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Job 12

Job 12:23 KJV (With Strong’s)

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He increaseth
saga' (Hebrew #7679)
to grow, i.e. (causatively) to enlarge, (figuratively) laud
KJV usage: increase, magnify.
Pronounce: saw-gaw'
Origin: : a primitive root
i the nations
gowy (Hebrew #1471)
apparently from the same root as 1465 (in the sense of massing); a foreign nation; hence, a Gentile; also (figuratively) a troop of animals, or a flight of locusts
KJV usage: Gentile, heathen, nation, people.
Pronounce: go'-ee
Origin: rarely (shortened) goy {go'-ee}
, and destroyeth
'abad (Hebrew #6)
properly, to wander away, i.e. lose oneself; by implication to perish (causative, destroy)
KJV usage: break, destroy(- uction), + not escape, fail, lose, (cause to, make) perish, spend, X and surely, take, be undone, X utterly, be void of, have no way to flee.
Pronounce: aw-bad'
Origin: a primitive root
them: he enlargeth
shatach (Hebrew #7849)
to expand
KJV usage: all abroad, enlarge, spread, stretch out.
Pronounce: shaw-takh'
Origin: a primitive root
the nations
gowy (Hebrew #1471)
apparently from the same root as 1465 (in the sense of massing); a foreign nation; hence, a Gentile; also (figuratively) a troop of animals, or a flight of locusts
KJV usage: Gentile, heathen, nation, people.
Pronounce: go'-ee
Origin: rarely (shortened) goy {go'-ee}
, and θstraiteneth
nachah (Hebrew #5148)
to guide; by implication, to transport (into exile, or as colonists)
KJV usage: bestow, bring, govern, guide, lead (forth), put, straiten.
Pronounce: naw-khaw'
Origin: a primitive root
them again.
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Psa. 107:38• 38And he blesseth them, so that they are multiplied greatly; and he suffereth not their cattle to decrease. (Psa. 107:38)
θ
leadeth in.

Cross References

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Ministry on This Verse

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increaseth.
Ex. 1:7,20• 7And the children of Israel were fruitful, and swarmed and multiplied, and became exceeding strong; and the land was full of them.
 20And God dealt well with the midwives; and the people multiplied and became very strong. (Ex. 1:7,20)
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Psa. 107:38• 38And he blesseth them, so that they are multiplied greatly; and he suffereth not their cattle to decrease. (Psa. 107:38)
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Isa. 9:3• 3Thou hast multiplied the nation, hast increased its joy: they joy before thee like to the joy in harvest; as men rejoice when they divide the spoil. (Isa. 9:3)
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Isa. 26:15• 15Thou hast increased the nation, Jehovah, thou hast increased the nation: thou art glorified. Thou hadst removed it far unto all the ends of the earth. (Isa. 26:15)
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Isa. 27:6• 6In the future Jacob shall take root; Israel shall blossom and bud, and they shall fill the face of the world with fruit. (Isa. 27:6)
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Isa. 51:2• 2Look unto Abraham your father, and unto Sarah that bore you; for I called him when he was alone, and blessed him, and multiplied him. (Isa. 51:2)
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Isa. 60:22• 22The little one shall become a thousand, and the smallest a mighty nation: I, Jehovah, will hasten it in its time. (Isa. 60:22)
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Jer. 30:19• 19And out of them shall proceed thanksgiving, and the voice of them that make merry: and I will multiply them, and they shall not be diminished; and I will honour them, and they shall not be small. (Jer. 30:19)
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Jer. 33:22• 22As the host of the heavens cannot be numbered, nor the sand of the sea measured, so will I multiply the seed of David my servant, and the Levites that minister unto me. (Jer. 33:22)
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Zech. 10:8• 8I will hiss for them, and gather them; for I have redeemed them: and they shall multiply as they used to multiply. (Zech. 10:8)
straiteneth them again.
Heb. leadeth in.
• Similarly, the nations rise and fall at His word. It is indeed a great but most sombre picture of omnipotence. We can only shudder at the awful sight. Job’s misery has cast a baleful light upon all God’s greatness. (“Job 3-31” by S. Ridout)

J. N. Darby Translation

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He increaseth the nations, and destroyeth them; he spreadeth out the nations, and bringeth them in;