Job 12:23
Magnifying the nations, and He destroys them, || Spreading out the nations, and He quiets them.
Literal Standard Version
In The King James Version
In Context
22Removing deep things out of darkness, || And He brings out to light death-shade.
Cross References
Exodus 1:20And God does good to the midwives, and the people multiply, and are very mighty;
Psalms 107:39And they are diminished, and bow down, || By restraint, evil, and sorrow.
Isaiah 26:15You have added to the nation, O YHWH, || You have added to the nation, || You have been honored, || You have put all the ends of the earth far off.
Isaiah 51:2Look attentively to your father Abraham, || And to Sarah—she brings you forth, || For—one—I have called him, || And I bless him, and multiply him.”
Jeremiah 30:19And thanksgiving has gone forth from them, || And the voice of playful ones, || And I have multiplied them and they are not few, || And made them honorable, and they are not small.
Zechariah 10:8I hiss for them, and I gather them, || For I have redeemed them, || And they have multiplied as they multiplied.
Matthew Henry on Job 12:13-25
12 With the ancient is wisdom; and in length of days understanding. 13 With him is wisdom and strength, he hath counsel and understanding. 14 Behold, he breaketh down, and it cannot be built again: he shutteth up a man, and there can be no opening. 15 Behold, he withholdeth the waters, and they dry up: also he sendeth them out, and they overturn the earth. 16 With him is strength and wisdom: the deceived and the deceiver are his. 17 He leadeth counsellors away spoiled, and maketh the judges fools. 18 He looseth… Read the whole commentary →