Job 38:15 “Light is withheld from the wicked, and their upraised arm is broken.”

Job 38:15

Light is withheld from the wicked, and their upraised arm is broken.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

And from the wicked their light is withholden, and the high arm shall be broken.

World English Bible

From the wicked, their light is withheld. The high arm is broken.

American Standard Version

And from the wicked their light is withholden, And the high arm is broken.

Geneva Bible 1599

And from the wicked their light shall be taken away, and the hie arme shalbe broken.

Darby Translation

And from the wicked their light is withholden, and the uplifted arm is broken.

Young's Literal Translation

And withheld from the wicked is their light, And the arm lifted up is broken.

Bible in Basic English

And from the evil-doers their light is kept back, and the arm of pride is broken.

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Cross references

“from”

Job 18:5 Proverbs 4:19 Job 5:14 Job 18:18 Exodus 10:21–23 2 Kings 6:18

Job 18:5 · BSB

Indeed, the lamp of the wicked is extinguished; the flame of his fire does not glow.

Proverbs 4:19 · BSB

But the way of the wicked is like the darkest gloom; they do not know what makes them stumble.

Job 5:14 · BSB

They encounter darkness by day and grope at noon as in the night.

Job 18:18 · BSB

He is driven from light into darkness and is chased from the inhabited world.

Exodus 10:21–23 · BSB

Then the LORD said to Moses, “Stretch out your hand toward heaven, so that darkness may spread over the land of Egypt—a palpable darkness.”

2 Kings 6:18 · BSB

As the Arameans came down against him, Elisha prayed to the LORD, “Please strike these people with blindness.” So He struck them with blindness, according to the word of Elisha.

“the high”

Psalm 10:15 Psalm 37:17 Ezekiel 30:22

Psalm 10:15 · BSB

Break the arm of the wicked and evildoer; call him to account for his wickedness until none is left to be found.

Psalm 37:17 · BSB

For the arms of the wicked will be broken, but the LORD upholds the righteous.

Ezekiel 30:22 · BSB

Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: Behold, I am against Pharaoh king of Egypt. I will break his arms, both the strong one and the one already broken, and will make the sword fall from his hand.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

14The earth takes shape like clay under a seal; its hills stand out like the folds of a garment.

16Have you journeyed to the vents of the sea or walked in the trenches of the deep?

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