Job 34:3
For the ear tries words as the palate tastes food.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
For the ear trieth words, as the mouth tasteth meat.
In Context
2Hear my words, ye wise men, and give ear to me, ye who have knowledge.
4Let us choose for us that which is right. Let us know among ourselves what is good.
Cross References
Job 6:30Is there injustice on my tongue? Cannot my taste discern mischievous things?
Job 31:30(yea, I have not allowed my mouth to sin by asking his life with a curse);
1 Corinthians 2:15But truly the spiritual man evaluates all things, but he himself is evaluated by none.
Matthew Henry on Job 34:2-10
The Address of Elihu. ( b. c. 1520.) 1 Furthermore Elihu answered and said, 2 Hear my words, O ye wise men; and give ear unto me, ye that have knowledge. 3 For the ear trieth words, as the mouth tasteth meat. 4 Let us choose to us judgment: let us know among ourselves what is good. 5 For Job hath said, I am righteous: and God hath taken away my judgment. 6 Should I lie against my right? my wound is incurable without transgression. 7 What man is like Job, who drinketh up scorning like water? 8 Which goeth in… Read the whole commentary →