Job 12:11

Job 12:11 in 10 English translations. Each links through to the full chapter for context.

New International Version (NIV)

11Does not the ear test words

as the tongue tastes food?

11“Does the ear not put words to the test,

As the palate tastes its food?

11“Does the ear not put words to the test,

Just as the palate tastes its food [distinguishing between the desirable and the undesirable]?

11Does not the ear test words

as the tongue tastes its food?

11Doth not the ear try words,

Even as the palate tasteth its food?

11Doeth not the eares discerne the words? and the mouth taste meate for it selfe?

11Doesn’t the ear try words,

even as the palate tastes its food?

11Our tongues tell us what tastes good and what doesn’t.

And our ears tell us what’s true and what isn’t.

11We use our mouths to taste food.

We use our ears to test what we hear.

11Does the ear not try words? And the palate taste food for itself?