Job 15:12
Why does thy heart carry thee away? And why do thine eyes flash,
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
Why doth thine heart carry thee away? and what do thy eyes wink at,
In Context
11Are the consolations of God too small for thee, even the word that is gentle toward thee?
13that against God thou turn thy spirit, and let words go out of thy mouth?
Cross References
Job 17:2Surely there are mockers with me, and my eye dwells upon their provocation.
Proverbs 6:13who winks with his eyes, who speaks with his feet, who makes signs with his fingers,
Mark 7:21For from inside the heart of men proceed evil thoughts, adulteries, fornications, murders, thefts,
Acts 8:22Repent therefore from this thine evil, and beg God, if perhaps the thought of thy heart will be forgiven thee.
Matthew Henry on Job 15:2-17
Second Address of Eliphaz. ( b. c. 1520.) 1 Then answered Eliphaz the Temanite, and said, 2 Should a wise man utter vain knowledge, and fill his belly with the east wind? 3 Should he reason with unprofitable talk? or with speeches wherewith he can do no good? 4 Yea, thou castest off fear, and restrainest prayer before God. 5 For thy mouth uttereth thine iniquity, and thou choosest the tongue of the crafty. 6 Thine own mouth condemneth thee, and not I: yea, thine own lips testify against thee. 7 Art thou the first… Read the whole commentary →