Job 15:27
For he hath covered his face with his fat, And maketh vigour over [his] confidence.
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
Because he covereth his face with his fatness, and maketh collops of fat on his flanks.
In Context
26He runneth unto Him with a neck, With thick bosses of his shields.
28And he inhabiteth cities cut off, houses not dwelt in, That have been ready to become heaps.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 32:15And Jeshurun waxeth fat, and doth kick: Thou hast been fat — thou hast been thick, Thou hast been covered. And he leaveth God who made him, And dishonoureth the Rock of his salvation.
Psalms 17:10Their fat they have closed up, Their mouths have spoken with pride:
Psalms 73:7Their eye hath come out from fat. The imaginations of the heart transgressed;
Isaiah 6:10Declare fat the heart of this people, And its ears declare heavy, And its eyes declare dazzled, Lest it see with its eyes, And with its ears hear, and its heart consider, And it hath turned back, and hath health.'
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 →