The Meaning of Job 15:27 Explained

Job 15:27

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

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

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

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

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CONTEXT: What is the Context of Job 15:27?

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WORDS: What do the individual words in Job 15:27 mean?

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What is the context of Job 15:27?

KJV Reverse Interlinear

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

What does Job 15:27 Mean?

Context Summary

Job 15:1-35 - "the Heavens Are Not Clean"

The second colloquy, like the first, is commenced by Eliphaz. He begins by rebuking Job, Job 15:1-16. He complains that the words of Job proved him to be unwise, Job 15:2-3, and even impious, Job 15:4. His very speech testified to his iniquity, Job 15:5-6. With something of irony Eliphaz asks upon what Job's claim to superior wisdom rests. Was he the first man? Job 15:7. Or had he access to the secret counsel of God? Job 15:8. In refusing the counsel of his friends, Job 15:9-10, and the consolations of God they had offered, Job 15:11, r.v., had he not proved his want of wisdom? He had even proved his folly and his impiety, by attempting to assert his innocence before God, Job 15:12-14, in whose presence even the heavens were unclean, Job 15:15-16. It is clear that Eliphaz and his friends did not believe the sincerity of Job's protestations of innocence.

Eliphaz then attempts to instruct Job, Job 15:17-35. His theme is almost the same as that of his former speech. It is the righteousness of God as specially manifested in the punishment of the wicked. He claims that his doctrine is that of the wise men, Job 15:17-19; then proceeds to describe the wicked man as troubled in conscience and full of fear, Job 15:20-24; attributes this to his bold impiety, Job 15:25-28; and predicts his fearful doom, Job 15:29-35. The application of such teaching to Job must have been very painful. He insinuated that Job's terrible afflictions were God's testimony against his sin. We know better from John 11:4-5. [source]

Chapter Summary: Job 15

¹ Eliphaz reproves Job for impiety in justifying himself
¹⁷ He proves by tradition the restlessness of wicked men

What do the individual words in Job 15:27 mean?

Though he has covered his face with his fatness and made heavy with fat on [his] waist

כִּֽי־ כִסָּ֣ה פָנָ֣יו בְּחֶלְבּ֑וֹ וַיַּ֖עַשׂ פִּימָ֣ה עֲלֵי־ כָֽסֶל

כִּֽי־	Though
Parse: Conjunction Root: כִּי Sense: that, for, because, when, as though, as, because that, but, then, certainly, except, surely, since.
כִסָּ֣ה	he has covered
Parse: Verb, Piel, Perfect, third person masculine singular Root: כָּסָה Sense: to cover, conceal, hide.
פָנָ֣יו	his face
Parse: Noun, common plural construct, third person masculine singular Root: לִפְנֵי Sense: face.
בְּחֶלְבּ֑וֹ	with his fatness
Parse: Preposition-b, Noun, masculine singular construct, third person masculine singular Root: חֵלֶב Sense: fat.
וַיַּ֖עַשׂ	and made
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Consecutive imperfect, third person masculine singular Root: עָשָׂה Sense: to do, fashion, accomplish, make.
פִּימָ֣ה	heavy with fat
Parse: Noun, feminine singular Root: פִּימָה Sense: super abundance (of fat), excessive fat.
כָֽסֶל	[his] waist
Parse: Noun, masculine singular Root: כֶּסֶל Sense: loins, flank.

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