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Job 38:15

13 that it might spread to the ends of the earth and shake the wicked out of it?

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

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

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

17 Have the gates of death been revealed to you? Have you seen the gates of the shadow of death?

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This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
Light is withheld from the wicked, and their upraised arm is broken.
KJV
And from the wicked their light is withholden, and the high arm shall be broken.
WEB
From the wicked, their light is withheld. The high arm is broken.
ASV
And from the wicked their light is withholden, And the high arm is broken.
DARBY
And from the wicked their light is withholden, and the uplifted arm is broken.
BLB
And their light is withheld from the wicked, and the arm upraised is broken.
ÅB
og de ugudelige unddras sitt lys[^1], og den løftede arm knuses.
OTB
Lyset holdes tilbake fra de onde,
og den løftede arm brytes.
B1930
og de ugudelige unddras sitt lys, og den løftede arm knuses. / < d.e. mørket; JBS 24, 17.>

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Psalms 10:15

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

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  • Psalms 37:17

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

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  • Job 18:5

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

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  • Proverbs 4:19

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

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  • Ezekiel 30:22

    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.

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  • Job 5:14

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

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  • Job 18:18

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

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  • Exodus 10:21–23

    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.”

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