The Meaning of Job 34:3 Explained

Job 34:3

KJV: For the ear trieth words, as the mouth tasteth meat.

YLT: For the ear doth try words, And the palate tasteth to eat.

Darby: For the ear trieth words, as the palate tasteth food.

ASV: For the ear trieth words, As the palate tasteth food.

Discover Job 34:3

CONTEXT: What is the Context of Job 34:3?

MEANING: What does Job 34:3 Mean?

WORDS: What do the individual words in Job 34:3 mean?

RELATIONS: What do the major concepts mean in Job 34:3?

What is the context of Job 34:3?

KJV Reverse Interlinear

For the ear trieth words, as the mouth tasteth meat.

What does Job 34:3 Mean?

Context Summary

Job 34:1-37 - The Almighty Must Be Just

Elihu stands in Job 34:10 as God's apologist. God's absolute and impartial justice is at all times a matter of untold comfort. There will be no cause of ultimate complaint, but from the lips of the holiest beings in the universe, most able to pass an opinion, the cry will ascend, "Great and marvelous are thy works, O Lord God the Almighty. Righteous and true are thy ways, thou King of the ages"¦. Thy righteous acts have been made manifest," Revelation 15:3-4, r.v.

Ponder those last words. God's righteous acts have not yet been made manifest; it is therefore foolish and wrong to pass judgment upon an unfinished program. Wait, mortal man, until, at the great white throne, God shall unfold His inner reasons. If it is not fit to say to a king, "Thou art vile," how much less to Him who lives through the ages, while the people are shaken and pass away, and the mighty are taken away without hand! [source]

Chapter Summary: Job 34

¹ Elihu accuses Job for charging God with injustice
¹⁰ God omnipotent cannot be unjust
³¹ Man must humble himself unto God
³⁴ Elihu reproves Job

What do the individual words in Job 34:3 mean?

For the ear words tests and as the palate tastes food

כִּי־ אֹ֭זֶן מִלִּ֣ין תִּבְחָ֑ן וְ֝חֵ֗ךְ יִטְעַ֥ם לֶאֱכֹֽל

אֹ֭זֶן	the ear
Parse: Noun, feminine singular Root: אֹזֶן Sense: ear, as part of the body.
מִלִּ֣ין	words
Parse: Noun, feminine plural Root: מִלָּה Sense: word, speech, utterance.
תִּבְחָ֑ן	tests
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, third person feminine singular Root: בָּחַן Sense: to examine, try, prove.
וְ֝חֵ֗ךְ	and as the palate
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, masculine singular Root: חֵךְ Sense: mouth, palate, taste, gums.
יִטְעַ֥ם	tastes
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, third person masculine singular Root: טָעַם Sense: to taste, perceive, eat.
לֶאֱכֹֽל	food
Parse: Preposition-l, Verb, Qal, Infinitive construct Root: אָכַל Sense: to eat, devour, burn up, feed.

What are the major concepts related to Job 34:3?

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