Job 38:15
But from the wicked their light is withheld, And the high-raised arm is broken.
Noyes Bible
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 by the seal; And all things stand forth as in rich apparel.
16Hast thou visited the springs of the sea, And walked through the recesses of the deep?
Cross References
Job 18:5Behold, the light of the wicked shall be put out, And the flame of his fire shall not shine.
Job 24:13Others hate the light; They know not its ways, And abide not in its paths.
Psalms 10:15Break thou the arm of the unjust and wicked man; Seek out his wickedness, till thou canst find none!
Proverbs 4:19The way of the wicked is as thick darkness; They know not at what they stumble.
Jeremiah 13:16Give glory to Jehovah, your God, Before he bring darkness, And your feet stumble upon the dark mountains, And, while ye look for light, He turn it into deathlike shade, 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 →