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Bible in Basic English

Because his face is covered with fat, and his body has become thick;

New American Standard Bible

“For he has covered his face with his fat
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

Though his face is covered with fat
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;

Amplified


For he has covered his face with his fat,
Adding layers of fat to his thighs [giving himself up to pleasures],

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.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
כּסה 
Kacah 
Usage: 152

פּנים 
Paniym 
Usage: 2119

with his fatness
חלב חלב 
Cheleb 
Usage: 92

פּימה 
Piymah 
Usage: 1

References

Morish

Context Readings

Eliphaz's Second Response To Job

26 Running against him like a man of war, covered by his thick breastplate; even like a king ready for the fight, 27 Because his face is covered with fat, and his body has become thick; 28 And he has made his resting-place in the towns which have been pulled down, in houses where no man had a right to be, whose fate was to become masses of broken walls.

Cross References

Psalm 73:7

Their eyes are bursting with fat; they have more than their heart's desire.

Deuteronomy 32:15

But Jeshurun became fat and would not be controlled: you have become fat, you are thick and full of food: then he was untrue to the God who made him, giving no honour to the Rock of his salvation.

Job 17:10

But come back, now, all of you, come; and I will not see a wise man among you.

Psalm 78:31

The wrath of God came on them, and put to death the fattest of them, and put an end to the young men of Israel.

Isaiah 6:10

Make the hearts of this people fat, and let their ears be stopped, and their eyes shut; for fear that they may see with their eyes, and be hearing with their ears, and their heart may become wise, and they may be turned to me and made well.

Jeremiah 5:28

They have become fat and strong: they have gone far in works of evil: they give no support to the cause of the child without a father, so that they may do well; they do not see that the poor man gets his rights.

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