Job 12:23 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ He increaseth the nations, and destroyeth them: he enlargeth the nations, and straitenethg them again. ”

• Job 12:23 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

  He increaseth the nations, and destroyeth them - He has entire control over them. The sources of prosperity are in his hand, and at his pleasure he can visit them with famine, pestilence, or war,...

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• Job 12:23 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

  He (m) increaseth the nations, and destroyeth them: he enlargeth the nations, and straiteneth them [again]. (m) In this discourse of God's wonderful works, Job shows that whatever is done in this wo...

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• Job 12:23 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

  Eliphaz had appealed to revelation, Bildad to the wisdom of the ancients, Zophar assumes that he himself is the oracle of God's wisdom. Job answers this assumption. Firstly Zophar is not the only wis...

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• Job 12:23 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

  increaseth . maketh them great. Occurs only here and Job 36:24 .

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• Job 12:23 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

  He increaseth the nations, and destroyeth them: he enlargeth the nations, and straiteneth them again . He increaseth the nations - Mr. Good translates, He letteth the nations grow licentious. Pride,...

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• Job 12:23 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

  He increaseth the nations, and destroyeth them: he enlargeth the nations, and straiteneth them again. He increaseth the nations. "Thou hast multiplied the nation," etc., ( Isaiah 9:3 ; Psalm...

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• Job 12:23 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

  Job's Third Speech (Job 12-14) The friends have said God is wise and mighty. Job replies, 'I know that as well as you. You infer that He is also righteous, but experience shows that His power and...

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• Job 12:23 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

  He increaseth the nations, and destroyeth them. — The latter part of this chapter teaches us a truth that is apt to be forgotten in the present day, which is, nevertheless, the key to much of the h...

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• Job 12:23 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

  XII. BEYOND FACT AND FEAR TO GOD Job 12:1-25 ; Job 13:1-28 ; Job 14:1-22 Job SPEAKS ZOPHAR excites in Job's mind great irritation, which must not be set down altogether to the fact that he...

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• Job 12:23 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

  “God's Paths in Deep Waters” Job 12:1-25 Job sets himself to disprove Zophar's contention that wickedness invariably causes insecurity in men's dwellings; and in doing so he bitterly complains...

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• Job 12:23 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

  Job's last reply in this first cycle is to the whole argument, as well as to Zophar's application of it. From beginning to end, it thrills with sarcasm, while it maintains its denial of personal guil...

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• Job 12:23 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

  (11) Doth not the ear try words? and the mouth taste his meat? (12) В¶ With the ancient is wisdom; and in length of days understanding. (13) With him is wisdom and strength, he hath counsel and under...

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• Job 12:23 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

  He increaseth the nations, and destroyeth them ,.... As he did before the flood, when the earth was tilled, and all over peopled with them, but at the flood he destroyed them at once. Sephorno inter...

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• Job 12:23 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

  He increaseth the nations, and destroyeth them: he enlargeth the nations, and straiteneth them [again]. Ver. 23. He increaseth the nations, and destroyeth them ] It is all one with God whether aga...

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• Job 12:23 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  He increaseth the nations , &c. What he had hitherto said of princes, he now applies to nations and people, whom God either increases or diminishes as he pleases. He enlargeth the nations He m...

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• Job 12:23 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

  JOB EMPHASISES GOD'S GREATNESS AND WISDOM (vv.1-25) Job's reply to Zophar was understandably sarcastic, "No doubt you are the people, and wisdom will die with you!" (v.2). Zophar had implied tha...

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• Job 12:23 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

        12 With the ancient is wisdom; and in length of days understanding.   13 With him is wisdom and strength, he hath counsel and understanding.   14 Behold, he breaketh down, and it cannot b...

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• Job 12:23 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

  What hitherto he said of princes, he now applies to nations and people, whom God doth either increase or diminish as he pleaseth. He enlargeth the nations; he multiplies them, so that they are forc...

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• Job 12:23 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

  JOB’S REPLY TO ZOPHAR I. Defends himself against the charge of ignorance implied in Zophar’s speech ( Job 12:2-3 ). His defence is:— 1. Ironical ( Job 12:2 ). “No doubt but ye are the people...

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• Job 12:23 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  Job 12:6 . The tabernacles of robbers prosper. Or as it might be rendered, a placid tranquility gladdens the tabernacles of robbers; referring to the Arabs, who plunder the merchants. This and the...

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• Job 12:23 - The Biblical Illustrator

  Behold, He breaketh down. Job’s maxims Perhaps Job uses this lofty language concerning God for two reasons. 1. To show that he could speak as grandly of the Eternal as his friends had spoken...

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• Job 12:23 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

  EXPOSITION The discourse of Job, here begun, continues through three chapters ( Job 12:1-18 ; Job 13:1-18 ; Job 14:1-18 .). It is thought to form the conclusion of the first day's colloquy. In...

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• Job 12:23 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

  God's Government of the World

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• Job 12:23 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

  Exodus 1:20 ; Exodus 1:7 ; Isaiah 26:15 ; Isaiah 27:6 ; Isaiah 51:2 ; Isaiah 60:22 ; Isaiah 9:3 ; Jeremiah 30:19 ; Jeremiah 33:22 ; Psalms 107:38 ; Zechariah 10:8

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• Job 12:23 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

  Nations — What hitherto he said of princes, he now applies to nations, whom God does either increase or diminish as he pleases.

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