約伯記 15:12-14 CUNPTS

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 15:12

Why doth thine heart carry thee away? or, Whither doth thine heart carry thee away? i.e. to what a pitch of presumption and audacity do thy proud thoughts carry thee? And what do thy eyes wink at? or, Wherefore do thy eyes roll? The verb used occurs only in this place. Its meaning is very doubtful. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 15:12

Heart-wanderings. Eliphaz cannot understand Job. He will assume that the sufferer is guilty, and that, when he protests his innocence and refuses the consolations offered on condition of repentance, the patriarch is betrayed by his own heart into turning his spirit against God. As usual, what Eliphaz says, though it is not applicable directly to Job, still in itself contains an important lesson. I. WE ARE LED BY OUR HEARTS . 1. The inner life. All life flows outward... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 15:13

That thou turnest thy spirit against God . To Eliphaz and his companions, the wild remonstrances of Job, Iris vehement expostulations and despairing outcries, are, one and all, nothing better than indications of a proud and rebellious spirit, that sets itself up against the Almighty, and openly contends with him. They view Job, after the speeches that he has made, as a declared rebel, and no longer regard it as incumbent upon them to use any "gentleness" in their reprimands. And lettest... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 15:14

What is man, that he should be clean? A vain "beating of the air." Eliphaz had asserted the same truth in his first speech, when he said, "Shall mortal man be more just than God? shall a man be more pure than his Maker? Behold, he put no trust in his servants; and his angels he taxeth with folly: how m u ch less in them that dwell in houses of clay ' whose foundation is in the dust, which are crushed before the moth?" ( Job 4:17-19 ); and Job had given his full assent to it, when he... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 15:14-16

Human sinfuless. Eliphaz accuses Job of his attempt to justify himself, and speaks with great apparent acerbity of spirit. His words are cutting and cruel. He secretly declares Job to be sinful in proportion to his sufferings. He branches into generalities, and affirms the general human sinfulness with the quiet accusation, "All men are sinful; therefore thou art. Sorrow is the punishment of the wicked; therefore thy suffering is proof of thy guilt." Eliphaz's view is imperfect, and needs to... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 15:14-16

God's holiness and man's sin. Eliphaz takes up Job's words ( Job 14:1-4 ), but turns them against their author. Job had spoken of inherited frailty as a ground for pity; Eliphaz seizes on it as an accusation of guilt. How dare this puny, imperfect creature, man, boast of his innocence in the sight of the holy God? I. GOD 'S HOLINESS IS INCOMPARABLE . This is an idea which we take for granted. Yet it was not found in most heathen religions. Monotheism is commonly reckoned as the... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Job 15:12

Why 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 Noyes) remarks that the expression... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Job 15:13

That thou turnest thy spirit - That your mind is turned against God instead of acquiescing in his dealings. The views of Job he traces to pride and to overweening self-confidence, and perhaps not improperly. read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Job 15:14

What is man that he should be clean? - The object of Eliphaz in this is to overturn the positions of Job that he was righteous, and had been punished beyond his deserts. He had before maintained Job 4:7, that no one ever perished being innocent, and that the righteous were not cut off. This was with him a favorite position; and indeed the whole drift of the argument maintained by him and his friends was, to prove that uncommon calamities were proof of uncommon guilt. Job had insisted on it that... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Job 15:12-13

Job 15:12-13. Why doth thy heart carry thee away? Why dost thou suffer thyself to be transported by the pride of thy heart, to use such unworthy and unbecoming expressions, both concerning us and concerning God and his providence? And what do thine eyes wink at? Why dost thou look with such an angry, supercilious, and disdainful look? But Buxtorf translates the words, Quid collimant oculi tui? What are thine eyes taking aim at? Or, Quid innuunt? Quorsum spectant? What do they... read more

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 15:12

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 15:12

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 15:13

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 15:14

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 15:14-16

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 15:14-16

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Job 15:12

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Job 15:13

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Job 15:14

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Job 15:12-13

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