Verse 23
Job 12:23
GOD'S WORD Translation
23
He increases the nations, and he destroys them.
He enlarges the nations, and he leads them captive.
Original Language Text
hebrew
מַשְׂגִּ֣יא לַ֭/גּוֹיִם וַֽ/יְאַבְּדֵ֑/ם שֹׁטֵ֥חַ לַ֝/גּוֹיִ֗ם וַ/יַּנְחֵֽ/ם
English Translation
He exalts the nations and destroys them; He spreads out the nations and leads them.
AI translation from hebrew via gpt-4o-mini
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Chapter 12 Context
1
Then Job answered,
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“No doubt, but you are the people,
and wisdom shall die with you.
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But I have understanding as well as you;
I am not inferior to you.
Yes, who doesn’t know such things...
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I am like one who is a joke to his neighbor,
I, who called on God (Elohim), and he answered.
The jus...
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In the thought of him who is at ease there is contempt for misfortune.
It is ready for them whose fo...
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The tents of robbers prosper.
Those who provoke God (Elohim) are secure,
who carry their God (Elohim...
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7
“But ask the animals, now, and they shall teach you;
the birds of the sky, and they shall tell you.
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Or speak to the earth, and it shall teach you.
The fish of the sea shall declare to you.
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9
Who doesn’t know that in all these,
Yahweh’s hand has done this,
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in whose hand is the life of every living thing,
and the breath of all mankind?
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Doesn’t the ear try words,
even as the palate tastes its food?
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12
With aged men is wisdom,
in length of days understanding.
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“With God (Elohim) is wisdom and might.
He has counsel and understanding.
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Behold, he breaks down, and it can’t be built again.
He imprisons a man, and there can be no release...
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Behold, he withholds the waters, and they dry up.
Again, he sends them out, and they overturn the ea...
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With him is strength and wisdom.
The deceived and the deceiver are his.
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He leads counselors away stripped.
He makes judges fools.
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He loosens the bond of kings.
He binds their waist with a belt.
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He leads priests away stripped,
and overthrows the mighty.
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He removes the speech of those who are trusted,
and takes away the understanding of the elders.
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He pours contempt on princes,
and loosens the belt of the strong.
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He uncovers deep things out of darkness,
and brings out to light the shadow of death.
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He increases the nations, and he destroys them.
He enlarges the nations, and he leads them captive.
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He takes away understanding from the chiefs of the people of the earth,
and causes them to wander in...
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They grope in the dark without light.
He makes them stagger like a drunken man.
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