Job 12:23
Old Testament • 6 words with Strong's data
"He increaseth the nations, and destroyeth them: he enlargeth the nations, and straiteneth them again."
Word-by-Word Analysis
יָסַף
yâçaph
to add or augment (often adverbial, to continue to do a thing)
גּוֹי
gôwy
a foreign nation; hence, a Gentile; also (figuratively) a troop of animals, or a flight of locusts
אָבַד
ʼâbad
properly, to wander away, i.e. lose oneself; by implication to perish (causative, destroy)
רָחַב
râchab
to broaden (intransitive or transitive, literal or figurative)
גּוֹי
gôwy
a foreign nation; hence, a Gentile; also (figuratively) a troop of animals, or a flight of locusts
אָצַל
ʼâtsal
to separate; hence, to select, refuse, contract
Key Terms in This Verse
רָחַב râchab
to broaden (intransitive or transitive, literal or figurative)
Study H7337 →אָבַד ʼâbad
properly, to wander away, i.e. lose oneself; by implication to perish (causative, destroy)
Study H6 →יָסַף yâçaph
to add or augment (often adverbial, to continue to do a thing)
Study H3254 →גּוֹי gôwy
a foreign nation; hence, a Gentile; also (figuratively) a troop of animals, or a flight of locusts
Study H1471 →גּוֹי gôwy
a foreign nation; hence, a Gentile; also (figuratively) a troop of animals, or a flight of locusts
Study H1471 →Cross References
Thou hast multiplied the nation, and not increased the joy: they joy before thee according to the joy in harvest, and as men rejoice when they divide the spoil.
Thou hast increased the nation, O LORD, thou hast increased the nation: thou art glorified: thou hadst removed it far unto all the ends of the earth.
A little one shall become a thousand, and a small one a strong nation: I the LORD will hasten it in his time.
He blesseth them also, so that they are multiplied greatly; and suffereth not their cattle to decrease.
Therefore God dealt well with the midwives: and the people multiplied, and waxed very mighty.
And the children of Israel were fruitful, and increased abundantly, and multiplied, and waxed exceeding mighty; and the land was filled with them.
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.
I will hiss for them, and gather them; for I have redeemed them: and they shall increase as they have increased.
Look unto Abraham your father, and unto Sarah that bare you: for I called him alone, and blessed him, and increased him.
He shall cause them that come of Jacob to take root: Israel shall blossom and bud, and fill the face of the world with fruit.
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.
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