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Job 38

Job 38:15 KJV (With Strong’s)

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And from the wicked
rasha` (Hebrew #7563)
morally wrong; concretely, an (actively) bad person
KJV usage: + condemned, guilty, ungodly, wicked (man), that did wrong.
Pronounce: raw-shaw'
Origin: from 7561
their light
'owr (Hebrew #216)
illumination or (concrete) luminary (in every sense, including lightning, happiness, etc.)
KJV usage: bright, clear, + day, light (-ning), morning, sun.
Pronounce: ore
Origin: from 215
is withholden
mana` (Hebrew #4513)
to debar (negatively or positively) from benefit or injury
KJV usage: deny, keep (back), refrain, restrain, withhold.
Pronounce: maw-nah'
Origin: a primitive root
, and the high
ruwm (Hebrew #7311)
to be high actively, to rise or raise (in various applications, literally or figuratively)
KJV usage: bring up, exalt (self), extol, give, go up, haughty, heave (up), (be, lift up on, make on, set up on, too) high(-er, one), hold up, levy, lift(-er) up, (be) lofty, (X a-)loud, mount up, offer (up), + presumptuously, (be) promote(-ion), proud, set up, tall(-er), take (away, off, up), breed worms.
Pronounce: room
Origin: a primitive root
arm
zrowa` (Hebrew #2220)
and (feminine) zrowpah {zer-o-aw'}; or zrowah {zer-o-aw'}; from 2232; the arm (as stretched out), or (of animals) the foreleg; figuratively, force
KJV usage: arm, + help, mighty, power, shoulder, strength.
Pronounce: zer-o'-ah
Origin: or (shortened) zroao {zer-o'-ah}
b shall be broken
shabar (Hebrew #7665)
to burst (literally or figuratively)
KJV usage: break (down, off, in pieces, up), broken((-hearted)), bring to the birth, crush, destroy, hurt, quench, X quite, tear, view (by mistake for 7663).
Pronounce: shaw-bar'
Origin: a primitive root
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Psa. 10:15• 15Break thou the arm of the wicked, and as for the evil man, seek out his wickedness till thou find none. (Psa. 10:15)

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Ministry on This Verse

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Job 5:14• 14They meet with darkness in the daytime, and grope at midday as in the night. (Job 5:14)
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Job 18:5,18• 5Yea, the light of the wicked shall be put out, and the flame of his fire shall not shine.
 18He is driven from light into darkness, and chased out of the world. (Job 18:5,18)
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Ex. 10:21‑23• 21And Jehovah said to Moses, Stretch out thy hand toward the heavens, that there may be darkness in the land of Egypt--so that one may feel darkness.
 22And Moses stretched out his hand toward the heavens; and there was a thick darkness throughout the land of Egypt three days:
 23they saw not one another, neither rose any from his place, for three days. But all the children of Israel had light in their dwellings. (Ex. 10:21‑23)
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2 Kings 6:18• 18And they came down to him; and Elisha prayed to Jehovah and said, Smite this nation, I pray thee, with blindness. And he smote them with blindness according to the word of Elisha. (2 Kings 6:18)
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Prov. 4:19• 19The way of the wicked is as darkness: they know not at what they stumble. (Prov. 4:19)
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Isa. 8:21‑22• 21And they shall pass through it, hard pressed and hungry; and it shall come to pass when they are hungry, they will fret themselves, and curse their king and their God, and will gaze upward:
 22and they will look to the earth; and behold, trouble and darkness, gloom of anguish; and they shall be driven into thick darkness. (Isa. 8:21‑22)
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Jer. 13:16• 16Give glory to Jehovah your God, before he cause darkness, and before your feet stumble upon the mountains of twilight; and ye shall look for light, but he will turn it into the shadow of death, and make it gross darkness. (Jer. 13:16)
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Acts 13:10‑11• 10said, O full of all deceit and all craft: son of the devil, enemy of all righteousness; wilt thou not cease perverting the right paths of the Lord?
 11And now behold, the Lord's hand is upon thee, and thou shalt be blind, not seeing the sun for a season. And immediately there fell upon him a mist and darkness; and going about he sought persons who should lead him by the hand. (Acts 13:10‑11)
the high.
Psa. 10:15• 15Break thou the arm of the wicked, and as for the evil man, seek out his wickedness till thou find none. (Psa. 10:15)
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Psa. 37:17• 17for the arms of the wicked shall be broken, but Jehovah upholdeth the righteous. (Psa. 37:17)
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Ezek. 30:22• 22Therefore thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Behold, I am against Pharaoh king of Egypt, and will break his arms, the strong one, and that which was broken; and I will cause the sword to fall out of his hand. (Ezek. 30:22)
• Thus the light of God’s presence detects evil. When He causes the dawning of a new day— “The day of the Lord” —evil doers shall be shaken out of the earth. For this cause, His people who are “children of the light and of the day,” order their life by the light. (“Job 38-42:6” by S. Ridout)

J. N. Darby Translation

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And from the wicked their lightc is withholden, and the uplifted arm is broken.

JND Translation Notes

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i.e. darkness was their "light."