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Verse 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...
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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 pa...
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THE SECOND SERIES OF CONTROVERSIES
CHAPTER 15 Eliphaz's Second Address
_ 1. Tells Job that he is self-condemned (Job 15:1)_
2. Charges him with pride (Job 15:7)
3. The wicked and their lot (Job 15...
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JOB 15:2 is a polemic against Job's arrogance and pretence of wisdom.
Job's words are empty and violent (Job 15:2 f.). He does away with all
religion (Job 15:4) and breaks the reverential stillness, w...
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WHY... ? Figure of speech _Erotesis._ App-6....
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AND WHAT DO THINE EYES WINK AT?— Or, _And what are thine eyes taking
aim at?_ The verb signifies properly to _wink with one eye,_ as those
who aim at a mark. See Heath and Houbigant....
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II.
CRISIS IN COMMUNICATION OR THE MIRACLE OF DIALOGUE? (Job 15:1, Job
21:34).
A.
THE GOODNESS OF GOD AND THE FATE OF THE WICKEDELIPHAZ'S REBUTTAL (Job
15:1-35).
1.
Job's speech and conduct are pe...
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_WHY DOTH THINE HEART CARRY THEE AWAY? AND WHAT DO THY EYES WINK AT,_
Wink - i:e., why do thy eyes evince passion and pride? (Proverbs 13:1;
Psalms 35:19.)...
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THE SECOND SERIES OF SPEECHES (JOB 15-21)
The rejection by Job of the opinions and advice of the friends, his
sturdy maintenance of his innocence, and the fearlessness with which
in his anguish he has...
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WHAT DO THY EYES WINK AT?] render, 'why do thy eyes flash (in anger)?'...
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Job said that he wanted to meet God. And Job wanted to reason with
God. Job was sincere when he said this. He could not explain why God
had not rescued him from his troubles. But Job still trusted God...
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JOB, A SERVANT OF GOD
Job
_KEITH SIMONS_
Words in boxes (except for words in brackets) are from the Bible.
This commentary has been through Advanced Checking.
CHAPTER 15
ELIPHAZ’S SECOND SPEECH...
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WHAT DO THY EYES WINK AT? — Or, Why do they wink? as though it was
only thou who perceivedst it....
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מַה ־יִּקָּחֲךָ֥ לִבֶּ֑ךָ וּֽ מַה
־יִּרְזְמ֥וּן...
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XIII.
THE TRADITION OF A PURE RACE
Job 15:1
ELIPHAZ SPEAKS
THE first colloquy has made clear severance between the old Theology
and the facts of human life. No positive reconciliation is effected a...
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“THE HEAVENS ARE NOT CLEAN”
Job 15:1
The second colloquy, like the first, is commenced by Eliphaz. He
begins by _rebuking_ Job, Job 15:1. He complains that the words of Job
proved him to be unwise, J...
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Here the second cycle of argument begins, and again Eliphaz is the
first speaker. It is at once evident that Job's answers had wounded
him.
He first criticized Job's manner, charging him with using me...
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Why doth thine heart (h) carry thee away? and what do thy eyes wink
at,
(h) Why do you stand in your own conceit?...
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_Why. Septuagint, "What has thy heart dared, or what have thine eyes
brought thee?" Hebrew, "what do thy eyes wink at?" (Haydock) through
pride and disdain, Psalm xxxiv. 19., and Proverbs vi. 13. (Cal...
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(7) Art thou the first man that was born? or wast thou made before the
hills? (8) Hast thou heard the secret of God? and dost thou restrain
wisdom to thyself? (9) What knowest thou, that we know not?...
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THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 4 THROUGH 31.
As to the friends of Job, they do not call for any extended remarks.
They urge the doctrine that God's earthly government is a full measure
and...
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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...
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Why doth thine heart carry thee away? and what do thy eyes wink at,
Ver. 12. _Why doth thine heart carry thee away?_] Violently transport
thee; _sc._ beyond all bounds of reason and modesty, _Quis te...
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_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 a...
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Why doth thine heart carry thee away? Why should Job's inner
excitement, his wounded pride, cause him to meet their efforts with
such bitter passion? AND WHAT DO THY EYES WINK AT, with an excited,
ang...
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ELIPHAZ ATTEMPTS TO REBUKE JOB...
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ELIPHAZ CLAIMS JOB CONDEMNS HIMSELF
(vv.1-6)
This response of Eliphaz lacks the measure of self-restraint he had
shown in his first address. He had first at least spoken with a
measure of considerat...
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JOB is rebuked for his uncontrolled passion that has displayed itself
in his spirited speeches. The claim is that Job has been angrily
attacking God....
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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...
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Why dost thou suffer thyself to be transported by the pride and lusts
of thy heart to use such unworthy and unbecoming expressions, both
concerning us, and concerning God and his providence. WHAT DO T...
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Job 15:12 heart H3820 away H3947 (H8799) eyes H5869 wink H7335 (H8799)
thine heart - Ecc
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CONTENTS: Eliphaz's theory about Job, charging him with foolishly
justifying himself.
CHARACTERS: God, Job, Eliphaz.
CONCLUSION: Those speeches which do no good, being of no service
either to God, o...
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Job 15:2. _Fill his belly with the east wind;_ a hot dry wind, the
least favourable to vegetation. This is an angry figure of speech,
equivalent to a declaration that Job's defence was a mere storm of...
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_Why doth thine heart carry thee away?_
IMPULSIVENESS
Elihu means to say, Why dost thou allow thy feelings to carry thee
beyond the boundaries of reason? The vast masses of mankind are the
victims o...
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JOB—NOTE ON JOB 15:1 Second Cycle. The arguments of each participant
harden in the second round of speeches. Once again the three friends
say that Job is suffering because of his sin. Job refuses to a...
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_SECOND COURSE OF DIALOGUES.—SECOND SPEECH OF ELIPHAZ_
Eliphaz less gentle and courteous than in his former speech. Probably
irritated at his little success with Job, who rejected his friend’s
counse...
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EXPOSITION
The second colloquy between Job and his friends is, like the first
(ch. 3-14.), one in which all of them take part, and the same order of
speakers is maintained. Job answers each speaker in...
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Now at this point, Eliphaz, who was the first friend of Job's to
speak, speaks for the second time. And he claims that he is older than
Job, more experienced than Job, and thus Job ought to listen to...
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Acts 5:3; Acts 5:4; Acts 8:22; Ecclesiastes 11:9; James 1:14;...
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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?...