Job 38:15
But from the wicked their light is withholden, and the high arm is broken.
JPS TaNaKH 1917
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 they stand as a garment.
16Hast thou entered into the springs of the sea? Or hast thou walked in the recesses of the deep?
Cross References
2 Kings 6:18And when they came down to him, Elisha prayed unto the 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 them that rebel against the light; they know not the ways thereof, nor abide in the paths thereof.
Psalms 10:15Break Thou the arm of the wicked; and as for the evil man, search out his wickedness, till none be found.
Proverbs 4:19The way of the wicked is as darkness; they know not at what they stumble.
Jeremiah 13:16Give glory to the LORD your God, before it grow dark, and before your feet stumble upon the mountains of twilight, and, while ye look for light, He turn it into the shadow of death, and make 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 →