Job 15:27

27 porque ha cubierto su rostro de grosura, se le han hecho pliegues de grasa sobre sus lomos,

Job 15:27 Meaning and Commentary

Job 15:27

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; or rather his face is covered with it, that is, he abounds in riches, he enjoys great prosperity, a large affluence of all good things; and this makes him haughty and imperious, neither to fear God, nor regard man like Jeshurun, who, when he "waxed fat, [was] grown thick, and covered with fatness, kicked" against God, and his providences, sinned and rebelled against him; "forsook God which made him, and lightly esteemed the Rock of his salvation", ( Deuteronomy 32:15 ) ; and to the same purpose is the following clause:

and maketh collops of fat in [his] flanks;
a description of a very fat man, and one that pampers the flesh, and indulges himself in eating and drinking; and, figuratively, of one that abounds in the good things of this world, and which make him vain and proud, and lead him on to commit sin in a bold and daring way, promising himself impunity in it, but without any just ground for it, as the following verses show; perhaps some respect may be had to Job's children feasting with one another in their prosperity, which led on to sin, and issued in their ruin, as Eliphaz would suggest.

Job 15:27 In-Context

25 porque él ha extendido su mano contra Dios, y se porta con soberbia contra el Todopoderoso.
26 Corre contra El con cuello erguido, con su escudo macizo;
27 porque ha cubierto su rostro de grosura, se le han hecho pliegues de grasa sobre sus lomos,
28 y ha vivido en ciudades desoladas, en casas inhabitables, destinadas a convertirse en ruinas.
29 No se enriquecerá, ni sus bienes perdurarán, ni su espiga se inclinará a tierra.
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