Job 34:3
For the ear doth try words, And the palate tasteth to eat.
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
For the ear trieth words, as the mouth tasteth meat.
In Context
2Hear, O wise men, my words, And, O knowing ones, give ear to me.
4Judgment let us choose for ourselves, Let us know among ourselves what [is] good.
Cross References
Job 6:30Is there in my tongue perverseness? Discerneth not my palate desirable things?
Job 31:30Yea, I have not suffered my mouth to sin, To ask with an oath his life.
1 Corinthians 2:15and he who is spiritual, doth discern indeed all things, and he himself is by no one discerned;
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 →