Job 15:12

"Are the consolations of God too small for you, even the word that is gentle toward you?"

Key Reflection

Job 15:12 challenges Job to consider whether he finds the words of consolation and encouragement offered by God insufficient or inadequate. This rhetorical question prompts Job to reflect on his attitude towards divine wisdom and comfort, suggesting that even gentle words from God should be valued deeply.

From the Scholars: Barnes' Notes

Why doth thine heart carry thee away? -Why do you allow your feelings to control you in spite of the decisions of the understanding? Eliphaz means to represent him as wholly under the influence of passion, instead of looking calmly and cooly at things as they were, and listening to the results of past experience and observation. And what do thy eyes wink at -This expression has given considerable perplexity to commentators. Rosenmuller (and after him Noyes) remarks that the expression indicates pride, haughtiness, and arrogance.

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