Parallel Verses
Amplified
For he has covered his face with his fat,
Adding layers of fat to his thighs [giving himself up to pleasures],
New American Standard Bible
And made his thighs heavy with flesh.
King James Version
Because he covereth his face with his fatness, and maketh collops of fat on his flanks.
Holman Bible
and his waistline bulges with it,
International Standard Version
Though he covered his face with fat, and is grossly overweight at the waist,
A Conservative Version
because he has covered his face with his fatness, and gathered fat upon his loins.
American Standard Version
Because he hath covered his face with his fatness, And gathered fat upon his loins;
Bible in Basic English
Because his face is covered with fat, and his body has become thick;
Darby Translation
For he hath covered his face with his fatness, and gathered fat upon his flanks.
Julia Smith Translation
For he covered his face with his fat, and he will make fatness upon the flank
King James 2000
Because he covers his face with his fatness, and makes heavy fat on his waist.
Lexham Expanded Bible
"Because he has covered his face with his fat and has gathered fat upon [his] loins,
Modern King James verseion
because he has covered his face with fat; he has put fat on his loins.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
whereas he covereth his face with fatness, and maketh his body well liking.
NET Bible
Because he covered his face with fat, and made his hips bulge with fat,
New Heart English Bible
because he has covered his face with his fatness, and gathered fat on his thighs.
The Emphasized Bible
For he had covered his face with his fatness, and had gathered a superabundance on his loins;
Webster
Because he covereth his face with his fatness, and maketh collops of fat on his flanks.
World English Bible
because he has covered his face with his fatness, and gathered fat on his thighs.
Youngs Literal Translation
For he hath covered his face with his fat, And maketh vigour over his confidence.
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Job 15:27
Verse Info
Context Readings
Eliphaz's Second Response To Job
26
Running and charging headlong against Him
With his ornamented and massive shield;
For he has covered his face with his fat,
Adding layers of fat to his thighs [giving himself up to pleasures],
And he has lived in desolate [God-forsaken] cities,
In houses which no one should inhabit,
Which were destined to become heaps [of ruins];
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Cross References
Psalm 17:10
They have closed their
With their mouths they speak proudly and make presumptuous claims.
Psalm 73:7
Their eye bulges from fatness [they have more than the heart desires];
The imaginations of their mind run riot [with foolishness].
Deuteronomy 32:15
“But Jeshurun (Israel) became fat and kicked [at God].
You became fat, thick, sleek, and obstinate!
Then he abandoned God who had made him,
And scorned the Rock of his salvation.
Job 17:10
“But as for all of you, come back again,
Even though I do not find a wise man among you.
Psalm 78:31
The wrath of God rose against them
And killed some of the strongest of them,
And subdued the choice young men of Israel.
Isaiah 6:10
“Make the heart of this people insensitive,
Their ears dull,
And their eyes dim,
Otherwise they might see with their eyes,
Hear with their ears,
Understand with their hearts,
And return and be healed.”
Jeremiah 5:28
‘They are fat and they are sleek (prosperous),
They
They do not plead the cause,
The cause of the orphan, so that they [the wicked] may prosper,
And they do not defend the rights of the poor.