KJV ORIGINAL
For the ear trieth words, as the mouth tasteth meat.
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✦ MADE SIMPLE
For the ear tests words, just as the mouth tastes food.
⚡ THE BOTTOM LINE
This verse is saying that we should carefully evaluate what we hear, just like we naturally taste food before we swallow it.
📚 Historical Context
This is spoken by Elihu, a younger man who enters the conversation between Job and his three friends after they had argued extensively about Job's suffering. Elihu is making a case for carefully weighing the words and arguments that have been spoken, claiming that people can discern good teaching from bad just as they can distinguish good food from bad.
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