Job 15:27
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for Job 15:27 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
Job 15:27 is a verse from the book of Job in the Old Testament. The KJV reads: "Because he covereth his face with his fatness, and maketh collops of fat on his flanks." Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
Job 15:27 — KJV
“Because he covereth his face with his fatness, and maketh collops of fat on his flanks.”
— Job 15:27 (KJV)
Job 15:27 in Context — About the Book of Job
Job is the Bible's deepest wrestle with undeserved suffering. A blameless man loses everything, sits in ashes, and refuses easy answers — from his friends or himself. God answers from the whirlwind not with explanations but with Himself, and Job's fortunes are restored double.
Cross-References for Job 15:27
“Cursed be he that lieth with his father's wife; because he uncovereth his father's skirt. And all the people shall say, Amen.”
Shares key themes with Job 15:27: because, covereth, fat
“And Ahab came into his house heavy and displeased because of the word which Naboth the Jezreelite had spoken to him: for he had said, I will not give thee the inheritance of my fathers. And he laid him down upon his bed, and turned away his face, and would eat no bread.”
Shares key themes with Job 15:27: because, face, fat
“O Lord, to us belongeth confusion of face, to our kings, to our princes, and to our fathers, because we have sinned against thee.”
Shares key themes with Job 15:27: because, face, fat
“And Shem and Japheth took a garment, and laid it upon both their shoulders, and went backward, and covered the nakedness of their father; and their faces were backward, and they saw not their father's nakedness.”
Shares key themes with Job 15:27: face, fat
“Therefore is the name of it called Babel; because the LORD did there confound the language of all the earth: and from thence did the LORD scatter them abroad upon the face of all the earth. Babel: that is, Confusion”
Shares key themes with Job 15:27: because, face
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