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Job 12:23

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He increaseth the nations, and destroyeth them: he enlargeth the nations, and straiteneth them again.

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  1. Job 12:21

    He poureth contempt upon princes, and weakeneth the strength of the mighty.

  2. Job 12:22

    He discovereth deep things out of darkness, and bringeth out to light the shadow of death.

  3. Job 12:24

    He taketh away the heart of the chief of the people of the earth, and causeth them to wander in a wilderness where there is no way.

  4. Job 12:25

    They grope in the dark without light, and he maketh them to stagger like a drunken man.

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Scripture: King James Version (KJV), English, 66-book canon. The quotation retains the wording and numbering of our source corpus.