Parallel Verses
Amplified
“Why does your heart carry you away [allowing you to be controlled by emotion]?
And why do your eyes flash [in anger or contempt],
New American Standard Bible
And why do your eyes flash,
King James Version
Why doth thine heart carry thee away? and what do thy eyes wink at,
Holman Bible
and why do your eyes flash
International Standard Version
Why have your emotions carried you away? And why do your eyes flash
A Conservative Version
Why does thy heart carry thee away? And why do thine eyes flash,
American Standard Version
Why doth thy heart carry thee away? And why do thine eyes flash,
Bible in Basic English
Why is your heart uncontrolled, and why are your eyes lifted up;
Darby Translation
Why doth thy heart carry thee away? and why do thine eyes wink?
Julia Smith Translation
Why shall thy heart take thee? and why shall thine eyes wink?
King James 2000
Why does your heart carry you away? and what do your eyes wink at,
Lexham Expanded Bible
Why does your heart carry you away? And why do your eyes flash,
Modern King James verseion
Why does your heart carry you away? And what do your eyes wink at,
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Why doth thine heart make thee so proud? Why standest thou so greatly in thine own conceit? Where unto look thine eyes,
NET Bible
Why has your heart carried you away, and why do your eyes flash,
New Heart English Bible
Why does your heart carry you away? Why do your eyes flash,
The Emphasized Bible
How doth thine own heart carry thee away, and how thine eyes do roll!
Webster
Why doth thy heart carry thee away? and what do thy eyes wink at,
World English Bible
Why does your heart carry you away? Why do your eyes flash,
Youngs Literal Translation
What -- doth thine heart take thee away? And what -- are thine eyes high?
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Job 15:12
Verse Info
Context Readings
Eliphaz's Second Response To Job
11
“Are the consolations of God [as we have interpreted them to you] too trivial for you,
[Or] were we too gentle toward you [in our first speech] to be effective?
“Why does your heart carry you away [allowing you to be controlled by emotion]?
And why do your eyes flash [in anger or contempt],
That you should turn your spirit against God
And let such words [as you have spoken] go out of your mouth?
Phrases
Names
Cross References
Job 11:13
“If you direct your heart [on the right path]
And stretch out your hands to Him,
Job 17:2
“Surely there are mockers and mockery with me,
And my eye gazes on their obstinacy and provocation.
Psalm 35:19
Do not let those who are wrongfully my enemies rejoice over me;
Nor let those who hate me without cause wink their eye [maliciously].
Proverbs 6:13
Who winks with his eyes [in mockery], who shuffles his feet [to signal],
Who points with his fingers [to give subversive instruction];
Ecclesiastes 11:9
Rejoice, young man, in your childhood, and let your heart be pleasant in the days of your young manhood. And walk in the ways of your heart and in the desires of your eyes, but know that God will bring you into judgment for all these things.
Mark 7:21-22
Acts 5:3-4
But Peter said, “Ananias, why has Satan filled your heart to lie to the Holy Spirit and [secretly] keep back for yourself some of the proceeds [from the sale] of the land?
Acts 8:22
So repent of this wickedness of yours, and pray to the Lord that, if possible, this thought of your heart may be forgiven you.
James 1:14-15
But each one is tempted when he is dragged away, enticed and baited [to commit sin] by his own [worldly] desire (lust, passion).