Job 38:15

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְיִמָּנַ֣ע מֵרְשָׁעִ֣ים אוֹרָ֑ם וּזְר֥וֹעַ רָ֝מָ֗ה תִּשָּׁבֵֽר׃

Transliteration

And-yimmānaʿ from-rəšāʿîm ʾôrām and-zərôaʿ rāmâ tiššābēr.

Grammar Details

*wə-*: conjunction - and
*yimmānaʿ*: niphal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - it is withheld
*min*: preposition - from
*rəšāʿîm*: adjective, masculine plural - wicked ones
*ʾôrām*: noun, masculine singular with 3rd masculine plural suffix - their light
*û*: conjunction - and
*zərôaʿ*: noun, feminine singular - arm
*rāmâ*: adjective, feminine singular - high/lifted up/proud
*tiššābēr*: niphal imperfect, 3rd feminine singular - it is broken

Word Meanings

*yimmānaʿ*: it is withheld/it is kept back
*rəšāʿîm*: wicked ones/evil ones
*ʾôrām*: their light/their illumination
*zərôaʿ*: arm/strength/power
*rāmâ*: high/lifted up/proud/haughty
*tiššābēr*: it is broken/it is shattered

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Referenced Verses

Ps 10:15 : 15 Break thou the arm of the wicked and the evil man: seek out his wickedness till thou find none.
Ps 37:17 : 17 For the arms of the wicked shall be broken: but the LORD upholdeth{H8802)} the righteous.
Job 18:5 : 5 Yea, the light of the wicked shall be put out, and the spark of his fire shall not shine.
Ezek 30:22 : 22 Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I am against Pharaoh king of Egypt, and will break his arms, the strong, and that which was broken; and I will cause the sword to fall out of his hand.
Job 5:14 : 14 They meet with darkness in the daytime, and grope in the noonday as in the night.
Acts 13:10-11 : 10 And said, O full of all subtilty and all mischief, thou child of the devil, thou enemy of all righteousness, wilt thou not cease to pervert the right ways of the Lord? 11 And now, behold, the hand of the Lord is upon thee, and thou shalt be blind, not seeing the sun for a season. And immediately there fell on him a mist and a darkness; and he went about seeking some to lead him by the hand.
Job 18:18 : 18 He shall be driven from light into darkness, and chased out of the world.
Exod 10:21-23 : 21 And the LORD said unto Moses, Stretch out thine hand toward heaven, that there may be darkness over the land of Egypt, even darkness which may be felt. 22 And Moses stretched forth his hand toward heaven; and there was a thick darkness in all the land of Egypt three days: 23 They saw not one another, neither rose any from his place for three days: but all the children of Israel had light in their dwellings.
2 Kgs 6:18 : 18 And when they came down to him, Elisha prayed unto the LORD, and said, Smite this people, I pray thee, with blindness. And he smote them with blindness according to the word of Elisha.
Prov 4:19 : 19 The way of the wicked is as darkness: they know not at what they stumble.
Isa 8:21-22 : 21 And they shall pass through it, hardly bestead and hungry: and it shall come to pass, that when they shall be hungry, they shall fret themselves, and curse their king and their God, and look upward. 22 And they shall look unto the earth; and behold trouble and darkness, dimness of anguish; and they shall be driven to darkness.
Jer 13:16 : 16 Give glory to the LORD your God, before he cause darkness, and before your feet stumble upon the dark mountains, and, while ye look for light, he turn it into the shadow of death, and make it gross darkness.

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