11 Does not the ear test words as the tongue tastes food?

Other Translations of Job 12:11

King James Version

11 Doth not the ear try words? and the mouth mouth: Heb. palate taste his meat?

English Standard Version

11 Does not the ear test words as the palate tastes food?

The Message

11 Isn't this all just common sense, as common as the sense of taste?

New King James Version

11 Does not the ear test words And the mouth taste its food?

New Living Translation

11 The ear tests the words it hears just as the mouth distinguishes between foods.

Matthew Henry's Commentary on Job 12:11

Commentary on Job 12:6-11

(Read Job 12:6-11)

Job appeals to facts. The most audacious robbers, oppressors, and impious wretches, often prosper. Yet this is not by fortune or chance; the Lord orders these things. Worldly prosperity is of small value in his sight: he has better things for his children. Job resolves all into the absolute proprietorship which God has in all the creatures. He demands from his friends liberty to judge of what they had said; he appeals to any fair judgment.