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Job 12:23
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Job 12:23
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He makes nations great, and destroys them; he enlarges nations, and disperses them.
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Job 12:23 in Other Translations
KJV
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He increaseth the nations, and destroyeth them: he enlargeth the nations, and straiteneth them again.
ESV
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He makes nations great, and he destroys them; he enlarges nations, and leads them away.
NLT
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He builds up nations, and he destroys them. He expands nations, and he abandons them.
MSG
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He makes nations rise and then fall, builds up some and abandons others.
CSB
23
He makes nations great, then destroys them; He enlarges nations, then leads them away.
Job 12:23 In-Context
21
He pours contempt on nobles and disarms the mighty.
22
He reveals the deep things of darkness and brings utter darkness into the light.
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He makes nations great, and destroys them; he enlarges nations, and disperses them.
24
He deprives the leaders of the earth of their reason; he makes them wander in a trackless waste.
25
They grope in darkness with no light; he makes them stagger like drunkards.
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1.
Psalms 2:1
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Psalms 46:6
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Isaiah 13:4
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Jeremiah 25:9
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Exodus 34:24
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Psalms 107:38
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Isaiah 9:3
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Isaiah 26:15
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Isaiah 54:3
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Job 5:12
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Acts 17:26
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