Job 15:27

Because he had covered his face with his fat, and had made thick folds of fat on his flanks;

Leeser Tanakh

In The King James Version

Because he covereth his face with his fatness, and maketh collops of fat on his flanks.

In Context

26[And] he had run against him, with an [extended] neck, with the thick roundings of his bucklers;

28And he dwelt in abandoned cities, in houses which none inhabited, which were destined to be ruinous heaps.

Read all of Job 15

Cross References

Deuteronomy 32:15Thus did Yeshurun grow fat, and he kicked; [thou art grown fat, thick, fleshy;] and then he forsook the God who made him, and lightly esteemed the Rock of his salvation.

Psalms 17:10They are enclosed in their own fat: with their mouth they speak proudly.

Psalms 73:7Their eyes start out from fatness: they have exceeded their heart's imaginings.

Isaiah 6:10Obdurate will remain the heart of this people, and their ears will be heavy, and their eyes will be shut: so that they will not see with their eyes, nor hear with their ears, nor their hearts be understanding, so that they be converted, and healing be granted them.

Matthew Henry on Job 15:18-35

17 I will show thee, hear me; and that which I have seen I will declare; 18 Which wise men have told from their fathers, and have not hid it: 19 Unto whom alone the earth was given, and no stranger passed among them. 20 The wicked man travaileth with pain all his days, and the number of years is hidden to the oppressor. 21 A dreadful sound is in his ears: in prosperity the destroyer shall come upon him. 22 He believeth not that he shall return out of darkness, and he is waited for of the sword. 23 He wandereth… Read the whole commentary →

This Verse In Other Editions

Study Job 15:27