Job 12:11
Does not the ear perceive words, and the palate, when eating, perceive flavor?
Catholic Public Domain Version
In The King James Version
Doth not the ear try words? and the mouth taste his meat?
In Context
10In his hand is the soul of all the living and the spirit of all the flesh of mankind.
12In old age is wisdom, and in length of days is prudence.
Cross References
Job 34:3For the ear examines words, and the mouth discerns foods by the taste.
Philippians 1:10so that you may be confirmed in what is better, in order that you may be sincere and without offense on the day of Christ:
1 Peter 2:3if it is true that you have tasted that the Lord is sweet.
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 →