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Job 15:12 - Meaning and Application
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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition
" Why does your heart carry you away? Why do your eyes flash, "
Job 15:12
Verse in Context
Understanding the surrounding verses prevents misinterpretation:
10 With us are both the gray-headed and the very aged men, much older than your father.
11 Are the consolations of God too small for you, even the word that is gentle toward you?
12 Why does your heart carry you away? Why do your eyes flash,
13 that you turn your spirit against God, and let such words go out of your mouth?
14 What is man, that he should be clean? What is he who is born of a woman, that he should be righteous?
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Job 15:1
"Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered,"
Job 15:2
"“Should a wise man answer with vain knowledge, and fill himself with the east wind?"
Job 15:3
"Should he reason with unprofitable talk, or with speeches with which he can do no good?"
Job 15:4
"Yes, you do away with fear, and hinder devotion before God."
Job 15:5
"For your iniquity teaches your mouth, and you choose the language of the crafty."
Job 15:6
"Your own mouth condemns you, and not I. Yes, your own lips testify against you."
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