34:2 “Listen to my words, you wise men;
hear 1 me, you learned men. 2
34:3 For the ear assesses 3 words
as the mouth 4 tastes food.
34:34 Men of understanding say to me –
any wise man listening to me says –
1 tn Heb “give ear to me.”
2 tn The Hebrew word means “the men who know,” and without a complement it means “to possess knowledge.”
3 tn Or “examines; tests; tries; discerns.”
4 tn Or “palate”; the Hebrew term refers to the tongue or to the mouth in general.