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Job 12:11
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Job 12:11
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Footnotes
- Job 12:11 tn The ו (vav) introduces the comparison here (see 5:7; 11:12); see GKC 499 §161.a.
- Job 12:11 tn Heb “the palate.”
- Job 12:11 tn The final preposition with its suffix is to be understood as a pleonastic dativus ethicus and not translated (see GKC 439 §135.i).sn In the rest of the chapter Job turns his attention away from creation to the wisdom of ancient men. In Job 13:1 when Job looks back to this part, he refers to both the eye and the ear. In vv. 13-25 Job refers to many catastrophes which he could not have seen, but must have heard about.
Job 12:11
New International Version
Job 12:11
New International Version
11 Does not the ear test words
as the tongue tastes food?(A)
Job 12:11
King James Version
Job 12:11
King James Version
11 Doth not the ear try words? and the mouth taste his meat?
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