Parallel Verses

New American Standard Bible

“Why does your heart carry you away?
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

Why has your heart misled you,
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,

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],

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?

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
לקח 
Laqach 
Usage: 966

and what do thy eyes
עין 
`ayin 
Usage: 372

References

Easton

Smith

Context Readings

Eliphaz's Second Response To Job

11 Are God's consolations not enough for you, words spoken gently to you? 12 “Why does your heart carry you away?
And why do your eyes flash,
13 Why do you vent your rage against God and pour out such words from your mouth?

Cross References

Job 11:13

Yet if you devote your heart to him and stretch out your hands to him,

Job 17:2

Mockers surrounded me. My eye dwells on their provocation.

Psalm 35:19

Do not let my treacherous enemies gloat over me. Do not let those who hate me for no reason wink maliciously.

Proverbs 6:13

He winks with his eyes, he speaks with his feet, he teaches with his fingers.

Ecclesiastes 11:9

Rejoice, O young man, in your youth. Let your heart cheer you in your early days. Walk in the ways of your heart, and in the desires of your eyes. Yet you know that God will bring you into judgment for all these things.

Mark 7:21-22

It is from the heart that evil thoughts come such as: fornications, thefts, murders, adulteries,

Acts 5:3-4

Peter said: Ananias, why has Satan filled your heart to lie to the Holy Spirit, and to keep back part of the money from the land sale?

Acts 8:22

Repent of this wickedness, and pray to God, that the thought in your heart may be forgiven you.

James 1:14-15

Each man is tempted when he is drawn away by his evil desire (lust). He is enticed (allured).

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