Strong's Hebrew English Morphology 3588 [e] כִּי־ kî- For Conj 241 [e] אֹ֭זֶן ’ō-zen the ear N-fs 4405 [e] מִלִּ֣ין mil-lîn words N-fp 974 [e] תִּבְחָ֑ן tiḇ-ḥān; tests V-Qal-Imperf-3fs 2441 [e] וְ֝חֵ֗ךְ wə-ḥêḵ, and as the palate Conj-w | N-ms 2938 [e] יִטְעַ֥ם yiṭ-‘am tastes V-Qal-Imperf-3ms 398 [e] לֶאֱכֹֽל׃ le-’ĕ-ḵōl. food Prep-l | V-Qal-Inf

New American Standard Bible
"For the ear tests words As the palate tastes food.

King James Bible
For the ear trieth words, as the mouth tasteth meat.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Doesn't the ear test words as the palate tastes food?

the ear

Job 6:30 Is there iniquity in my tongue? cannot my taste discern perverse things?

Job 12:11 Does not the ear try words? and the mouth taste his meat?

1 Corinthians 2:15 But he that is spiritual judges all things, yet he himself is judged of no man.

Hebrews 5:14 But strong meat belongs to them that are of full age…

mouth. Heb. palate

Job 31:30 Neither have I suffered my mouth to sin by wishing a curse to his soul.

Job 33:2 Behold, now I have opened my mouth, my tongue has spoken in my mouth.

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