Because he covered his face with fat, ¹  and made ²  his hips bulge with fat, ³ 

biblegateway Job 15:27

"For he has covered his face with his fat And made his thighs heavy with flesh.

Though his face is covered with fat and his waistline bulges with it,

"His face is bloated with fat, and he is fat around the waist.

biblegateway Job 15:27

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

because he has covered his face with his fat and gathered fat upon his waist

bibleoremus Job 15:27

because they have covered their faces with their fat, and gathered fat upon their loins,

Heavy though his jowl is and gross, and though his sides bulge with fat,

biblegateway Job 15:27

"Though he has covered his face with his fatness, And made his waist heavy with fat,

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

biblegateway Job 15:27

Because he covered his face with fat, ¹  and made ²  his hips bulge with fat, ³ 

¹ sn This verse tells us that he is not in any condition to fight, because he is bloated and fat from luxurious living.

² tn D. W. Thomas defends a meaning “cover” for the verb עָשָׂה (’asah). See “Translating Hebrew `asah,” BT 17 [1966]: 190-93.

³ tn The term פִּימָה (pimah), a hapax legomenon, is explained by the Arabic fa’ima, “to be fat.” Pope renders this “blubber.” Cf. KJV “and maketh collops of fat on his flanks.”