Job 15:27 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

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

• Job 15:27 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

  Because he covereth his face with his fatness - That is, he not only stretches out his hand against God Job 15:25 and rushes upon him as an armed foe Job 15:26 , but he gives himself up to a l...

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• Job 15:27 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

  Because he covereth his face with (q) his fatness, and maketh collops of fat on [his] flanks. (q) That is, he was so puffed up with prosperity and abundance for all things, that he forgave God: noti...

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• Job 15:27 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

  collops . lumps, or slices.

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• Job 15:27 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

  Because he covereth his face with his fatness, and maketh collops of fat on his flanks. Job 15:27 Because he covereth his face - He has lived in luxury and excess; and like a man overloaded with...

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• Job 15:27 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

  Because he covereth his face with his fatness, and maketh collops of fat on his flanks. The well-nourished body of the rebel is the sign of his prosperity. Collops - masses of fat. He pamp...

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• Job 15:27 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

  The Second Series of Speeches (Job 15-21) The rejection by Job of the opinions and advice of the friends, his sturdy maintenance of his innocence, and the fearlessness with which in his anguish he...

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• Job 15:27 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

  XIII. THE TRADITION OF A PURE RACE Job 15:1-35 ELIPHAZ SPEAKS THE first colloquy has made clear severance between the old Theology and the facts of human life. No positive reconciliation is e...

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• Job 15:27 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

  “The Heavens Are not Clean” Job 15:1-35 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 t...

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• Job 15:27 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

  Here the second cycle of argument begins, and again Eliphaz is the first speaker. It is at once evident that Job's answers had wounded him. He first criticized Job's manner, charging him with using...

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• Job 15:27 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

  (17) В¶ I will shew thee, hear me; and that which I have seen I will declare; (18) Which wise men have told from their fathers, and have not hid it: (19) Unto whom alone the earth was given, and no s...

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• Job 15:27 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

  Because he covereth his face with his fatness ,.... He has no fear of God, nor shame for his sin; he blushes not to rise up against God in the manner he does, because his eyes stand out with fatness...

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• Job 15:27 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

  Because he covereth his face with his fatness, and maketh collops of fat on [his] flanks. Ver. 27. Because he covereth his face with his fatness ] This is given in as one chief cause of his insole...

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• Job 15:27 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  He covereth his face with his fatness This is mentioned as the reason of his insolent carriage toward God. because he was fat, rich, potent, and successful, as that expression signifies, Deuterono...

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• Job 15:27 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

  ELIPHAZ CLAIMS JOB CONDEMNS HIMSELF (vv.1-6) This response of Eliphaz lacks the measure of self-restraint he had shown in his first address. He had first at least spoken with a measure of consid...

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• Job 15:27 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

        17 I will show thee, hear me; and that which I have seen I will declare;   18 Which wise men have told from their fathers, and have not hid it:   19 Unto whom alone the earth was given, a...

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• Job 15:27 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

  With his fatness: this is mentioned as the reason of his insolent carriage towards God, because he was fat, i.e. rich, and potent, and successful, as that expression signifies, Deuteronomy 32:15...

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• Job 15:27 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

  SECOND COURSE OF DIALOGUES.—SECOND SPEECH OF ELIPHAZ Eliphaz less gentle and courteous than in his former speech. Probably irritated at his little success with Job, who rejected his friend’s cou...

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• Job 15:27 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  Job 15:2 . Fill his belly with the east wind; a hot dry wind, the least favourable to vegetation. This is an angry figure of speech, equivalent to a declaration that Job's defence was a mere storm...

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• Job 15:27 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

  EXPOSITION The second colloquy between Job and his friends is, like the first (ch. 3-14.), one in which all of them take part, and the same order of speakers is maintained. Job answers each spea...

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• Job 15:27 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

  Eliphaz Accuses Job of Impiety

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• Job 15:27 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

  Deuteronomy 32:15 ; Isaiah 6:10 ; Jeremiah 5:28 ; Job 17:10 ; Psalms 17:10 ; Psalms 73:7 ; Psalms 78:31

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• Job 15:27 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

  Because — This is mentioned as the reason of his insolent carriage towards God, because he was fat, rich, potent, and successful, as that expression signifies, Deuteronomy 32:15 ; Psalms 78:31 ;...

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