And when the Syrians came down against him, Elisha prayed to the Lord, and said, “Strike this people, I pray thee, with blindness.” So he struck them with blindness in accordance with the prayer of Elisha.
Job 38:15 - Revised Standard Version From the wicked their light is withheld, and their uplifted arm is broken. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And from the wicked their light is withholden, And the high arm shall be broken. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition From the wicked their light is withheld, and their uplifted arm is broken. American Standard Version (1901) And from the wicked their light is withholden, And the high arm is broken. Common English Bible Light is withheld from the wicked, the uplifted arm broken. Catholic Public Domain Version From the impious, the light will be taken away, and the exalted arm will be broken. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version From the wicked their light shall be taken away: and the high arm shall be broken. |
And when the Syrians came down against him, Elisha prayed to the Lord, and said, “Strike this people, I pray thee, with blindness.” So he struck them with blindness in accordance with the prayer of Elisha.
“Yea, the light of the wicked is put out, and the flame of his fire does not shine.
“There are those who rebel against the light, who are not acquainted with its ways, and do not stay in its paths.
then let my shoulder blade fall from my shoulder, and let my arm be broken from its socket.
It is changed like clay under the seal, and it is dyed like a garment.
They meet with darkness in the daytime, and grope at noonday as in the night.
But he saves the fatherless from their mouth, the needy from the hand of the mighty.
Break thou the arm of the wicked and evildoer; seek out his wickedness till thou find none.
For the arms of the wicked shall be broken; but the Lord upholds the righteous.
The way of the wicked is like deep darkness; they do not know over what they stumble.
Give glory to the Lord your God before he brings darkness, before your feet stumble on the twilight mountains, and while you look for light he turns it into gloom and makes it deep darkness.
Therefore thus says the Lord God: Behold, I am against Pharaoh king of Egypt, and will break his arms, both the strong arm and the one that was broken; and I will make the sword fall from his hand.
But the person who does anything with a high hand, whether he is native or a sojourner, reviles the Lord, and that person shall be cut off from among his people.