Job 15:27
New Living Translation
27 “These wicked people are heavy and prosperous;
their waists bulge with fat.
Psalm 17:10
New Living Translation
10 They are without pity.
Listen to their boasting!
Jeremiah 5:28
New Living Translation
28 They are fat and sleek,
and there is no limit to their wicked deeds.
They refuse to provide justice to orphans
and deny the rights of the poor.
Isaiah 6:10
New Living Translation
10 Harden the hearts of these people.
Plug their ears and shut their eyes.
That way, they will not see with their eyes,
nor hear with their ears,
nor understand with their hearts
and turn to me for healing.”[a]
Footnotes
- 6:9-10 Greek version reads And he said, “Go and say to this people, / ‘When you hear what I say, you will not understand. / When you see what I do, you will not comprehend.’ / For the hearts of these people are hardened, / and their ears cannot hear, and they have closed their eyes— / so their eyes cannot see, / and their ears cannot hear, / and their hearts cannot understand, / and they cannot turn to me and let me heal them.” Compare Matt 13:14-15; Mark 4:12; Luke 8:10; Acts 28:26-27.
Psalm 73:7
New Living Translation
7 These fat cats have everything
their hearts could ever wish for!
Deuteronomy 32:15
New Living Translation
15 “But Israel[a] soon became fat and unruly;
the people grew heavy, plump, and stuffed!
Then they abandoned the God who had made them;
they made light of the Rock of their salvation.
Footnotes
- 32:15 Hebrew Jeshurun, a term of endearment for Israel.
Psalm 78:31
New Living Translation
31 the anger of God rose against them,
and he killed their strongest men.
He struck down the finest of Israel’s young men.
Job 17:10
New Living Translation
10 “As for all of you, come back with a better argument,
though I still won’t find a wise man among you.
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