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He makes the nationsלַגּוֹיִםgreat,מַשְׂגִּיאand makes them perish;וַיְאַבְּדֵםhe spreads outשֹׁטֵחַthe nations,לַגּוֹיִםand leads them.וַיַּנְחֵם
Job 12:23
Study it in the app“He makes the nations great, and makes them perish; he spreads out the nations, and leads them.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Job 12:23, word by word
- He makes the nationsגּוֹיִםgoyim
Gentiles
The peoples other than Israel.
Where else “goyim” appears- greatמַשְׂגִּיאmasgi
make great
To make grow in number and power.
Where else “masgi” appears- and makes them perishיְאַבְּדֵyeabde
perish
To die, be ruined.
Where else “yeabde” appears- he spreads outשֹׁטֵחַshoteach
spread out
Spread out, lay out on the ground.
Where else “shoteach” appears- and leads themיַּנְחֵyanche
lead, guide
Lead, guide along the way; bring someone to a place.
Where else “yanche” appears
Translation note
“Leads them”: according to the lexicon; here it may have the sense of “leads them far away,” into exile.
The context
22He uncovers deep things out of darkness, and brings out to light the shadow of death.
23 · This verse (above)
24He removes the heart of the heads of the people of the land, and makes them wander in a void without a way.