New English Translation
Job 38:15
15Then from the wicked the light is withheld, and the arm raised in violence is broken.
Job 38:15 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)And from the wicked their light is withholden, and the high arm shall be broken.
- New International Version (NIV)The wicked are denied their light, and their upraised arm is broken.
- English Standard Version (ESV)From the wicked their light is withheld, and their uplifted arm is broken.
- New King James Version (NKJV)From the wicked their light is withheld, And the upraised arm is broken.
Context of Job 38:15
13that it might seize the corners of the earth, and shake the wicked out of it? 14The earth takes shape like clay under a seal; its features are dyed like a garment. Then from the wicked the light is withheld, and the arm raised in violence is broken. 16Have you gone to the springs that fill the sea, or walked about in the recesses of the deep? 17Have the gates of death been revealed to you? Have you seen the gates of deepest darkness?
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וְיִמָּנַ֣ע מֵרְשָׁעִ֣ים אוֹרָ֑ם וּזְר֥וֹעַ רָ֝מָ֗ה תִּשָּׁבֵֽר׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Job 38:15
- Job 5:14They meet with darkness in the daytime, and grope about in the noontime as if it were night.
- Job 18:5“Yes, the lamp of the wicked is extinguished; his flame of fire does not shine.
- Exodus 10:21The Lord said to Moses, “Extend your hand toward heaven so that there may be darkness over the land of Egypt, a darkness so thick it can be felt.”
- 2 Kings 6:18As they approached him, Elisha prayed to the Lord, “Strike these people with blindness.” The Lord struck them with blindness as Elisha requested.
- Proverbs 4:19The way of the wicked is like gloomy darkness; they do not know what causes them to stumble.
- Isaiah 8:21They will pass through the land destitute and starving. Their hunger will make them angry, and they will curse their king and their God as they look upward.
- Jeremiah 13:16Show the Lord your God the respect that is due him. Do it before he brings the darkness of disaster. Do it before you stumble into distress like a traveler on the mountains at twilight. Do it before he turns the light of deliverance you hope for into the darkness and gloom of exile.
- Acts 13:10and said, “You who are full of all deceit and all wrongdoing, you son of the devil, you enemy of all righteousness – will you not stop making crooked the straight paths of the Lord?
- Psalms 10:15Break the arm of the wicked and evil man! Hold him accountable for his wicked deeds, which he thought you would not discover.
- Psalms 37:17for evil men will lose their power, but the Lord sustains the godly.
- Ezekiel 30:22Therefore this is what the sovereign Lord says: Look, I am against Pharaoh king of Egypt, and I will break his arms, the strong arm and the broken one, and I will make the sword drop from his hand.
Commentaries on Job 38:15
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 15And from the wicked their light is withholden - While the light thus spreads over the earth, rendering every object beautiful and blessing the righteous, light and prosperity are withheld from the wicked; see the notes at Job 24:17. Or, the meaning may be, that when the light shines upon the world, the wicked, accustomed to perform their deeds in the night, flee from it, and retreat to their dark hiding-places. And the high arm - Of the wicked. The arm is…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 12-24Verses 12-24 The Lord questions Job, to convince him of his ignorance, and shame him for his folly in prescribing to God. If we thus try ourselves, we shall soon be brought to own that what we know is nothing in comparison with what we know not. By the tender mercy of our God, the Day-spring from on high has visited us, to give light to those that sit in darkness, whose hearts are turned to it as clay to the seal, 2Co 4:6. God's way in the government of…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-41God challenges Job. Job admits he cannot judge the moral world. God shows Job's ignorance of the natural world's elements related to the realm of heaven, weather, animals, and birds (38:4–21; 22–38; 39–39:30).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 12-1512-15. Passing from creation to phenomena in the existing inanimate world. Hast thou--as God daily does. commanded the morning--to rise. since thy days--since thou hast come into being. his place--It varies in its place of rising from day to day, and yet it has its place each day according to fixed laws.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Job 38
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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