He increaseth the nations, and destroyeth them: he enlargeth the nations, and straiteneth them again.
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Gill's Exposition
He taketh away the heart of the chief of the people of the earth,.... The people of the earth are the common people; the "chief" or "heads" (f) of them, as it may be rendered, are kings, princes and…
Barnes' Notes
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, and…
This is a noble discourse of Job's concerning the wisdom, power, and sovereignty of God, in ordering and disposing of all the affairs of the children of men, according to the counsel of his own will,…
Cambridge Bible
God's rule among the nations and direction of their fate.
and straiteneth themagain] Perhaps, and leadeth them away, cf. 2Ki 18:17. The clause is obscure, it may not be a direct, but an inverse…
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