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Job 15:12

New American Standard Bible (NASB ©1995) [2]
— “Why does your heart carry you away? And why do your eyes flash,
King James Version (KJV 1769) [2]
— Why doth thine heart carry thee away? and what do thy eyes wink at,
English Revised Version (ERV 1885)
— Why doth thine heart carry thee away? and why do thine eyes wink?
American Standard Version (ASV 1901) [2]
— Why doth thy heart carry thee away? And why do thine eyes flash,
Webster's Revision of the KJB (WEB 1833)
— Why doth thy heart carry thee away? and what do thy eyes wink at,
Darby's Translation (DBY 1890)
— Why doth thy heart carry thee away? and why do thine eyes wink?
Rotherham's Emphasized Bible (EBR 1902)
— How doth thine own heart carry thee away, and how thine eyes do roll!
Young's Literal Translation (YLT 1898)
— What—doth thine heart take thee away? And what—are thine eyes high?
Douay-Rheims Challoner Revision (DR 1750)
— Why doth thy heart elevate thee, and why dost thou stare with thy eyes, as if they were thinking great things?
Geneva Bible (GNV 1560)
— Why doeth thine heart take thee away, and what doe thine eyes meane,
Original King James Bible (AV 1611) [2]
— Why doeth thine heart carie thee away? and what doe thine eyes winke at,
Lamsa Bible (1957)
— Why does your heart boast? And what do your eyes wink at,
Brenton Greek Septuagint (LXX, Restored Names)
— What has thine heart dared? or what have thine eyes [aimed at],
Full Hebrew Names / Holy Name KJV (2008) [2] [3]
— Why doth thine heart carry thee away? and what do thy eyes wink at,

Strong's Numbers & Hebrew NamesHebrew Old TestamentColor-Code/Key Word Studies
Why x4100
(4100) Complement
מָּה
mah
{maw}
A primitive particle; properly interrogitive what? (including how?, why? and when?); but also exclamations like what! (including how!), or indefinitely what (including whatever, and even relatively that which); often used with prefixes in various adverbial or conjugational senses.
doth thine heart 3820
{3820} Prime
לֵב
leb
{labe}
A form of H3824; the heart; also used (figuratively) very widely for the feelings, the will and even the intellect; likewise for the centre of anything.
carry thee away? 3947
{3947} Prime
לָקַח
laqach
{law-kakh'}
A primitive root; to take (in the widest variety of applications).
z8799
<8799> Grammar
Stem - Qal (See H8851)
Mood - Imperfect (See H8811)
Count - 19885
and what x4100
(4100) Complement
מָּה
mah
{maw}
A primitive particle; properly interrogitive what? (including how?, why? and when?); but also exclamations like what! (including how!), or indefinitely what (including whatever, and even relatively that which); often used with prefixes in various adverbial or conjugational senses.
do thy eyes 5869
{5869} Prime
עַיִן
`ayin
{ah'-yin}
Probably a primitive word; an eye (literally or figuratively); by analogy a fountain (as the eye of the landscape).
wink at, 7335
{7335} Prime
רָזַם
razam
{raw-zam'}
A primitive root; to twinkle the eye (in mockery).
z8799
<8799> Grammar
Stem - Qal (See H8851)
Mood - Imperfect (See H8811)
Count - 19885
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary

Job 15:12

_ _ wink — that is, why do thy eyes evince pride? (Proverbs 6:13; Psalms 35:19).

Matthew Henry's Commentary

See commentary on Job 15:1-16.

John Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Job 15:12

Why — Why dost thou suffer thyself to be transported by the pride of thine heart, to use such unworthy expressions? Wink — Why dost thou look with such an angry, supercilious, and disdainful look?

Geneva Bible Translation Notes

Job 15:12

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

(h) Why do you stand in your own conceit?

Cross-Reference Topical ResearchStrong's Concordance
thine heart:

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.
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:
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.
Acts 8:22 Repent therefore of this thy wickedness, and pray God, if perhaps the thought of thine heart may be forgiven thee.
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.

thy eyes:

Job 17:2 [Are there] not mockers with me? and doth not mine eye continue in their provocation?
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.
Proverbs 6:13 He winketh with his eyes, he speaketh with his feet, he teacheth with his fingers;
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Chain-Reference Bible SearchCross References with Concordance

Jb 17:2. Ps 35:19. Pv 6:13. Ec 11:9. Mk 7:21. Ac 5:3; 8:22. Jm 1:14.

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