Job 15:12
Why does your heart take you away? And why are your eyes high?
Literal Standard Version
In The King James Version
Why doth thine heart carry thee away? and what do thy eyes wink at,
In Context
11Are the comforts of God too few for you? And a gentle word [is] with you,
13Do you turn your spirit against God? And have brought out words from your mouth:
Cross References
Job 17:2If not—mockeries [are] with me. And my eye lodges in their provocations.
Proverbs 6:13Winking with his eyes, speaking with his feet, || Directing with his fingers,
Mark 7:21for from within, out of the heart of men, the evil reasonings come forth, adulteries, whoredoms, murders,
Acts 8:22convert, therefore, from this your wickedness, and implore God, if then the purpose of your heart may be forgiven you,
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 →