27because he has covered his face with his fatness, and gathered fat on his thighs.


In Context

24 Distress and anguish make him afraid. They prevail against him, as a king ready to the battle.

25 Because he has stretched out his hand against God, and behaves himself proudly against the Almighty;

26 he runs at him with a stiff neck, with the thick shields of his bucklers;

27 because he has covered his face with his fatness, and gathered fat on his thighs.

28 He has lived in desolate cities, in houses which no one inhabited, which were ready to become heaps.

29 He shall not be rich, neither shall his substance continue, neither shall their possessions be extended on the earth.

Job 15:27 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

15:27Because he covereth his face with his fatness, and maketh collops of fat on [his] flanks.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

15:27"Though his face is covered with fat and his waist bulges with flesh,

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

15:27Fatness hath covered his face, and the fat hangeth down on his sides.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

15:27Because he hath covered his face with his fatness, And gathered fat upon his loins;

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

15:27For he hath covered his face with his fatness, and gathered fat upon his flanks.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

15:27Because he hath covered his face with his fatness, and made collops of fat on his flanks;

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

15:27Because he covereth his face with his fatness, and maketh collops of fat on his flanks.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

15:27For he hath covered his face with his fat, And maketh vigour over his confidence.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

15:27Because he covers his face with his fatness, and makes bulges of fat on his flanks.