Job 15:12
Why does yours heart carry you away? and what do your eyes overlook,
Updated King James 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 small with you? is there any secret thing with you?
13That you turn your spirit against God, and let such words go out of your mouth?
Cross References
Job 17:2Are there not mockers with me? and does not mine eye continue in their provocation?
Proverbs 6:13He winks with his eyes, he speaks with his feet, he teaches with his fingers;
Mark 7:21For from within, out of the heart of men, proceed evil thoughts, adulteries, fornications, murders,
Acts 8:22Repent therefore of this your wickedness, and pray God, if perhaps the thought of yours 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 →