Job 15:27
For he had covered his face with his fatness, and had gathered a superabundance on his loins;
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
Because he covereth his face with his fatness, and maketh collops of fat on his flanks.
In Context
26He used to run against him with uplifted neck, with the stout bosses of his bucklers;
Cross References
Deuteronomy 32:15Then Jeshurun waxed fat, and kicked: Thou wast fat, Thou wast thick, Thou wast gorged, So he forsook the GOD who made him, And treated as foolish his Rock of salvation.
Psalms 17:10Their own fat [heart], have they shut up,—With their mouth, have they spoken proudly.
Psalms 73:7Their iniquity, hath proceeded from fatness, They have surpassed the imaginations of the heart;
Isaiah 6:10Stupefy thou the heart of this people, And their ears, make thou heavy, And their eyes, overspread,—Lest they see with their eyes And with their ears, should hear, And their heart should discern and come back. And they 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 →