Job 34:3
For the eare tryeth the words, as the mouth tasteth meate.
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
For the ear trieth words, as the mouth tasteth meat.
In Context
2Heare my wordes, ye wise men, and hearken vnto me, ye that haue knowledge.
4Let vs seeke iudgement among vs, and let vs knowe among our selues what is good.
Cross References
Job 31:30Neither haue I suffred my mouth to sinne, by wishing a curse vnto his soule.
1 Corinthians 2:15But hee that is spirituall, discerneth all things: yet he himselfe is iudged 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 →