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Job 12:23 Interlinear

“He increaseth the nations and destroyeth them he enlargeth the nations and straiteneth”

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Word-by-Word Analysis

#	Original	Strong's	English	Definition
1	מַשְׂגִּ֣יא	H7679	He increaseth	to grow, i.e., (causatively) to enlarge, (figuratively) laud
2	לַ֝גּוֹיִ֗ם	H1471	the nations	a foreign nation; hence, a gentile; also (figuratively) a troop of animals, or a flight of locusts
3	וַֽיְאַבְּדֵ֑ם	H6	and destroyeth	properly, to wander away, i.e., lose oneself; by implication to perish (causative, destroy)
4	שֹׁטֵ֥חַ	H7849	them he enlargeth	to expand
5	לַ֝גּוֹיִ֗ם	H1471	the nations	a foreign nation; hence, a gentile; also (figuratively) a troop of animals, or a flight of locusts
6	וַיַּנְחֵֽם׃	H5148	and straiteneth	to guide; by implication, to transport (into exile, or as colonists)

Job 12:23 (current)He increaseth the nations and destroyeth them he enlargeth the nations and straiteneth