Job 15:27

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

De 32:15; Job 17:10; Ps 17:10; Ps 73:7; Ps 78:31; Isa 6:10; Jer 5:28

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.”