
  • Isa 51:2 : 2 Consider Abraham your father, and Sarah that bare you: for I called him alone, and blessed him, and increased him.

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    24He taketh away the heartes of the that are the chiefe ouer the people of the earth, & maketh them to wander in the wildernes out of the way.

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  • Job 12:14-22
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    14Beholde, he will breake downe, and it can not be built: he shutteth a man vp, and he can not be loosed.

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    16With him is strength and wisedome: hee that is deceiued, and that deceiueth, are his.

    17He causeth the counsellers to goe as spoyled, and maketh the iudges fooles.

    18He looseth the collar of Kings, and girdeth their loynes with a girdle.

    19He leadeth away the princes as a pray, and ouerthroweth the mightie.

    20He taketh away the speach from the faithfull counsellers, and taketh away the iudgement of the ancient.

    21He powreth contempt vpon princes, and maketh the strength of the mightie weake.

    22He discouereth the deepe places from their darkenesse, and bringeth foorth the shadowe of death to light.

  • Isa 40:23
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    23He bringeth the princes to nothing, and maketh the iudges of the earth, as vanitie,

  • Isa 26:15
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    15Thou hast increased the nation, O Lord: thou hast increased the nation: thou art made glorious: thou hast enlarged all the coastes of the earth.

  • Job 34:24-25
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    24He shall breake the mightie without seeking, and shall set vp other in their stead.

    25Therefore shall he declare their works: he shall turne the night, & they shalbe destroyed.

  • 2 Chr 15:6
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    6For nation was destroyed of nation, and citie of citie: for God troubled them with all aduersitie.

  • Isa 10:7
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    7But he thinketh not so, neither doeth his heart esteeme it so: but he imagineth to destroy and to cut off not a fewe nations.

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    38For he blesseth them, & they multiplie exceedingly, and he diminisheth not their cattell.

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    40He powreth cotempt vpon princes, & causeth them to erre in desert places out of the way.

  • Job 24:22
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    22He draweth also the mighty by his power, and when he riseth vp, none is sure of life.

  • 1 Sam 2:6-7
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    6The Lord killeth and maketh aliue: bringeth downe to the graue and raiseth vp.

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  • Deut 7:23
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    23But the Lord thy God shall giue them before thee, and shall destroy them with a mightie destruction, vntill they be brought to naught.

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    12And it is turned about by his gouernment, that they may doe whatsoeuer he commandeth them vpon the whole worlde:

  • Job 11:10
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    10If hee cut off and shut vp, or gather together, who can turne him backe?

  • Dan 11:12
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    12Then the multitude shall be proude, and their heart shall be lifted vp: for hee shall cast downe thousands: but he shall not still preuaile.

  • Hab 3:6
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  • Ps 102:23
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    23He abated my strength in the way, and shortened my dayes.

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    3Thou hast multiplied the nation, and not increased their ioye: they haue reioyced before thee according to the ioye in haruest, and as men reioyce when they deuide a spoyle.

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    11He stretched out his hand vpon the sea: he shooke the kingdomes: the Lorde hath giuen a commaundement concerning the place of marchandise, to destroy the power thereof.

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    23Then will the Lorde cast out all these nations before you, and ye shall possesse great nations and mightier then you.

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    7I will speake suddenly against a nation or against a kingdome to plucke it vp, and to roote it out and to destroy it.

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    1Beholde, the Lorde maketh the earth emptie, and hee maketh it waste: hee turneth it vpside downe, and scattereth abrode the inhabitants thereof.

  • Dan 11:23
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    23And after the league made with him, he shall worke deceitfully: for he shall come vp, and ouercome with a small people.

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    19How suddenly are they destroyed, perished and horribly consumed,

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    17Shall they therefore stretch out their net and not spare continually to slay the nations?

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    9I will also trouble the heartes of many people, when I shall bring thy destruction among the nations and vpon the countries which thou hast not knowen.