Job 38:15
New International Version
The wicked are denied their light, and their upraised arm is broken.

New Living Translation
The light disturbs the wicked and stops the arm that is raised in violence.

English Standard Version
From the wicked their light is withheld, and their uplifted arm is broken.

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

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

New King James Version
From the wicked their light is withheld, And the upraised arm is broken.

New American Standard Bible
“Their light is withheld from the wicked, And the uplifted arm is broken.

NASB 1995
“From the wicked their light is withheld, And the uplifted arm is broken.

NASB 1977
“And from the wicked their light is withheld, And the uplifted arm is broken.

Legacy Standard Bible
From the wicked their light is withheld, And the arm raised high is broken.

Amplified Bible
“Their light is withheld from the wicked, And the uplifted arm is broken.

Christian Standard Bible
Light is withheld from the wicked, and the arm raised in violence is broken.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Light is withheld from the wicked, and the arm raised in violence is broken.

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

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
Their light shall be withheld from sinners, and an high arm will be broken

Brenton Septuagint Translation
And hast thou removed light from the ungodly, and crushed the arm of the proud?

Contemporary English Version
But its light is too much for those who are evil, and their power is broken.

Douay-Rheims Bible
From the wicked their light shall be taken away, and the high arm shall be broken.

English Revised Version
And from the wicked their light is withholden, and the high arm is broken.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
Wicked people are deprived of their light, and an arm raised [in victory] is broken.

Good News Translation
The light of day is too bright for the wicked and restrains them from doing violence.

International Standard Version
Then from the wicked their light is withheld and their upraised arm is broken.

JPS Tanakh 1917
But from the wicked their light is withholden, And the high arm is broken.

Literal Standard Version
And their light is withheld from the wicked, | And the arm lifted up is broken.

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

New American Bible
But from the wicked their light is withheld, and the arm of pride is shattered.

NET Bible
Then from the wicked the light is withheld, and the arm raised in violence is broken.

New Revised Standard Version
Light is withheld from the wicked, and their uplifted arm is broken.

New Heart English Bible
From the wicked, their light is withheld. The high arm is broken.

Webster's Bible Translation
And from the wicked their light is withheld, and the high arm shall be broken.

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

Young's Literal Translation
And withheld from the wicked is their light, And the arm lifted up is broken.

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Context
God Challenges Job
14The earth takes shape like clay under a seal; its hills stand out like the folds of a garment. 15Light is withheld from the wicked, and their upraised arm is broken. 16Have you journeyed to the vents of the sea or walked in the trenches of the deep?…

Cross References
Numbers 15:30
But the person who sins defiantly, whether a native or foreigner, blasphemes the LORD. That person shall be cut off from among his people.

Job 5:14
They encounter darkness by day and grope at noon as in the night.

Job 5:15
He saves the needy from the sword in their mouth and from the clutches of the powerful.

Job 31:22
then may my arm fall from my shoulder and be torn from its socket.

Job 38:14
The earth takes shape like clay under a seal; its hills stand out like the folds of a garment.

Psalm 10:15
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
For the arms of the wicked will be broken, but the LORD upholds the righteous.


Treasury of Scripture

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

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Job 5:14
They meet with darkness in the daytime, and grope in the noonday as in the night.

Job 18:5,18
Yea, the light of the wicked shall be put out, and the spark of his fire shall not shine…

Exodus 10:21-23
And the LORD said unto Moses, Stretch out thine hand toward heaven, that there may be darkness over the land of Egypt, even darkness which may be felt…

the high

Psalm 10:15
Break thou the arm of the wicked and the evil man: seek out his wickedness till thou find none.

Psalm 37:17
For the arms of the wicked shall be broken: but the LORD upholdeth the righteous.

Ezekiel 30:22
Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I am against Pharaoh king of Egypt, and will break his arms, the strong, and that which was broken; and I will cause the sword to fall out of his hand.

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Verse 15. - And from the wicked their light is withholden. Then, when the dawn bursts forth, "from the wicked, their light"-which is darkness (Job 24:13-17) - "is withholden," and the consequence is that the high arm - the arm that is proud and lifted up - shall be broken. Detection and punishment fall upon the wicked doers who are surprised by the daylight.

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
Light
אוֹרָ֑ם (’ō·w·rām)
Noun - common singular construct | third person masculine plural
Strong's 216: Illumination, luminary

is withheld
וְיִמָּנַ֣ע (wə·yim·mā·na‘)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Nifal - Conjunctive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 4513: To debar, from benefit, injury

from the wicked,
מֵרְשָׁעִ֣‪‬ים (mê·rə·šā·‘îm)
Preposition-m | Adjective - masculine plural
Strong's 7563: Wrong, an, bad person

and their upraised
רָ֝מָ֗ה (rā·māh)
Verb - Qal - Participle - feminine singular
Strong's 7311: To be high actively, to rise, raise

arm
וּזְר֥וֹעַ (ū·zə·rō·w·a‘)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singular construct
Strong's 2220: The arm, the foreleg, force

is broken.
תִּשָּׁבֵֽר׃ (tiš·šā·ḇêr)
Verb - Nifal - Imperfect - third person feminine singular
Strong's 7665: To break, break in pieces


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