Job 38:15 Cross References - NSB

¹⁵ »The wicked are denied their light, and their upraised arm is broken.

²¹ Jehovah then said to Moses: »Raise your hand toward the sky. Darkness thick enough to be felt will cover the land of Egypt.« ²² Moses raised his hand toward the sky. Total darkness fell throughout Egypt for three days. ²³ The Egyptians could not see each other. No one left his house during that time. The Israelites, however, had light where they were living.

¹⁸ The Syrians attacked! Elisha prayed, »O Jehovah, strike these men blind!« Jehovah answered his prayer and struck them blind.

¹⁴ »They meet in darkness in the daytime! In bright sunlight they grope as if it were night.

⁵ »The lamp of the wicked is snuffed out. The flame of his fire shall not shine.

¹⁸ »He is driven from light into darkness and is banished from the world.

¹⁵ Break the arm of the wicked and evil person. Pursue his wickedness until you find no more evil.

¹⁷ The arms of the wicked will be broken, but Jehovah sustains the righteous.

¹⁹ The way of the wicked is like darkness. They do not know what makes them stumble.

²¹ They will pass through the land when they are hard-pressed (destressed) and hungry. When they are hungry, they will be furious. Then they will look up and curse their king and God. ²² They will look toward the nations of the earth and see only distress and gloom. They will go in anguish and be banished into darkness.

¹⁶ Give glory to Jehovah your God before he brings darkness and before your feet stumble on the dusky mountains. You hope for light. He makes it into deep darkness and turns it into gloom.

²² »The Lord Jehovah says: ‘I am against Pharaoh king of Egypt. I will break his arms, both the strong and the broken. I will make the sword fall from his hand.

¹⁰ And said: »You child of the devil, full of all subtlety and mischief, you enemy of all righteousness, will you not cease to pervert the right ways of Jehovah? ¹¹ »Look Jehovah’s hand is on you. You will be blind and not see the sun for a season.« Immediately there fell on him a mist and darkness. He went about seeking some to lead him by the hand.