Job 12:23
Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
He makes nations great and destroys them; He enlarges nations, then disperses them.

Young's Literal Translation
Magnifying the nations, and He destroyeth them, Spreading out the nations, and He quieteth them.

King James Bible
He increaseth the nations, and destroyeth them: he enlargeth the nations, and straiteneth them [again].

Hebrew
He makes nations
לַ֭גּוֹיִם (lag·gō·w·yim)
Preposition-l, Article | Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 1471: A foreign nation, a Gentile, a troop of animals, a flight of locusts

great,
מַשְׂגִּ֣יא (maś·gî)
Verb - Hifil - Participle - masculine singular
Strong's 7679: To grow, to enlarge, laud

and destroys them;
וַֽיְאַבְּדֵ֑ם (way·’ab·bə·ḏêm)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular | third person masculine plural
Strong's 6: To wander away, lose oneself, to perish

He enlarges
שֹׁטֵ֥חַ (šō·ṭê·aḥ)
Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular
Strong's 7849: To spread, spread abroad

nations,
לַ֝גּוֹיִ֗ם (lag·gō·w·yim)
Preposition-l, Article | Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 1471: A foreign nation, a Gentile, a troop of animals, a flight of locusts

and sends them away.
וַיַּנְחֵֽם׃ (way·yan·ḥêm)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular | third person masculine plural
Strong's 5148: To guide, to transport

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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