Job 38:15

15 And from the wicked their light is withheld, and the high arm shall be 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 that it might take hold of the ends of the earth, that the wicked might be shaken out of it?

14 It is turned as clay under the seal; and they stand out as a garment.

15 And from the wicked their light is withheld, and the high arm shall be broken.

16 "Hast thou entered into the springs of the sea? Or hast thou walked in the search of the depths?

17 Have the gates of death been opened unto thee? Or hast thou seen the doors of the shadow of death?