27 Because he hath covered his face with [a]his fatness, and hath collops in his flank.

28 Though he dwell [b]in desolate cities, and in houses which no man inhabiteth, but are become heaps,

29 He shall not be rich, neither shall his substance continue, neither shall he prolong the [c]perfection thereof in the earth.

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Footnotes

  1. Job 15:27 That is, he was so puffed up with great prosperity and abundance of all things, that he forgat God: noting, that Job in his felicity had not the true fear of God.
  2. Job 15:28 Though he build and repair ruinous places to get him fame, yet God shall bring all to naught, and turn his great prosperity into extreme misery.
  3. Job 15:29 Meaning, that his sumptuous buildings should never come to perfection.

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