Job 34:3
For the ear trieth words, and the mouth discerneth meats by the taste.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
For the ear trieth words, as the mouth tasteth meat.
In Context
2Hear ye, wise men, my words, and ye learned, hearken to me :
4Let us choose to us judgment, and let us see among ourselves what is the best.
Cross References
Job 6:30And you shall not And iniquity in my tongue, neither shall folly sound in my mouth.
Job 31:30For I have not given my mouth to sin, by wishing a curse to his soul.
1 Corinthians 2:15But the spiritual man judgeth all things; and he himself is judged of no man.
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 →