Job 34:3

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

כִּי־אֹ֭זֶן מִלִּ֣ין תִּבְחָ֑ן וְ֝חֵ֗ךְ יִטְעַ֥ם לֶאֱכֹֽל׃

Transliteration

kî-ʾōzen millîn tibḥān wə-ḥēk yiṭʿam leʾĕkōl

Grammar Details

*kî*: conjunction - for/because
*ʾōzen*: feminine singular noun - ear
*millîn*: masculine plural noun - words
*tibḥān*: Qal imperfect, 3rd feminine singular - tests/examines
*wə-ḥēk*: waw conjunction + masculine singular noun - and palate/taste
*yiṭʿam*: Qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - tastes/discerns
*leʾĕkōl*: preposition + Qal infinitive construct - to eat/food

Word Meanings

*ʾōzen*: ear/hearing
*millîn*: words/speech/utterances
*tibḥān*: tests/examines/scrutinizes
*ḥēk*: palate/taste/mouth
*yiṭʿam*: tastes/discerns/perceives flavor
*leʾĕkōl*: to eat/for food/for consuming

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About this Translation

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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A highly literal, word-for-word translation (ASV, 1901) augmented with Strong's numbering to connect English words to underlying Hebrew and Greek terms for study.

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Integrated Strong's numbering: Links English terms to underlying Hebrew and Greek words for deeper lexical study.
Formal equivalence: Prioritizes close alignment with source-language forms and structures.
Divine name rendering: Frequently renders the Tetragrammaton as Jehovah in the Old Testament, following ASV tradition.
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Consistent lexical choices aid exegesis
Stable, longstanding scholarly text

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Archaic language reduces readability
Older textual basis compared to some modern translations
Strong's numbers are a concordance index, not full lexical definitions

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Referenced Verses

Job 12:11 : 11 Doth not the ear try words, Even as the palate tasteth its food?
1 Cor 2:15 : 15 But he that is spiritual {G3303} judgeth all things, and he himself is judged of no man.
Heb 5:14 : 14 But solid food is for fullgrown men, even those who by reason of use have their senses exercised to discern {G5037} good and evil.
Job 31:30 : 30 (Yea, I have not suffered my mouth to sin By asking his life with a curse);
Job 33:2 : 2 Behold now, I have opened my mouth; My tongue hath spoken in my mouth.
Job 6:30 : 30 Is there injustice on my tongue? Cannot my taste discern mischievous things?

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