Job 34:3
For, the ear, trieth words, as, the palate, tasteth in eating.
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
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 who know, give ear unto me;
4What is right, let us choose for ourselves, Let us know, among ourselves, what is good;
Cross References
Job 6:30Is there, in my tongue, perversity? Or can, my sense, not discern, engulfing ruin?
Job 31:30Neither did I suffer my palate to sin, by asking, with a curse, for his life:
1 Corinthians 2:15But, the man of the spirit, on the one hand, examineth all things, but, on the other, he himself, by no one, is examined.
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 →