Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Job 34:3 Cross-References
Explore 6 cross-references for Job 34:3 from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, connecting Job chapter 34 verse 3 to related passages throughout the Bible.
“For the ear trieth words, as the mouth tasteth meat. mouth: Heb. palate”
Job 34:3 (KJV)
Commentary on Job 34:3
For the ear trieth words, as the mouth tasteth meat (כִּי־אֹזֶן מִלִּין תִּבְחָן וְחֵךְ יִטְעַם לֶאֱכֹל, ki-ozen millin tibchan v'chek yit'am le'ekhol)—Elihu employs a wisdom proverb comparing intellectual discernment to sensory taste. The verb bachan (test, try, examine) means rigorous evaluation, used elsewhere for testing metals (Zechariah 13:9) or hearts (Psalm 17:3). The ear must bachan words (millim) with the same discrimination the palate (chek) exercises when tasting food (le'ekhol).This epistemological principle appears throughout wisdom literature: truth requires active discernment, ...
Source: KJV Study Commentary
Cross-References for Job 34:3
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“even as the palate tastes its food?”
“and he himself is judged by no one.”
“who by reason of use have their senses exercised to discern good and evil.”
“I have opened my mouth. My tongue has spoken in my mouth.”
“Is there iniquity in my tongue? cannot my taste discern perverse things?”
“I have not allowed my mouth to sin by asking his life with a curse);”