Job 15:12
Why doth thy heart elevate thee, and why dost thou stare with thy eyes, as if they were thinking great things ?
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
Why doth thine heart carry thee away? and what do thy eyes wink at,
In Context
11Is it a great matter that God should comfort thee? but thy wicked words hinder this.
13Why doth thy spirit swell against God, to utter such words out of thy mouth ?
Cross References
Job 17:2I have not sinned, and my eye abideth in bitterness.
Proverbs 6:13He winketh with the eyes, presseth with the foot, speaketh with the finger.
Mark 7:21For from within out of the heart of men proceed evil thoughts, adulteries, fornications, murders,
Acts 8:22Do penance therefore for this thy wickedness; and pray to God, that perhaps this thought of thy heart may 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 →