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Job 12:11

NETBible	Does not the ear test words, as¹ the tongue² tastes food?³
NIV © biblegateway Job 12:11	Does not the ear test words as the tongue tastes food?
NASB © biblegateway Job 12:11	"Does not the ear test words, As the palate tastes its food?
NLT © biblegateway Job 12:11	Just as the mouth tastes good food, so the ear tests the words it hears.
MSG © biblegateway Job 12:11	Isn't this all just common sense, as common as the sense of taste?
BBE © SABDAweb Job 12:11	Are not words tested by the ear, even as food is tasted by the mouth?
NRSV © bibleoremus Job 12:11	Does not the ear test words as the palate tastes food?
NKJV © biblegateway Job 12:11	Does not the ear test words And the mouth taste its food?
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KJV	Doth not the ear <0241> try <0974> (8799) words <04405>_? and the mouth <02441> taste <02938> (8799) his meat <0400>_? {mouth: Heb. palate}
NASB © biblegateway Job 12:11	"Does not the ear <0241> test <0974> words <04405> , As the palate <02441> tastes <02938> its food <0400> ?
LXXM	ouv <3775> N-NSN men <3303> PRT gar <1063> PRT rhmata <4487> N-APN diakrinei <1252> V-PAI-3S larugx <2995> N-NSM de <1161> PRT sita <4621> N-APN geuetai {V-PMI-3S}
NET [draft] ITL	Does not <03808> the ear <0241> test <0974> words <04405> , as the tongue <02441> tastes <02938> food <0400> ?
HEBREW	wl <0> Mejy <02938> lka <0400> Kxw <02441> Nxbt <0974> Nylm <04405> Nza <0241> alh (12:11) <03808>

NETBible

Does not the ear test words, as¹ the tongue² tastes food?³

NET Notes

¹tn The ו (vav) introduces the comparison here (see 5:7; 11:12); see GKC 499 §161.a.

²tn Heb “the palate.”

³tn The final preposition with its suffix is to be understood as a pleonastic dativus ethicus and not translated (see GKC 439 §135.i).

³sn In the rest of the chapter Job turns his attention away from creation to the wisdom of ancient men. In Job 13:1 when Job looks back to this part, he refers to both the eye and the ear. In vv. 13-25 Job refers to many catastrophes which he could not have seen, but must have heard about.