Job 38:15
From the wicked, their light is withheld. The high arm is broken.
World English Bible Classic
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 presented as a garment.
16“Have you entered into the springs of the sea? Or have you walked in the recesses of the deep?
Cross References
2 Kings 6:18When they came down to him, Elisha prayed to the LORD, and said, “Please strike this people with blindness.” He struck them with blindness according to Elisha’s word.
Job 18:5“Yes, the light of the wicked will be put out. The spark of his fire won’t shine.
Job 24:13“These are of those who rebel against the light. They don’t know its ways, nor stay in its paths.
Psalms 10:15Break the arm of the wicked. As for the evil man, seek out his wickedness until you find none.
Proverbs 4:19The way of the wicked is like darkness. They don’t know what they stumble over.
Jeremiah 13:16Give glory to the LORD your God, before he causes darkness, and before your feet stumble on the dark mountains, and while you look for light, he turns it into the shadow of death, and makes it deep 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 →