Job 12:11
Are not words tested by the ear, even as food is tasted by the mouth?
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
Doth not the ear try words? and the mouth taste his meat?
In Context
10In whose hand is the soul of every living thing, and the breath of all flesh of man.
12Old men have wisdom, and a long life gives knowledge.
Cross References
Job 34:3For words are tested by the ear, as food is tasted by the mouth.
Philippians 1:10So that you may give your approval to the best things; that you may be true and without wrongdoing till the day of Christ;
1 Peter 2:3If you have had a taste of the grace of the Lord:
Matthew Henry on Job 12:7-12
6 The tabernacles of robbers prosper, and they that provoke God are secure; into whose hand God bringeth abundantly. 7 But ask now the beasts, and they shall teach thee; and the fowls of the air, and they shall tell thee: 8 Or speak to the earth, and it shall teach thee: and the fishes of the sea shall declare unto thee. 9 Who knoweth not in all these that the hand of the Lord hath wrought this? 10 In whose hand is the soul of every living thing, and the breath of all mankind. 11 Doth not the ear try words? and… Read the whole commentary →