King James Version

Job 38:15

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

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וְיִמָּנַ֣עveyimanaand denyמָנַעconjunction, verb, niphal, imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “and deny”, an unfinished actionH4513to debar (negatively or positively) from benefit or injurydeny, keep (back), refrain, restrain, withhold.אוֹרָ֑םorambrightאוֹרnoun, common, both genders, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “bright”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH216illumination or (concrete) luminary (in every sense, including lightning, happiness, etc.)bright, clear, [phrase] day, light (-ning), morning, sun.וּזְר֥וֹעַuzeroaand armזְרוֹעַconjunction, noun, common, both genders, singular, construct — “and arm”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH2220the arm (as stretched out), or (of animals) the foreleg; figuratively, forcearm, [phrase] help, mighty, power, shoulder, strength.רָ֝מָ֗הramahhighרוּםverb, qal, participle, absolute — “high”, a verb used as a describing wordH7311to be high actively, to rise or raise (in various applications, literally or figuratively)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, ([idiom] a-) loud, mount up, offer (up), [phrase] presumptuously, (be) prom…תִּשָּׁבֵֽרtishaverbreakשָׁבַרverb, niphal, imperfect, 3rd person, feminine, singular — “break”, an unfinished actionH7665to burst (literally or figuratively)break (down, off, in pieces, up), broken (-hearted), bring to the birth, crush, destroy, hurt, quench, [idiom] quite, tear, view (by mistake for H7663 (שָׂבַר)).

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

But from the wicked their light is withholden, and the high arm is broken.

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American Standard Version (1901)

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

Young’s Literal Translation

And withheld from the wicked is their light, And the arm lifted up is broken.

World English Bible

From the wicked, their light is withheld. The high arm is broken.

Darby Translation

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

Douay-Rheims

From the wicked their light shall be taken away, and the high arm shall be broken.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

But from the wicked their light is withholden, and the high arm is broken.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

And hast thou removed light from the ungodly, and crushed the arm of the proud?

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Ἀφεῖλες δὲ ἀπὸ ἀσεβῶν τὸ φῶς, βραχίονα δὲ ὑπερηφάνων συνέτριψας;