Job 15:27
Though his face is covered with fat and his waistline bulges with flesh,
Majority Standard Bible
In The King James Version
Because he covereth his face with his fatness, and maketh collops of fat on his flanks.
In Context
26rushing headlong at Him with a thick, studded shield.
28he will dwell in ruined cities, in abandoned houses destined to become rubble.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 32:15But Jeshurun grew fat and kicked—becoming fat, bloated, and gorged. He abandoned the God who made him and scorned the Rock of his salvation.
Psalms 17:10They have closed their callous hearts; their mouths speak with arrogance.
Psalms 73:7From their prosperity proceeds iniquity; the imaginations of their hearts run wild.
Isaiah 6:10Make the hearts of this people calloused; deafen their ears and close their eyes. Otherwise they might see with their eyes, hear with their ears, understand with their hearts, and turn and be healed.”
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 →