Job 15:27

15:27 Because he covered his face with fat, ¹ 

and made ²  his hips bulge with fat, ³ 

Job 41:14

41:14 Who can open the doors of its mouth? ⁴ 

Its teeth all around are fearsome.

[15:27]  ¹ sn This verse tells us that he is not in any condition to fight, because he is bloated and fat from luxurious living.

[15:27]  ² tn D. W. Thomas defends a meaning “cover” for the verb עָשָׂה (’asah). See “Translating Hebrew `asah,” BT 17 [1966]: 190-93.

[15:27]  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.”

[41:14]  ⁴ tn Heb “his face.”