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Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Job 15:1-16

Eliphaz here falls very foul upon Job, because he contradicted what he and his colleagues had said, and did not acquiesce in it and applaud it, as they expected. Proud people are apt thus to take it very much amiss if they may not have leave to dictate and give law to all about them, and to censure those as ignorant and obstinate, and all that is naught, who cannot in every thing say as they say. Several great crimes Eliphaz here charges Job with, only because he would not own himself a... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Job 15:12

Why doth thine heart carry thee away ?.... To such conceit of thyself, and contempt of others, and even to slight the consolations of God; the heart, being deceitful and wicked, sometimes carries away good men to say and do those things which are unbecoming; and if, in any instance, this was Job's case, it was owing to his own heart, which carried him beyond due bounds; for whenever any man is "tempted" to do evil, "he is drawn away of his own lust", and enticed, James 1:14 ; and what... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Job 15:12

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... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 15:1-16

Eliphaz to Job: Resumption of the second controversy: 1. An overwhelming indictment. I. OLD ACCUSATIONS REPEATED . 1 . Unprofitable talk. The replies given by Job in the preceding colloquy Eliphaz characterizes as 2 . Manifest impiety. Eliphaz had already ( Job 4:6 ) insinuated that Job was devoid of true religion; here he regards the insinuation as substantiated by the conduct of Job himself in three particulars. 3 . Astounding presumption. Stung by Job's ridicule... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 15:1-19

Perversity and impenitence rebuked. In the next six chapters the controversy between Job and his friends takes a new and embittered turn. They muster their forces to put down the daring speaker, who as they deem has challenged the justice of God. They seek to humiliate him as a late-born, itinerant, and passionate man, who has incurred fresh guilt by his impious questionings and blasphemies. Eliphaz gives a terrible representation of the general truth that the wicked man, living for himself... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

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

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

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

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