Job 12:23

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

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

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Referenced Verses

  • Isa 9:3 : 3 Thou hast multiplied the nation, Thou hast made great its joy, They have joyed before Thee as the joy in harvest, As `men' rejoice in their apportioning spoil.
  • Isa 26:15 : 15 Thou hast added to the nation, O Jehovah, Thou hast added to the nation, Thou hast been honoured, Thou hast put far off all the ends of earth.
  • Isa 60:22 : 22 The little one doth become a chief, And the small one a mighty nation, I, Jehovah, in its own time do hasten it!
  • Ps 107:38 : 38 And He blesseth them, and they multiply exceedingly, And their cattle He doth not diminish.
  • Exod 1:7 : 7 and the sons of Israel have been fruitful, and they teem, and multiply, and are very very mighty, and the land is filled with them.
  • Exod 1:20 : 20 And God doth good to the midwives, and the people multiply, and are very mighty;
  • Jer 30:19 : 19 And gone forth from them hath thanksgiving, And the voice of playful ones, And I have multiplied them and they are not few, And made them honourable, and they are not small.
  • Jer 33:22 : 22 As the host of the heavens is not numbered, Nor the sand of the sea measured, So I multiply the seed of David My servant, And the Levites My ministers.'
  • Zech 10:8 : 8 I hist for them, and I gather them, For I have redeemed them, And they have multiplied as they did multiply.
  • Isa 27:6 : 6 Those coming in He causeth to take root, Jacob doth blossom, and flourished hath Israel, And they have filled the face of the world `with' increase.
  • Isa 51:2 : 2 Look attentively unto Abraham your father, And unto Sarah -- she bringeth you forth, For -- one -- I have called him, And I bless him, and multiply him.

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    14Lo, He breaketh down, and it is not built up, He shutteth against a man, And it is not opened.

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    16With Him `are' strength and wisdom, His the deceived and deceiver.

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    18The bands of kings He hath opened, And He bindeth a girdle on their loins.

    19Causing ministers to go away a spoil And strong ones He overthroweth.

    20Turning aside the lip of the stedfast, And the reason of the aged He taketh away.

    21Pouring contempt upon princes, And the girdle of the mighty He made feeble.

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    23He who is making princes become nothing, Judges of earth as emptiness hath made;

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    15Thou hast added to the nation, O Jehovah, Thou hast added to the nation, Thou hast been honoured, Thou hast put far off all the ends of earth.

  • Job 34:24-25
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    24He breaketh the mighty -- no searching! And He appointeth others in their stead.

    25Therefore He knoweth their works, And He hath overturned by night, And they are bruised.

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    6and they have been beaten down, nation by nation, and city by city, for God hath troubled them with every adversity;

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    7And he -- he thinketh not so, And his heart reckoneth not so, For -- to destroy `is' in his heart, And to cut off nations not a few.

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    38And He blesseth them, and they multiply exceedingly, And their cattle He doth not diminish.

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    22And hath drawn the mighty by his power, He riseth, and none believeth in life.

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    6Jehovah putteth to death, and keepeth alive, He bringeth down to Sheol, and bringeth up.

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    23and Jehovah thy God hath given them before thee, and destroyed them -- a great destruction -- till their destruction;

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    10If He pass on, and shut up, and assemble, Who then dost reverse it?

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    12and he hath carried away the multitude, his heart is high, and he hath caused myriads to fall, and he doth not become strong.

  • Hab 3:6
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    6He hath stood, and He measureth earth, He hath seen, and He shaketh off nations, And scatter themselves do mountains of antiquity, Bowed have the hills of old, The ways of old `are' His.

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    23He hath humbled in the way my power, He hath shortened my days.

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    12Lo, He snatches away, who bringeth it back? Who saith unto Him, `What dost Thou?'

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    10Who smote many nations, and slew strong kings,

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    6He doth judge among the nations, He hath completed the carcases, Hath smitten the head over the mighty earth.

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    12To take a spoil, and to take a prey, To turn back thy hand on inhabited wastes, And on a people gathered out of nations, Making cattle and substance, Dwelling on a high part of the land.

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