Job 15:12

Job 15:12 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Why doth thine heart carry thee away? and what do thy eyes wink at,
• New International Version (NIV)Why has your heart carried you away, and why do your eyes flash,
• English Standard Version (ESV)Why does your heart carry you away, and why do your eyes flash,
• New King James Version (NKJV)Why does your heart carry you away, And what do your eyes wink at,

Context of Job 15:12

10Both gray-haired and aged are with us, men even older than your father. 11Are the comforts of God too small for you, or a gentle word toward you? Why has your heart carried you away and why do your eyes flash, 13so that you turn your spirit against God and bring such words out of your mouth? 14“What is man, that he could be pure, or one born of woman, that he could be righteous?

Job 15:12 word by word

מַה־יִּקָּחֲךָ֥ לִבֶּ֑ךָ וּֽמַה־יִּרְזְמ֥וּן עֵינֶֽיךָ׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Why doth thine heartלֵבlêb · heartH3820
• carry thee awayלָקַחlâqach · to take: takeH3947
• and what do thy eyesעַ֫יִן‛ayin · eyeH5869
• wink atרָזַםrâzam · to flashH7335

Cross-references for Job 15:12

• Ecclesiastes 11:9Rejoice, young man, in your childhood, and let your heart cheer you in the days of your youth. Walk in the ways of your heart and in the sight of your eyes, but know that for all these things God will bring you to judgment.
• Mark 7:21For from within, out of the heart of men, come evil intentions, sexual immorality, theft, murder,
• Acts 5:3But Peter said, “Ananias, why has satan filled your heart to lie to the Ruach ha-Kodesh and keep back part of the proceeds of the land?
• Acts 8:22Therefore repent of this wickedness of yours, and pray to the Lord that, if possible, the intent of your heart may be pardoned.
• James 1:14But each one is tempted when he is dragged away and enticed by his own desire.
• Job 17:2Surely mockers are with me, my eyes must gaze on their hostility.
• Psalms 35:19Do not let my deceitful enemies gloat over me without cause, nor let those who hate me for nothing wink an eye.
• Proverbs 6:13winking his eyes, shuffling his feet, pointing his fingers,

Commentaries on Job 15:12

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 12Why doth thine heart carry thee away? - Why is it that thou dost conceive and entertain such high sentiments of thyself? And what do thy eyes wink at - With what splendid opinion of thyself is thine eye dazzled? Perhaps there is an allusion here to that sparkling in the eye which is excited by sensations of joy and pleasing objects of sight, or to that furious rolling of the eyes observed in deranged persons. Rosenmuller translates thus: - Quo te tuus…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 12Why doth thine heart carry thee away? - Why do you allow your feelings to control you in spite of the decisions of the understanding? Eliphaz means to represent him as wholly under the influence of passion, instead of looking calmly and cooly at things as they were, and listening to the results of past experience and observation. And what do thy eyes wink at - This expression has given considerable perplexity to commentators. Rosenmuller (and after him…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 12why do your eyes flash: This sentence might be a metaphor for unbelief, or it could mean winking like a person planning a trick or someone blinking in disbelief.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1212. wink--that is, why do thy eyes evince pride? (Pr 6:13; Psa 35:19).Read the comment

Topics related to Job 15:12

• Mocking
• Murmuring
• Pride

In the dictionaries

• Conceive
• Restrain
• Secret
• Unprofitable
• Wait
• Wander
• Eliphaz (2)
• Wink
• Eliphaz

Commentaries on Job 15

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary