Job Chapter 12 verse 11 Holy Bible
Doth not the ear try words, Even as the palate tasteth its food?
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Are not words tested by the ear, even as food is tasted by the mouth?
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Doth not the ear try words, as the palate tasteth food?
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Doth not the ear try words? and the mouth taste his meat?
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Doth not the ear try words? and the mouth taste its food?
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Doesn't the ear try words, Even as the palate tastes its food?
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Doth not the ear try words? And the palate taste food for itself?
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 11. - Doth not the ear try words? and the month taste his meat? rather, as the palate tasteth its meat? (see the Revised Version). In other words, "Is it not as much the business of the ear to discriminate between wise and unwise words, as of the palate to determine between pleasant and unpleasant tastes?" The bearing of the verse on the general argument is not clear.
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(11) Doth not the ear try words?--Bildad had appealed to the wisdom of authority and tradition, but Job reminds him that it is given to the wise man not to accept everything he has received, but to discriminate. He allows that wisdom is the prerogative of age, but reminds him that the Ancient of Days must needs be wise indeed.
