Job 15:12

12 What has thine heart dared? or what have thine eyes ,

Job 15:12 Meaning and Commentary

Job 15:12

Why doth thine heart carry thee away?
&c.] 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 do thine eyes wink at;
conniving at and shutting his eyes against his own sins and iniquities, unwilling to see them, and be convinced of them, and own them; or shutting them against the charges and reproofs of his friends, and all the light and evidence with which they came; or rather as carelessly attending to them, and scoffing and sneering at them: some render it, "what do thine eyes aim at" F3? as men, when they take an aim at a mark, wink with or shut one eye; what are thy designs? what hast thou in view? what wouldest thou be at, talking and behaving in such a manner as thou dost?


FOOTNOTES:

F3 (Nwmz) "collimant", Junius & Tremellius, Piscator, Cocceius; so Broughton.

Job 15:12 In-Context

10 Truly among us both the old and very aged man, more advanced in days than thy father.
11 Thou hast been scourged for few of thy sins: thou hast spoken haughtily extravagantly.
12 What has thine heart dared? or what have thine eyes ,
13 that thou hast vented rage before the Lord, and delivered such words from mouth?
14 For who, being a mortal, that he shall be blameless? or, born of a woman, that he should be just?

The Brenton translation of the Septuagint is in the public domain.