Job 38:15
And from the evil-doers their light is kept back, and the arm of pride is broken.
Bible in Basic English
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 like wet earth under a stamp, and is coloured like a robe;
16Have you come into the springs of the sea, walking in the secret places of the deep?
Cross References
2 Kings 6:18Now when the Aramaeans came down to Elisha, he made a prayer to the Lord saying, Lord, make this people blind. And he made them blind at Elisha's request.
Job 18:5For the light of the sinner is put out, and the flame of his fire is not shining.
Job 24:13Then there are those who are haters of the light, who have no knowledge of its ways, and do not go in them.
Psalms 10:15Let the arm of the sinner and the evil-doer be broken; go on searching for his sin till there is no more.
Proverbs 4:19The way of sinners is dark; they see not the cause of their fall.
Jeremiah 13:16Give glory to the Lord your God, before he makes it dark, and before your feet are slipping on the dark mountains, and, while you are looking for a light, he makes it into deep dark, into black night.
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 →