King James Version
Job 38:15 in the King James Version says “And from the wicked their light is withholden, and the high arm shall be broken.” — study this verse from Job chapter 38 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“And from the wicked their light is withholden, and the high arm shall be broken.”
Job 38:15 · KJV
That it might take hold of the ends of the earth, that the wicked might be shaken out of it? ends: Heb. wings
It is turned as clay to the seal; and they stand as a garment.
And from the wicked their light is withholden, and the high arm shall be broken.
Hast thou entered into the springs of the sea? or hast thou walked in the search of the depth?
Have the gates of death been opened unto thee? or hast thou seen the doors of the shadow of death?
KJV Study — Public Domain
“their light”
H216illumination or (concrete) luminary (in every sense, including lightning, happiness, etc.)
“arm”
H2220the arm (as stretched out), or (of animals) the foreleg; figuratively, force
“and the high”
H7311to be high actively, to rise or raise (in various applications, literally or figuratively)
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