Job 38:15
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“Light is withheld from the wicked, and their upraised arm is broken.”
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BSBPD
“Light is withheld from the wicked, and their upraised arm is broken.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)KJVPD
“And from the wicked their light is withholden, and the high arm shall be broken.”
King James Version · Public DomainASVPD
“And from the wicked their light is withholden, And the high arm is broken.”
American Standard Version · Public DomainYLTPD
“And withheld from the wicked is their light, And the arm lifted up is broken.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainCross references
Other passages that echo Job 38:15 — 14 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Exodus 10:21Then 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 6:18As 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.
- Job 5:14They encounter darkness by day and grope at noon as in the night.
- Job 18:5Indeed, the lamp of the wicked is extinguished; the flame of his fire does not glow.
- Job 18:18He is driven from light into darkness and is chased from the inhabited world.
- Job 24:13Then there are those who rebel against the light, not knowing its ways or staying on its paths.
- Job 31:22then may my arm fall from my shoulder and be torn from its socket.
- Psalms 10:15Break the arm of the wicked and evildoer; call him to account for his wickedness until none is left to be found.
- Psalms 37:17For the arms of the wicked will be broken, but the LORD upholds the righteous.
- Proverbs 4:19But the way of the wicked is like the darkest gloom; they do not know what makes them stumble.
- Isaiah 8:21They will roam the land, dejected and hungry. When they are famished, they will become enraged; and looking upward, they will curse their king and their God.
- Jeremiah 13:16Give glory to the LORD your God before He brings darkness, before your feet stumble on the dusky mountains. You wait for light, but He turns it into deep gloom and thick darkness.
- Ezekiel 30:22Therefore 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.
- Acts 13:10and said, “O child of the devil and enemy of all righteousness, you are full of all kinds of deceit and trickery! Will you never stop perverting the straight ways of the Lord?
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