Job 15:27–28
Because he covereth his face with his fatness, and maketh collops of fat on his flanks.
Because he couereth his face with his fatnesse, and maketh collops of fat on his flankes.
And he dwelleth in desolate cities, and in houses which no man inhabiteth, which are ready to become heaps.
And he dwelleth in desolate cities, and in houses which no man inhabiteth, which are ready to become heapes.
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- Psalms 17:10Rank 1 from verse 27
- Isaiah 6:10Rank 2 from verse 27
10Make the heart of this people fat, and make their ears heavy, and shut their eyes; lest they see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand with their heart, and convert, and be healed.
10Make the heart of this people fat, and make their eares heauy, and shut their eyes: lest they see with their eyes, and heare with their eares, and vnderstand with their heart, and conuert and be healed.
- Jeremiah 5:28Rank 3 from verse 27
28They are waxen fat, they shine: yea, they overpass the deeds of the wicked: they judge not the cause, the cause of the fatherless, yet they prosper; and the right of the needy do they not judge.
28**They are waxen fat, they shine: yea they ouerpasse the deedes of the wicked: they iudge not the cause, the cause of the fatherlesse, yet they prosper: and the right of the needy doe they not iudge.
- Psalms 73:7Rank 4 from verse 27
- Deuteronomy 32:15Rank 5 from verse 27
15¶ But Jeshurun waxed fat, and kicked: thou art waxen fat, thou art grown thick, thou art covered with fatness; then he forsook God which made him, and lightly esteemed the Rock of his salvation.
15¶ But Iesurun waxed fat, and kicked: Thou art waxen fat, thou art growen thicke, thou art couered with fatnes: then he forsooke God which made him, and lightly esteemed the Rocke of his saluation.
- Psalms 78:31Rank 7 from verse 27
From verse 28
- Jeremiah 51:37Rank 2 from verse 28
- Isaiah 5:8–10Rank 3 from verse 28
8¶ Woe unto them that join house to house, that lay field to field, till there be no place, that they may be placed alone in the midst of the earth!
9In mine ears said the Lord of hosts, Of a truth many houses shall be desolate, even great and fair, without inhabitant.
10Yea, ten acres of vineyard shall yield one bath, and the seed of an homer shall yield an ephah.
8¶ *Woe vnto them that ioyne house to house, that lay field to field, till there be no place, that they may be placed alone in the midst of the earth.
9‖†In mine eares said the LORD of hostes, Of a trueth many houses shall be desolate, euen great and faire without inhabitant.
10Yea ten acres of vineyard shall yeeld one Bath, and the seed of an Homer shall yeeld an Ephah.
- Jeremiah 26:18Rank 4 from verse 28
18Micah the Morasthite prophesied in the days of Hezekiah king of Judah, and spake to all the people of Judah, saying, Thus saith the Lord of hosts; Zion shall be plowed like a field, and Jerusalem shall become heaps, and the mountain of the house as the high places of a forest.
18*Micah the Morashite prophecied in the dayes of Hezekiah king of Iudah, and spake to all the people of Iudah, saying; Thus saith the LORD of hostes, Zion shall be plowed like a field, and Ierusalem shall become heapes, and the mountaine of the house, the hie places of a forrest.
- Jeremiah 9:11Rank 5 from verse 28
- Micah 3:12Rank 7 from verse 28
12Therefore shall Zion for your sake be plowed as a field, and Jerusalem shall become heaps, and the mountain of the house as the high places of the forest.
12*Therefore shall Zion for your sake be plowed as a field, and Ierusalem shal become heapes, and the mountaine of the house, as the high places of the forrest.
- Micah 7:18Rank 8 from verse 28
18Who is a God like unto thee, that pardoneth iniquity, and passeth by the transgression of the remnant of his heritage? he retaineth not his anger for ever, because he delighteth in mercy.
18*Who is a God like vnto thee, that pardoneth iniquitie, and passeth by the transgression of the remnant of his heritage? hee retaineth not his anger for euer, because he delighteth in mercy.
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Job 15:27
Places, spreads, or keeps something over another; hides, conceals, encloses, shelters, clothes, or occupies its surface or extent.
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The front of the head and its countenance or expression; the front, surface, outward appearance, presence, view, or personally known identity of a person, place, or thing.
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Sense 1: Richness, abundance, or fertility. Sense 2: Fullness of flesh or being well fed.
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Third-person singular present form of make (to form, create, produce, cause, appoint, perform, or render into a stated condition).
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Thick folds, lumps, or masses of flesh or fat.
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1. The rich oily bodily substance of an animal. 2. Rich, fertile, abundant, prosperous, or flourishing. 3. Well-fed, plump, or full-bodied. 4. The richest or choicest part or produce of something. 5. Figuratively, dull, insensible, or hardened.
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1. At, upon, or in contact with the named place, object, side, or time. 2. Toward, against, concerning, depending upon, or directed to the named person or thing. 3. Forward or continuing; in joined expressions such as go on, put on, and lay hold on, the other words supply the particular action.
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Job 15:28
1. A preposition marking position, presence, state, circumstance, manner, means, sphere, reference, relation, association, or participation. 2. As an adverb, inward, inside, or into the place or position referred to.
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1. Of a place or land, left empty, uninhabited, waste, ruined, barren, or without former use and fruitfulness. 2. Of a person or people, bereft, forsaken, solitary, or left without help, comfort, family, or support. 3. As a verb, to make empty, waste, ruined, or bereft.
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Buildings or dwelling places; by extension, the families, households, estates, possessions, royal lines, or bodies of people associated with them.
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1. An interrogative or relative pronoun identifying one or more persons or things from a stated or implied set. 2. That which; what.
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1. A human being or person. 2. Mankind collectively. 3. A male person.
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Prepared; in a state requiring no delay; willing or prompt.
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Sense 1: Piles or masses. Sense 2: As a verb, gathers or piles up.
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26He runneth upon him, even on his neck, upon the thick bosses of his bucklers:
26He runneth vpon him, euen on his necke, vpon the thicke bosses of his bucklers:
27Because he covereth his face with his fatness, and maketh collops of fat on his flanks.
27Because he couereth his face with his fatnesse, and maketh collops of fat on his flankes.
Selected passage28And he dwelleth in desolate cities, and in houses which no man inhabiteth, which are ready to become heaps.
28And he dwelleth in desolate cities, and in houses which no man inhabiteth, which are ready to become heapes.
Selected passage29He shall not be rich, neither shall his substance continue, neither shall he prolong the perfection thereof upon the earth.
29He shall not be rich, neither shall his substance continue, neither shall he prolong the perfection thereof vpon the earth.