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Job 12:23

NETBible	He makes nations great,¹ and destroys them; he extends the boundaries of nations and disperses² them.³
NIV © biblegateway Job 12:23	He makes nations great, and destroys them; he enlarges nations, and disperses them.
NASB © biblegateway Job 12:23	"He makes the nations great, then destroys them; He enlarges the nations, then leads them away.
NLT © biblegateway Job 12:23	He raises up nations, and he destroys them. He makes nations expand, and he abandons them.
MSG © biblegateway Job 12:23	He makes nations rise and then fall, builds up some and abandons others.
BBE © SABDAweb Job 12:23	Increasing nations, and sending destruction on them; making wide the lands of peoples, and then giving them up.
NRSV © bibleoremus Job 12:23	He makes nations great, then destroys them; he enlarges nations, then leads them away.
NKJV © biblegateway Job 12:23	He makes nations great, and destroys them; He enlarges nations, and guides them.
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KJV	He increaseth <07679> (8688) the nations <01471>_, and destroyeth <06> (8762) them: he enlargeth <07849> (8802) the nations <01471>_, and straiteneth <05148> (8686) them [again]. {straiteneth: Heb. leadeth in}
NASB © biblegateway Job 12:23	"He makes <07679> the nations <01471> great <07679> , then destroys <06> them; He enlarges <07849> the nations <01471> , then leads <05148> them away.
LXXM	planwn <4105> V-PAPNS eynh <1484> N-APN kai <2532> CONJ apolluwn {V-PAPNS} auta <846> D-APN katastrwnnuwn {V-PAPNS} eynh <1484> N-APN kai <2532> CONJ kayodhgwn {V-PAPNS} auta <846> D-APN
NET [draft] ITL	He makes <07679> nations <01471> great <07679> , and destroys <06> them; he extends <07849> the boundaries of nations <01471> and disperses <05148> them.
HEBREW	Mxnyw <05148> Mywgl <01471> xjs <07849> Mdbayw <06> Mywgl <01471> aygvm (12:23) <07679>

NETBible

He makes nations great,¹ and destroys them; he extends the boundaries of nations and disperses² them.³

NET Notes

¹tn The word מַשְׂגִּיא (masgi’, “makes great”) is a common Aramaic word, but only occurs in Hebrew here and in Job 8:11 and 36:24. Some mss have a change, reading the form from שָׁגָה (shagah, “leading astray”). The LXX omits the line entirely.

²tn The difficulty with the verb נָחָה (nakhah) is that it means “to lead; to guide,” but not “to lead away” or “to disperse,” unless this passage provides the context for such a meaning. Moreover, it never has a negative connotation. Some vocalize it וַיַּנִּיחֶם (vayyannikhem), from נוּחַ (nuakh), the causative meaning of “rest,” or “abandon” (Driver, Gray, Gordis). But even there it would mean “leave in peace.” Blommerde suggests the second part is antithetical parallelism, and so should be positive. So Ball proposed וַיִּמְחֶם (vayyimkhem) from מָחָה (makhah): “and he cuts them off.”

³sn The rise and fall of nations, which does not seem to be governed by any moral principle, is for Job another example of God’s arbitrary power.