World English Bible
Job 12:23
“He increases the nations, and he destroys them. He enlarges the nations, and he leads them captive.”
Verse in context — Job 12
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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 a wilderness where there is no way.
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They grope in the dark without light. He makes them stagger like a drunken man.
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