Job 15:12
Why does your heart carry you away? Why do your eyes flash,
World English Bible
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 you, even the word that is gentle toward you?
13that you turn your spirit against God, and let such words go out of your mouth?
Cross References
Job 17:2Surely there are mockers with me. My eye dwells on their provocation.
Proverbs 6:13who winks with his eyes, who signals with his feet, who motions with his fingers,
Mark 7:21For from within, out of the hearts of men, proceed evil thoughts, adulteries, sexual sins, murders, thefts,
Acts 8:22Repent therefore of this, your wickedness, and ask God if perhaps the thought 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 →