Job 38:15
From the wicked their light shall be taken away, and the high arm shall be broken.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
And from the wicked their light is withholden, and the high arm shall be broken.
In Context
14The seal shall be restored as clay, and shall stand as a garment :
16Hast thou entered into the depths of the sea, and walked in the lowest parts of the deep?
Cross References
2 Kings 6:18And the enemies came down to him, but Eliseus prayed to the Lord, saying: Strike, I beseech thee, this people with blindness. And the Lord struck them with blindness, according to the word of Eliseus.
Job 18:5Shall not the light of the wicked be extinguished, and the flame of his fire not shine?
Job 24:13They have been rebellious to the light, they have not known his ways, neither have they returned by his paths.
Proverbs 4:19The way of the wicked is darksome: they know not where they fall.
Jeremiah 13:16Give ye glory to the Lord your God, before it be dark, and before your feet stumble upon the dark mountains: you shall look for light, and he will turn it into the shadow of death, and into 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 →