Job 38:15
And from the wicked their light is withheld, and the high arm is broken.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
And from the wicked their light is withholden, and the high arm shall be broken.
In Context
14It is changed as clay under the seal, and [all things] stand forth as a garment.
16Have thou entered into the springs of the sea? Or have thou walked in the recesses of the deep?
Cross References
2 Kings 6:18And when they came down to him, Elisha prayed to LORD, and said, Smite this people, I pray thee, with blindness. And he smote them with blindness according to the word of Elisha.
Job 18:5Yea, the light of the wicked shall be put out, and the spark of his fire shall not shine.
Job 24:13These are of those who rebel against the light. They do not know the ways of it, nor abide in the paths of it.
Psalms 10:15Break thou the arm of the sinner and the evil man. His wickedness shall be sought, and shall not be found.
Proverbs 4:19The way of the wicked is as darkness. They know not at what they stumble.
Jeremiah 13:16Give glory to LORD your God, before he causes darkness, and before your feet stumble upon the dark mountains. And, while ye look for light, he turns it into the shadow of death, and makes it gross darkness.
Matthew Henry on Job 38:13-25
Works of God. ( b. c. 1520.) 12 Hast thou commanded the morning since thy days; and caused the dayspring to know his place; 13 That it might take hold of the ends of the earth, that the wicked might be shaken out of it? 14 It is turned as clay to the seal; and they stand as a garment. 15 And from the wicked their light is withholden, and the high arm shall be broken. 16 Hast thou entered into the springs of the sea? or hast thou walked in the search of the depth? 17 Have the gates of death been opened unto thee?… Read the whole commentary →