Why has your heart carried you away, and why do your eyes flash,
Parallel translations
- WEB Why does your heart carry you away? Why do your eyes flash,
- KJV Why doth thine heart carry thee away? and what do thy eyes wink at,
- NKJV Why does your heart carry you away, And what do your eyes wink at,
- NASB “Why does your heart take you away? And why do your eyes wink,
- NLT What has taken away your reason? What has weakened your vision,
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Quick answer
Eliphaz asks why Job's passion and flashing eyes carry him away. He reads Job's emotion as rebellion.
Overview
Eliphaz questions why Job's heart 'carries him away' and his eyes 'flash' with intensity. He interprets Job's strong feeling as evidence of an unruly spirit. This misreads grief and earnest pleading as defiance, showing little compassion for a suffering man's anguish.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 9
- Eccl 11:9Rejoice, O young man, while you are young, and let your heart be glad in the days of your youth. Walk in the ways of your heart and in the sight of your eyes, but know that for all these things God will bring you to judgment.
- Mark 7:21–22For from within the hearts of men come evil thoughts, sexual immorality, theft, murder, adultery,
- Ps 35:19Let not my enemies gloat over me without cause, nor those who hate me without reason wink in malice.
- Job 11:13As for you, if you direct your heart and lift up your hands to Him,
- Acts 5:3–4Then Peter said, “Ananias, how is it that Satan has filled your heart to lie to the Holy Spirit and withhold some of the proceeds from the land?
- Jas 1:14–15But each one is tempted when by his own evil desires he is lured away and enticed.
- Prov 6:13winking his eyes, speaking with his feet, and pointing with his fingers.
- Job 17:2Surely mockers surround me, and my eyes must gaze at their rebellion.
- Acts 8:22Repent, therefore, of your wickedness, and pray to the Lord. Perhaps He will forgive you for the intent of your heart.
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