Parallel Verses

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],

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.

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 stubbornly against him with a thickly bossed shield; 27 “For he has covered his face with his fat
And made his thighs heavy with flesh.
28 and has lived in desolate cities, in houses that none should inhabit, which were ready to become heaps of ruins;

Cross References

Psalm 17:10

They close their hearts to pity; with their mouths they speak arrogantly.

Psalm 73:7

Their eyes swell out through fatness; their hearts overflow with follies.

Deuteronomy 32:15

"But Jeshurun grew fat, and kicked; you grew fat, stout, and sleek; then he forsook God who made him and scoffed at the Rock of his salvation.

Job 17:10

But you, come on again, all of you, and I shall not find a wise man among you.

Psalm 78:31

the anger of God rose against them, and he killed the strongest of them and laid low the young men of Israel.

Isaiah 6:10

Make the heart of this people dull, and their ears heavy, and blind their eyes; lest they see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand with their hearts, and turn and be healed."

Jeremiah 5:28

they have grown fat and sleek. They know no bounds in deeds of evil; they judge not with justice the cause of the fatherless, to make it prosper, and they do not defend the rights of the needy.

Jump To Previous

Word Concordance

King James Version Public Domain

Holman Christian Standard Bible®, Copyright © 1999, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2009 by Holman Bible Publishers.

International Standard Version Copyright © 1996-2008 by the ISV Foundation.

New American Standard Bible Copyright ©1960, 1962, 1963, 1968, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1977, 1995 by The Lockman Foundation, La Habra, Calif. All rights reserved. For Permission to Quote Information visit http://www.lockman.org

The Holy Bible, English Standard Version® copyright © 2001 by Crossway Bibles, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers.

American Standard Version Public Domain

NET Bible copyright © 1996-2006 by Biblical Studies Press, L.L.C. NetBible

Basic English, produced by Mr C. K. Ogden of the Orthological Institute - public domain