Job 12:23 in the World English Bible
He increases the nations, and he destroys them. He enlarges the nations, and he leads them captive.
Context
22 He discovereth deep things out of darkness, and bringeth out to light the shadow of death.
23 He increaseth the nations, and destroyeth them: he enlargeth the nations, and straiteneth them again.
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.