Job 12:11
Does not the ear test words as the tongue tastes its food?
Majority Standard Bible
In The King James Version
Doth not the ear try words? and the mouth taste his meat?
In Context
10The life of every living thing is in His hand, as well as the breath of all mankind.
12Wisdom is found with the elderly, and understanding comes with long life.
Cross References
Job 34:3For the ear tests words as the mouth tastes food.
Philippians 1:10so that you may be able to test and prove what is best and may be pure and blameless for the day of Christ,
1 Peter 2:3if indeed you 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 →