约伯记 12:23
He increaseth the nations, and destroyeth them: he enlargeth the nations, and straiteneth them again.
Context
This verse from 约伯记 Chapter 12 connects to 10 cross-references. 国王当夜不能成寐，命人念历史记录，听到末底改揭发谋杀未得赏赐；次日早晨哈曼刚进院子，国王问谁当受尊荣，哈曼以为是自己，提议骑马游街——国王命他照此礼待末底改，哈曼回家垂头丧气。
其他译本
He increaseth the nations, and he destroyeth them: He enlargeth the nations, and he leadeth them captive.
Magnifying the nations, and He destroyeth them, Spreading out the nations, and He quieteth them.
Increasing nations, and sending destruction on them; making wide the lands of peoples, and then giving them up.
交叉参考
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He blesseth them also, so that they are multiplied greatly; and suffereth not their cattle to decrease.
Therefore God dealt well with the midwives: and the people multiplied, and waxed very mighty.
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