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Job 34:3 — King James Version← Study notes

For the ear trieth words, as the mouth tasteth meat.


Job 34:3Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Job 34:37 words
HebrewMeaning
כִּיkiy
forconjH3588
+ (forasmuch · inasmuch · where-) as · assured ···
אֹ֭זֶןʾōzen
the earnounH241
advertise · displease · ear · hearing ···
מִלִּ֣יןmiliyn
wordsnounH4405
answer · matter · any thing to say · to speak ···
תִּבְחָ֑ןtibəḥān
it testsverbH974
prove · tempt · try
וְ֝/חֵ֗ךְwəḥēkə
and the palateconjH2441
taste
יִטְעַ֥םyiṭəʿam
it tastesverbH2938
but · taste
לֶ/אֱכֹֽלleʾĕkōl
to eatpronH398
at all · consume · devour(-er · up) ···
Words are listed top to bottom following the original right-to-left reading order. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Church Fathers on Job 34:3

Hear my words, O ye wise men, and listen to me, ye learned. For the ear trieth words, and the throat discerneth meats by the taste. As if he were to say, as the ear does not discern meats, nor the throat words, so a fool does not understand the sentence of the wise. Hear therefore what I say, ye wise and learned, who can understand the meaning of what has been said. Let us see then how great is his pride, who imagines that his words can be fitly heard only by the wise. But…

Gregory the Great · 6th century · Morals on Job, Book 24 §38
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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