Job 38:15
From the impious, the light will be taken away, and the exalted arm will be broken.
Catholic Public Domain Version
In The King James Version
And from the wicked their light is withholden, and the high arm shall be broken.
In Context
14The seal will be restored like clay, and it will remain in place like a garment.
Cross References
2 Kings 6:18Then truly, the enemies descended to him. But Elisha prayed to the Lord, saying: “Strike, I beg you, this people with blindness.” And the Lord struck them, so that they would not see, in accord with the word of Elisha.
Job 18:5Will not the light of the impious be put out, and the flame of his fire refuse to shine?
Job 24:13They have been rebellious against the light; they have not known his ways, nor have they returned by his paths.
Proverbs 4:19The way of the impious is darkened. They do not know where they may fall.
Jeremiah 13:16Give glory to the Lord your God, before darkness falls, and before your feet stumble on the darkened mountains. You will expect light, but he will turn it into the shadow of death and into utter 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 →