Job 38:15
And withheld from the wicked is their light, And the arm lifted up is broken.
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
And from the wicked their light is withholden, and the high arm shall be broken.
In Context
14It turneth itself as clay of a seal And they station themselves as clothed.
16Hast thou come in to springs of the sea? And in searching the deep Hast thou walked up and down?
Cross References
2 Kings 6:18And they come down unto it, and Elisha prayeth unto Jehovah, and saith, 'Smite, I pray Thee, this nation with blindness;' and He smiteth them with blindness, according to the word of Elisha.
Job 18:5Also, the light of the wicked is extinguished. And there doth not shine a spark of his fire.
Job 24:13They have been among rebellious ones of light, They have not discerned His ways, Nor abode in His paths.
Psalms 10:15Break the arm of the wicked and the evil, Seek out his wickedness, find none;
Proverbs 4:19The way of the wicked [is] as darkness, They have not known at what they stumble.
Jeremiah 13:16Give ye to Jehovah your God honour, Before He doth cause darkness, And before your feet stumble on dark mountains, And ye have waited for light, And He hath made it for death-shade, And hath appointed [it] for thick 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 →