Job 34:2–3
Hear my words, O ye wise men; and give ear unto me, ye that have knowledge.
Heare my wordes, O yee wise men, and giue eare vnto me, ye that haue knowledge.
For the ear trieth words, as the mouth tasteth meat.
*For the eare trieth words, as the †mouth tasteth meate.
Original 1611 marginTranslation notes and cross-references are kept distinct.
- †Hebrew wordingHeb. palate.
- *Cross-referenceChap. 12.11.
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14But strong meat belongeth to them that are of full age, even those who by reason of use have their senses exercised to discern both good and evil.
14‖‖But strong meate belongeth to them that are of full age, euen those who by reason of vse haue their senses exercised to discerne both good and euil.
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Job 34:2
Sense 1: To perceive sound or spoken words. Sense 2: To receive or learn by report. Sense 3: To listen to, regard, or heed. Sense 4: To attend favourably to a request.
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Spoken or written expressions, sayings, statements, messages, commands, promises, reports, or units of meaningful speech.
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The second-person plural subject pronoun, referring to the persons being addressed as those who are, do, or receive the stated predicate.
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Sense 1: Possessing or exercising understanding, knowledge, prudence, judgment, discernment, or skill; also a wise person. Sense 2: In phrases such as in no wise, way, manner, respect, or degree.
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To grant, hand, offer, supply, yield, or cause to have.
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Sense 1: The organ of hearing. Sense 2: The seed-bearing head of grain.
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Understanding or awareness gained by knowing; recognition; what is known.
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Job 34:3
1. In behalf of or in the place of. 2. With respect to, concerning, or toward. 3. Because of or on account of. 4. During or throughout. 5. In order to obtain or reach. 6. As a conjunction, because or seeing that.
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Sense 1: The organ of hearing. Sense 2: The seed-bearing head of grain.
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Spoken or written expressions, sayings, statements, messages, commands, promises, reports, or units of meaningful speech.
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Sense 1: The bodily opening used for eating, breathing, and speaking. Sense 2: The opening or entrance of a thing. Sense 3: Speech, utterance, or the agency of speaking.
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Perceives flavor by the mouth.
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Sense 1: Food, nourishment, sustenance, or provision. Sense 2: Figuratively, that which nourishes or sustains.
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1FURTHERMORE Elihu answered and said,
1¶ Furthermore Elihu answered, and said,
2Hear my words, O ye wise men; and give ear unto me, ye that have knowledge.
2Heare my wordes, O yee wise men, and giue eare vnto me, ye that haue knowledge.
Selected passage3For the ear trieth words, as the mouth tasteth meat.
3*For the eare trieth words, as the †mouth tasteth meate.
Selected passage4Let us choose to us judgment: let us know among ourselves what is good.
4Let vs chuse to vs iudgement: let vs know among our selues what is good.