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Job 38:15

Job 38:15
And from the wicked their light is withholden, and the high arm shall be broken.

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

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…

Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Barnes' Notes

And from the wicked their light is withholden - While the light thus spreads over the earth, rendering every object beautiful and blessing the righteous, light and prosperity are withheld from the…

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

Job 38:12-24

The Lord here proceeds to ask Job many puzzling questions, to convince him of his ignorance, and so to shame him for his folly in prescribing to God. If we will but try ourselves with such…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

shall be broken Rather, is broken. The "light" of the wicked is the darkness, ch. Job 24:17. The "high arm" is the arm already uplifted to commit violence. Again the moral meaning of the dayspring is…