Parallel Verses
Bible in Basic English
For words are tested by the ear, as food is tasted by the mouth.
New American Standard Bible
As the palate tastes food.
King James Version
For the ear trieth words, as the mouth tasteth meat.
Holman Bible
as the palate tastes food?
International Standard Version
Since the ear tests words like a palate tastes food,
A Conservative Version
For the ear tries words as the palate tastes food.
American Standard Version
For the ear trieth words, As the palate tasteth food.
Amplified
“For the ear puts words to the test
As the palate tastes food.
Darby Translation
For the ear trieth words, as the palate tasteth food.
Julia Smith Translation
For the ear will try words, and the palate will taste of food
King James 2000
For the ear tests words, as the mouth tastes food.
Lexham Expanded Bible
for [the] ear tests words, and [the] palate tastes {food}.
Modern King James verseion
For the ear tries words, as the palate tastes food.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
For like as the mouth tasteth the meats, so the ear proveth and discerneth the words.
NET Bible
For the ear assesses words as the mouth tastes food.
New Heart English Bible
For the ear tries words, as the palate tastes food.
The Emphasized Bible
For, the ear, trieth words, as, the palate, tasteth in eating.
Webster
For the ear trieth words, as the mouth tasteth food.
World English Bible
For the ear tries words, as the palate tastes food.
Youngs Literal Translation
For the ear doth try words, And the palate tasteth to eat.
Interlinear
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Millah
Word Count of 20 Translations in Job 34:3
Verse Info
Context Readings
Elihu Asserts God's Justice
2 Give ear, you wise, to my words; and you who have knowledge, give attention to me; 3 For words are tested by the ear, as food is tasted by the mouth. 4 Let us make the decision for ourselves as to what is right; let us have the knowledge among ourselves of what is good.
Names
Cross References
Job 12:11
Are not words tested by the ear, even as food is tasted by the mouth?
1 Corinthians 2:15
But he who has the Spirit, though judging all things, is himself judged by no one.
Job 6:30
Is there evil in my tongue? is not the cause of my trouble clear to me?
Job 31:30
(For I did not let my mouth give way to sin, in putting a curse on his life;)
Job 33:2
See, now my mouth is open, my tongue gives out words.
Hebrews 5:14
But solid food is for men of full growth, even for those whose senses are trained by use to see what is good and what is evil.