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Job 34:1-3
New English Translation
Job 34:1-3
New English Translation
Elihu’s Second Speech[a]
34 Elihu answered:
2 “Listen to my words, you wise men;
hear[b] me, you learned men.[c]
3 For the ear assesses[d] words
as the mouth[e] tastes food.
Footnotes
- Job 34:1 sn This speech of Elihu focuses on defending God. It can be divided into these sections: Job is irreligious (2-9), God is just (10-15), God is impartial and omniscient (16-30), Job is foolish to rebel (31-37).
- Job 34:2 tn Heb “give ear to me.”
- Job 34:2 tn The Hebrew word means “the men who know,” and without a complement it means “to possess knowledge.”
- Job 34:3 tn Or “examines; tests; tries; discerns.”
- Job 34:3 tn Or “palate”; the Hebrew term refers to the tongue or to the mouth in general.
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