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Eliphaz: Job Does Not Fear God

Job 15:27

In 11 translations

BSB
Though his face is covered with fat and his waistline bulges with flesh,
KJV
Because he covereth his face with his fatness, and maketh collops of fat on his flanks.
WEB
because he has covered his face with his fatness, and gathered fat on his thighs.
ASV
Because he hath covered his face with his fatness, And gathered fat upon his loins;
LSV
For he has covered his face with his fat, || And makes vigor over [his] confidence.
YLT
For he hath covered his face with his fat, And maketh vigour over [his] confidence.
DBY
For he hath covered his face with his fatness, and gathered fat upon [his] flanks.
DRC
Fatness hath covered his face, and the fat hangeth down on his sides.
GNV
Because he hath couered his face with his fatnesse, and hath colloppes in his flancke.
JPS
Because he hath covered his face with his fatness, and made collops of fat on his loins;
LXXE
For he has covered his face with his fat, and made layers of fat upon his thighs.

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Original-language editions

WLC
כִּֽי־כִסָּ֣ה פָנָ֣יו בְּחֶלְבּ֑וֹ וַיַּ֖עַשׂ פִּימָ֣ה עֲלֵי־כָֽסֶל׃
LXX-Br
Ὅτι ἐκάλυψε τὸ πρόσωπον αὐτοῦ ἐν στέατι αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἐποίησε περιστόμιον ἐπὶ τῶν μηρίων.

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Cross-references most cited first

  • Psalms 17:10They have closed their callous hearts; their mouths speak with arrogance.
  • Jeremiah 5:28They have grown fat and sleek, and have excelled in the deeds of the wicked. They have not taken up the cause of the fatherless, that they might prosper; nor have they defended the rights of the needy.
  • Isaiah 6:10Make the hearts of this people calloused; deafen their ears and close their eyes. Otherwise they might see with their eyes, hear with their ears, understand with their hearts, and turn and be healed.”
  • Psalms 73:7From their prosperity proceeds iniquity; the imaginations of their hearts run wild.
  • Deuteronomy 32:15But Jeshurun grew fat and kicked— becoming fat, bloated, and gorged. He abandoned the God who made him and scorned the Rock of his salvation.
  • Psalms 78:31God’s anger flared against them, and He put to death their strongest and subdued the young men of Israel.
  • Job 17:10But come back and try again, all of you. For I will not find a wise man among you.

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