“Who multiplieth the nations and destroyeth them, and them that are overturned He restoreth entire. We may understand it, viz. that 'the Lord multiplieth the nations and destroyeth them,' in this way, that day by day men are born destined to die, and that 'them, that be overturned, He restoreth entire,' in that they, w…”
Gregory the Dialogist, 7th c. — Morals on the Book of Job, Book XI
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23He increaseth the nations, and destroyeth them: he enlargeth the nations, and straiteneth them again.
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21He poureth contempt upon princes, and weakeneth the strength of the mighty.
22He discovereth deep things out of darkness, and bringeth out to light the shadow of death.
— Job 12:23 —
24He 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.
25They grope in the dark without light, and he maketh them to stagger like a drunken man.