John Gill Commentary Job 15:12

"Why doth thy heart carry thee away? And why do thine eyes flash," — Job 15:12 (ASV)

Why does your heart carry you away ?
&c.] To such conceit of yourself, 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 your 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 your eyes aim at" ^F3 ? as men, when they take an aim at a mark, wink with or shut one eye; what are your designs? what have you in view? what would you be at, talking and behaving in such a manner as you do?

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FOOTNOTES:

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