Job 12:23 KJV
He increaseth the nations, and destroyeth them: he enlargeth the nations, and straiteneth them again.
Matthew Henry
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Parallel Passages
- 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.
From Thompson’s Chain-Reference Bible (1908).
Cross References
- 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.
- Psalms 107:38 He blesseth them also, so that they are multiplied greatly; and suffereth not their cattle to decrease.
- Isaiah 60:22 A little one shall become a thousand, and a small one a strong nation: I the LORD will hasten it in his time.
- Exodus 1:7 And the children of Israel were fruitful, and increased abundantly, and multiplied, and waxed exceeding mighty; and the land was filled with them.
- Exodus 1:20 Therefore God dealt well with the midwives: and the people multiplied, and waxed very mighty.
- Isaiah 27:6 He shall cause them that come of Jacob to take root: Israel shall blossom and bud, and fill the face of the world with fruit.
- Isaiah 51:2 Look unto Abraham your father, and unto Sarah that bare you: for I called him alone, and blessed him, and increased him.
- Jeremiah 30:19 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.
- Jeremiah 33:22 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.
- Zechariah 10:8 I will hiss for them, and gather them; for I have redeemed them: and they shall increase as they have increased.
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Topics
- Afflictions and adversities Dispensation of God
- Atheism Arguments against Atheism
- Blessing Temporal, from God
- God Providence of God
- Job Complaints of, and replies by his three friends to
- Philosophy Philosophical inductions and deductions relating to God and His providence
Hebrew and Strong’s
- He increaseth מַשְׂגִּיא maśgîʾ שָׂגָא Verb · hiphil active participle, masculine singular
- the nations לַגּוֹיִם laggôyim גּוֹי Noun · masculine plural · with preposition with the
- and destroyeth וַיְאַבְּדֵם wayʾabbĕdēm אָבַד Verb · piel sequential imperfect, third person masculine singular · with and, suffix: third person masculine plural
- them: he enlargeth שֹׁטֵחַ šōṭēaḥ שָׁטַח Verb · qal active participle, masculine singular
- the nations לַגּוֹיִם laggôyim גּוֹי Noun · masculine plural · with preposition with the
- and straiteneth וַיַּנְחֵם wayyanḥēm נָחָה Verb · hiphil sequential imperfect, third person masculine singular · with and, suffix: third person masculine plural
Hebrew: Westminster Leningrad Codex, Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible · CC BY 4.0
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