Job 12:11
Doeth not the eares discerne the words? and the mouth taste meate for it selfe?
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
Doth not the ear try words? and the mouth taste his meat?
In Context
10In whose hande is the soule of euery liuing thing, and the breath of all mankinde.
12Among the ancient is wisedome, and in the length of dayes is vnderstanding.
Cross References
Job 34:3For the eare tryeth the words, as the mouth tasteth meate.
Philippians 1:10That ye may alowe those things which are best, that ye may be pure, and without offence vntill the day of Christ,
1 Peter 2:3Because yee haue tasted that the Lord is bountifull.
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 →