Job 15:27

Job 15:27 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Because he covereth his face with his fatness, and maketh collops of fat on his flanks.
• New International Version (NIV)“Though his face is covered with fat and his waist bulges with flesh,
• English Standard Version (ESV)because he has covered his face with his fat and gathered fat upon his waist
• New King James Version (NKJV)“Though he has covered his face with his fatness, And made his waist heavy with fat,

Context of Job 15:27

25For he hath stretched out his hand against God, and strengthened himself against the Almighty: 26He runneth against him, with [outstretched] neck, with the thick bosses of his bucklers; For he hath covered his face with his fatness, and gathered fat upon [his] flanks. 28And he dwelleth in desolate cities, in houses that no man inhabiteth, which are destined to become heaps. 29He shall not become rich, neither shall his substance continue, and their possessions shall not extend upon the earth.

Job 15:27 word by word

כִּֽי־כִסָּ֣ה פָנָ֣יו בְּחֶלְבּ֑וֹ וַיַּ֖עַשׂ פִּימָ֣ה עֲלֵי־כָֽסֶל׃Read the interlinear

• coveredכָּסָהkâsâh · to coverH3680
• faceפָּנֶהpânîym · faceH6440
• fatחֵ֫לֶבcheleb chêleb · fatH2459

Cross-references for Job 15:27

• Job 17:10But as for you all, pray come on again; and I shall not find one wise man among you.
• Deuteronomy 32:15Then Jeshurun grew fat, and kicked — Thou art waxen fat, Thou art grown thick, And thou art covered with fatness; — He gave up 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 stand out from fatness, they exceed the imaginations of their heart:
• Psalms 78:31When the anger of God went up against them; and he slew the fattest of them, and smote down the chosen men of Israel.
• Isaiah 6:10Make the heart of this people fat, and make their ears heavy, and blind their eyes; lest they see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand with their heart, and be converted, and healed.
• Jeremiah 5:28They are become fat, they shine, yea, they surpass in deeds of wickedness; they judge not the cause, the cause of the fatherless, and they prosper; and the right of the needy do they not adjudge.

Commentaries on Job 15:27

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 27Because he covereth his face - He has lived in luxury and excess; and like a man overloaded with flesh, he cannot defend himself against the strong gripe of his adversary. The Arabic, for maketh collops of fat on his flanks, has (Arabic) He lays the Pleiades upon the Hyades, or, He places Surreea upon aiyuk, a proverbial expression for, His ambition is boundless; He aspires as high as heaven; His head touches the stars; or, is like the giants of old, who…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 27Because he covereth his face with his fatness - That is, he not only stretches out his hand against God Job 15:25 and rushes upon him as an armed foe Job 15:26, but he gives himself up to a life of luxury, gluttony, and licentiousness; and therefore, these calamities must come upon him. This is designed to be a description of a luxurious and licentious person - a man who is an enemy of God, and who, therefore, must incur his displeasure. And maketh…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 17-35Verses 17-35 Eliphaz maintains that the wicked are certainly miserable: whence he would infer, that the miserable are certainly wicked, and therefore Job was so. But because many of God's people have prospered in this world, it does not therefore follow that those who are crossed and made poor, as Job, are not God's people. Eliphaz shows also that wicked people, particularly oppressors, are subject to continual terror, live very uncomfortably, and perish…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 20-35Evil people experience everything that happened to Job (see 1:16–19): Attacks by thieves (15:21). Loss of possessions (15:29). Collapse of houses (15:28). Fire (15:30, 34).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2727. The well-nourished body of the rebel is the sign of his prosperity. collops--masses of fat. He pampers and fattens himself with sensual indulgences; hence his rebellion against God (De 32:15; 1Sa 2:29).Read the comment

Topics related to Job 15:27

• Wicked (People)

In the dictionaries

• Conceive
• Restrain
• Secret
• Unprofitable
• Wait
• Wander
• Collop
• Eliphaz (2)
• Face
• Fatness

Commentaries on Job 15

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary