Job 15 · Verse 12

Job 15:12

Why doth thine heart carry thee away? and what do thy eyes wink at,
Job 15:12, King James Version

Job 15:12 in other translations

BSBWhy has your heart carried you away, and why do your eyes flash,
WEBWhy does your heart carry you away? Why do your eyes flash,
ASVWhy doth thy heart carry thee away? And why do thine eyes flash,
YLTWhat--doth thine heart take thee away? And what--are thine eyes high?
DARBYWhy doth thy heart carry thee away? and why do thine eyes wink?
BBEWhy is your heart uncontrolled, and why are your eyes lifted up;
WebsterWhy doth thy heart carry thee away? and what do thy eyes wink at,

What does Job 15:12 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
12. wink--that is, why do thy eyes evince pride? (Pr 6:13; Psa 35:19).

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Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 12 Why 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 animus rapit? Quid occuli tui vibrantes? "Whither does thy soul hurry thee? What mean thy rolling eyes?" Thou seemest transported beyond thyself; thou art actuated by a furious spirit. Thou art beside thyself; thy words and thy eyes show it. None but a madman could speak and act as thou dost; for thou turnest thy spirit against God, and lettest such words go out of thy mouth, Job 15:13. This latter sense seems to agree best with the words of the text, and with the context.

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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Job 15:1-16

Eliphaz begins a second attack upon Job, instead of being softened by his complaints. He unjustly charges Job with casting off the fear of God, and all regard to him, and restraining prayer. See in what religion is summed up, fearing God, and praying to him; the former the most needful principle, the latter the most needful practice. Eliphaz charges Job with self-conceit. He charges him with contempt of the counsels…

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Job 15:12 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

מַה\־mah-why?H4100
יִּקָּחֲךָ֥yi.ka.cha.Khadoes it carry away youH3947
לִבֶּ֑ךָli.Be.khaheart yourH3820
וּֽמַה\־u.mah-and why?H4100
יִּרְזְמ֥וּןyir.ze.Mundo they flash !H7335
עֵינֶֽיךָ\׃'ei.Nei.khaeyes yourH5869

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Job 15:12

  • Psalms 35:19

    Let not them that are mine enemies wrongfully rejoice over me: neither let them wink with the eye that hate me without a cause.

  • Mark 7:21-22

    For from within, out of the heart of men, proceed evil thoughts, adulteries, fornications, murders, Thefts, covetousness, wickedness, deceit, lasciviousness, an evil eye, blasphemy, pride, foolishness:

  • Job 17:2

    Are there not mockers with me? and doth not mine eye continue in their provocation?

  • Job 11:13

    If thou prepare thine heart, and stretch out thine hands toward him;

  • James 1:14-15

    But every man is tempted, when he is drawn away of his own lust, and enticed. Then when lust hath conceived, it bringeth forth sin: and sin, when it is finished, bringeth forth death.

  • Acts 8:22

    Repent therefore of this thy wickedness, and pray God, if perhaps the thought of thine heart may be forgiven thee.

  • Proverbs 6:13

    He winketh with his eyes, he speaketh with his feet, he teacheth with his fingers;

  • Acts 5:3-4

    But Peter said, Ananias, why hath Satan filled thine heart to lie to the Holy Ghost, and to keep back part of the price of the land? Whiles it remained, was it not thine own? and after it was sold, was it not in thine own power? why hast thou conceived this thing in thine heart? thou hast not lied unto men, but unto God.

  • Ecclesiastes 11:9

    Rejoice, O young man, in thy youth; and let thy heart cheer thee in the days of thy youth, and walk in the ways of thine heart, and in the sight of thine eyes: but know thou, that for all these things God will bring thee into judgment.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
thine heart.
Ec 11:9; Mr 7:21,22; Ac 5:3,4; 8:22; Jas 1:14,15
thy eyes.
17:2; Ps 35:19; Pr 6:13

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Context

  • Job 15:11

    Are the consolations of God small with thee? is there any secret thing with thee?

  • Job 15:12

    Why doth thine heart carry thee away? and what do thy eyes wink at,

  • Job 15:13

    That thou turnest thy spirit against God, and lettest such words go out of thy mouth?

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Job 15:12 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		¿Por qué te enajena tu corazón, y por qué guiñan tus ojos,
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Comment ton cœur t’emporte-t-il, et comment tes yeux clignent-ils,
German
Elberfelder 1871		Was reißt dein Herz dich hin, und was zwinken deine Augen,
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Quid te elevat cor tuum, et quasi magna cogitans attonitos habes oculos?