Job 12:23

Job chapter 12 · verse 23 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

World English Bible · 2000

He increaseth the nations, and he destroyeth them: He enlargeth the nations, and he leadeth them captive.

King James Version · 1611

He increaseth the nations, and destroyeth them: he enlargeth the nations, and straiteneth them again.

American Standard Version · 1901

He increaseth the nations, and he destroyeth them: He enlargeth the nations, and he leadeth them captive.

v.22He uncovereth deep things out of darkness, And bringeth out to light the shadow of death.

v.23This passage

v.24He taketh away understanding from the chiefs of the people of the earth, And causeth them to wander in a wilderness where there is no way.

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

Isaiah 27:6
In days to come shall Jacob take root; Israel shall blossom and bud; and they shall fill the face of the world with fruit.
Isaiah 60:22
The little one shall become a thousand, and the small one a strong nation; I, Jehovah, will hasten it in its time.
Isaiah 51:2
Look unto Abraham your father, and unto Sarah that bare you; for when he was but one I called him, and I blessed him, and made him many.
Psalms 107:38
He blesseth them also, so that they are multiplied greatly; And he suffereth not their cattle to decrease.
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.