Job 12:11
Doth not the ear try words, as the palate tasteth food?
Darby Translation
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 spirit of all flesh of man.
12With the aged is wisdom, and in length of days understanding.
Cross References
Job 34:3For the ear trieth words, as the palate tasteth food.
Philippians 1:10that ye may judge of and approve the things that are more excellent, in order that ye may be pure and without offence for Christ's day,
1 Peter 2:3if indeed ye have tasted that the Lord [is] good.
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 →