Job 38:15
What does Job 38:15 mean?
A plain-English look at Job 38:15 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000And from the wicked their light is withholden, And the high arm is broken.
KJV
King James Version · 1611And from the wicked their light is withholden, and the high arm shall be broken.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901And from the wicked their light is withholden, And the high arm is broken.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949And from the evil-doers their light is kept back, and the arm of pride is broken.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862And withheld from the wicked is their light, And the arm lifted up is broken.
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752From the wicked their light shall be taken away, and the high arm shall be broken.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890And from the wicked their light is withholden, and the uplifted arm is broken.
Context
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Psalms 37:17
For the arms of the wicked shall be broken; But Jehovah upholdeth the righteous.
- Proverbs 4:19
The way of the wicked is as darkness: They know not at what they stumble.
- Jeremiah 13:16
Give glory to Jehovah your God, before he cause darkness, and before your feet stumble upon the dark mountains, and, while ye look for light, he turn it into the shadow of death, and make it gross darkness.
- Isaiah 8:21
And they shall pass through it, sore distressed and hungry; and it shall come to pass that, when they shall be hungry, they shall fret themselves, and curse by their king and by their God, and turn their faces upward:
- Psalms 10:15
Break thou the arm of the wicked; And as for the evil man, seek out his wickedness till thou find none.
- 2 Kings 6:18
And when they came down to him, Elisha prayed unto Jehovah, and said, Smite this people, I pray thee, with blindness. And he smote them with blindness according to the word of Elisha.
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