Parallel Verses
The Emphasized Bible
Who giveth greatness to nations, or destroyeth them, Who spreadeth out nations, or leadeth them into exile:
New American Standard Bible
He
King James Version
He increaseth the nations, and destroyeth them: he enlargeth the nations, and straiteneth them again.
Holman Bible
He enlarges nations,
International Standard Version
He makes nations great, and then destroys them; he enlarges nations, but then sends them away to captivity.
A Conservative Version
He increases the nations, and he destroys them. He enlarges the nations, and he leads them captive.
American Standard Version
He increaseth the nations, and he destroyeth them: He enlargeth the nations, and he leadeth them captive.
Amplified
“He makes nations great, and He destroys them;
He enlarges nations, and leads them away [captive].
Bible in Basic English
Increasing nations, and sending destruction on them; making wide the lands of peoples, and then giving them up.
Darby Translation
He increaseth the nations, and destroyeth them; he spreadeth out the nations, and bringeth them in;
Julia Smith Translation
Making great to the nations, and he will destroy them: he spread out to the nations, and he will guide them.
King James 2000
He increases the nations, and destroys them: he enlarges the nations, and leads them away.
Lexham Expanded Bible
He makes the nations great, then he destroys them; he expands the nations, then he guides them.
Modern King James verseion
He gives greatness to the nations, and destroys them. He spreads out the nations, and leads them away.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
He both increaseth the people and destroyeth them; He maketh them to multiply, and driveth them away.
NET Bible
He makes nations great, and destroys them; he extends the boundaries of nations and disperses them.
New Heart English Bible
He increases the nations, and he destroys them. He enlarges the nations, and he leads them captive.
Webster
He increaseth nations, and destroyeth them: he enlargeth nations, and straiteneth them again.
World English Bible
He increases the nations, and he destroys them. He enlarges the nations, and he leads them captive.
Youngs Literal Translation
Magnifying the nations, and He destroyeth them, Spreading out the nations, and He quieteth them.
Themes
Government » God setting up and removing kings
Nations » The lord destroying nations
Philosophy » Philosophical inductions and deductions relating to God and his providence
Interlinear
References
Easton
Word Count of 20 Translations in Job 12:23
Verse Info
Context Readings
If You Want To Learn
22 Laying open deep things, out of darkness, and bringing out to light, the death-shade: 23 Who giveth greatness to nations, or destroyeth them, Who spreadeth out nations, or leadeth them into exile: 24 Who taketh away the sense of the chiefs of the people of the earth, and hath caused them to wander in a pathless waste:
Names
Cross References
Isaiah 9:3
Thou hast increased the exultation Thou hast made great the joy, - They joy before thee, according to the joy of harvest, As men exult when they distribute spoil.
Isaiah 26:15
Thou hast increased the nation, O Yahweh, Thou hast increased the nation thou hast gotten thyself glory, Thou hast extended far, all the ends of the land.
Psalm 107:38
Thus hath he blessed them, and they have multiplied greatly, And, their cattle, he maketh not few.
Exodus 1:7
But the sons of Israel, were fruitful and swarmed and multiplied and waxed mighty, with exceeding vigour, - so that the land was filled with them.
Exodus 1:20
So then God dealt well with the midwives, - and the people multiplied, and waxed exceeding mighty.
Isaiah 27:6
In coming times, shall Jacob strike root, Israel, shall blossom and bud, - Then shall they fill the face of the world with fruit.
Isaiah 51:2
Look well unto Abraham your father, And unto Sarah who gave you birth, - For he was, alone, when called I him, And, I blessed him that I might make him, many.
Isaiah 60:22
The little one, shall become a thousand, and the small one, a mighty nation: I - Yahweh, in its own season, will hasten it.
Jeremiah 30:19
So shall there proceed from them thanksgiving, and The sound of them who make merry, - And I will multiply them, and they shall not become few, And will make them honourable, and they shall not be despised:
Jeremiah 33:22
As, the host of the heavens, cannot be recorded, Nor the sand of the sea, be measured, So, will I multiply, The seed of David my servant, And the Levites who attend upon me.
Zechariah 10:8
I will signal for them, and will gather them, because I have ransomed them, - and they shall multiply, according as they have multiplied;