Job 12:11

Doesn’t the ear try words, even as the palate tastes its food?

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WEBBE

Doesn’t the ear try words, even as the palate tastes its food?

BSB

Does not the ear test words as the tongue tastes its food?

KJV

Doth not the ear try words? and the mouth taste his meat?

ASV

Doth not the ear try words, Even as the palate tasteth its food?

BBE

Are not words tested by the ear, even as food is tasted by the mouth?

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Commentary

Matthew Henry · Verses 6–11

Job appeals to facts. The most audacious robbers, oppressors, and impious wretches, often prosper. Yet this is not by fortune or chance; the Lord orders these things. Worldly prosperity is of small value in his sight: he has better things for his children. Job resolves all into the absolute proprietorship which God has in all the creatures. He demands from his friends liberty to judge of what they had said; he appeals to any fair judgment. (Job 12:12-25)

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