Job 38:15

15 Light is not given to evil people; their arm is raised to do harm, but it is broken.

Job 38:15 Meaning and Commentary

Job 38:15

And from the wicked their light is withholden
Whose light is darkness, and whose day is the night, of which they are deprived when the morning light breaks forth; see ( Job 24:17 ) ; it may be figuratively understood of the light of prosperity being removed from them, or the light of life, when they shall be sent into utter darkness;

and the high arm shall be broken;
their power weakened and made useless; even the power of such wicked men who have had a large share of it, and have used it in a tyrannical manner; and especially this will be their case at death; see ( Isaiah 14:10 Isaiah 14:12 ) .

Job 38:15 In-Context

13 in order to take hold of the earth by its edges and shake evil people out of it?

14 At dawn the earth changes like clay being pressed by a seal; the hills and valleys stand out like folds in a coat.

15 Light is not given to evil people; their arm is raised to do harm, but it is broken.

16 "Have you ever gone to where the sea begins or walked in the valleys under the sea?

17 Have the gates of death been opened to you? Have you seen the gates of the deep darkness?