Verse 11
Job 12:11
Noah Webster Bible
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Doth not the ear try words? and the mouth taste its food?
Original Language Text
hebrew
הֲ/לֹא אֹ֭זֶן מִלִּ֣ין תִּבְחָ֑ן וְ֝/חֵ֗ךְ אֹ֣כֶל יִטְעַם לֽ/וֹ
English Translation
Does not the ear test words, and the palate taste food?
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Chapter 12 Context
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And Job answered and said,
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No doubt but ye are the people, and wisdom shall die with you.
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But I have understanding as well as you; I am not inferior to you: yes, who knoweth not such things...
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I am as one mocked by his neighbor, who calleth upon God (Elohim), and he answereth him: the just up...
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He that is ready to slip with his feet is as a lamp despised in the thought of him that is at ease.
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The tabernacles of robbers prosper, and they that provoke God (Elohim) are secure; into whose hand G...
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But ask now the beasts, and they shall teach thee; and the fowls of the air, and they shall tell the...
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Or speak to the earth, and it shall teach thee: and the fishes of the sea shall declare to thee.
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Who knoweth not in all these that the hand of the LORD hath wrought this?
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In whose hand is the soul of every living thing, and the breath of all mankind.
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Doth not the ear try words? and the mouth taste its food?
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With the ancient is wisdom; and in length of days understanding.
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With him is wisdom and strength, he hath counsel and understanding.
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Behold, he breaketh down, and it cannot be built again: he shutteth up a man, and there can be no op...
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Behold, he withholdeth the waters, and they dry up: also he sendeth them out, and they overturn the...
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With him is strength and wisdom: the deceived and the deceiver are his.
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He leadeth counselors away spoiled, and maketh the judges fools.
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He looseth the bond of kings, and girdeth their loins with a girdle.
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He leadeth princes away spoiled, and overthroweth the mighty.
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He removeth away the speech of the trusty, and taketh away the understanding of the aged.
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He poureth contempt upon princes, and weakeneth the strength of the mighty.
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He revealeth deep things out of darkness, and bringeth to light the shades of death.
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He increaseth nations, and destroyeth them: he enlargeth nations, and straiteneth them again .
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He taketh away the heart of the chief of the people of the earth, and causeth them to wander in a wi...
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They grope in the dark without light, and he maketh them to stagger like a drunken man .
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