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Job 34:3 - Meaning and Application
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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition
" For the ear tries words, as the palate tastes food. "
Job 34:3
Verse in Context
Understanding the surrounding verses prevents misinterpretation:
1 Moreover Elihu answered,
2 “Hear my words, you wise men. Give ear to me, you who have knowledge.
3 For the ear tries words, as the palate tastes food.
4 Let us choose for us that which is right. Let us know among ourselves what is good.
5 For Job has said, ‘I am righteous, God has taken away my right.
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Job 34:1
"Moreover Elihu answered,"
Job 34:2
"“Hear my words, you wise men. Give ear to me, you who have knowledge."
Job 34:4
"Let us choose for us that which is right. Let us know among ourselves what is good."
Job 34:5
"For Job has said, ‘I am righteous, God has taken away my right."
Job 34:6
"Notwithstanding my right I am considered a liar. My wound is incurable, though I am without disobedience.’"
Job 34:7
"What man is like Job, who drinks scorn like water,"
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