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Job 12:23
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Job 12:23
23He increaseth the nations, and destroyeth them: he enlargeth the nations, and straiteneth them again.
23He increaseth the nations, and destroyeth them: hee inlargeth the nations, and †straiteneth them againe.
- Heb. leadeth in.
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DEFINED WORDS
Job 12:23
APPROVED COMBINED MEANING
destroyeth
To ruin, demolish, kill, consume, or bring to an end.
Meaning drawn from: Approved KJV word-family definition · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · KJV usage (PCE)
Another time; once more; back to a former place or condition; or in return.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
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Open the full verse study3Thou 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.
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Open the full verse study15Thou 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.
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Open the full verse study22A little one shall become a thousand, and a small one a strong nation: I the Lord will hasten it in his time.
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Open the full verse study38He blesseth them also, so that they are multiplied greatly; and suffereth not their cattle to decrease.
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Open the full verse study20Therefore God dealt well with the midwives: and the people multiplied, and waxed very mighty.
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Open the full verse study7¶ And the children of Israel were fruitful, and increased abundantly, and multiplied, and waxed exceeding mighty; and the land was filled with them.
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Open the full verse study6He shall cause them that come of Jacob to take root: Israel shall blossom and bud, and fill the face of the world with fruit.
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Open the full verse study2Look unto Abraham your father, and unto Sarah that bare you: for I called him alone, and blessed him, and increased him.
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Open the full verse study19And 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.
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Open the full verse study22As 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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Open the full verse study8I will hiss for them, and gather them; for I have redeemed them: and they shall increase as they have increased.
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