Job 12:11 — Compare All Translations

English (YLT) 1898 Young's Literal Translation by Robert Young

Doth not the ear try words? And the palate taste food for itself?

English ASV

Doth not the ear try words, Even as the palate tasteth its food?

English Amplified

Is it not the task of the ear to discriminate between [wise and unwise] words, just as the mouth distinguishes [between desirable and undesirable] food?

English Amplified Classic Bible 1987

Is it not the task of the ear to discriminate between [wise and unwise] words, just as the mouth distinguishes [between desirable and undesirable] food?

English Berean Standard Bible (BSB) 2025

Does not the ear test words as the tongue tastes its food?

English CSB 2017 - Christian Standard Bible

Doesn’t the ear test words as the palate tastes food?

English Darby 1890 : Public Domain

Doth not the ear try words, as the palate tasteth food?

English EASY 2024

We use our mouths to taste food. We use our ears to test what we hear.

English ERV 2006 - Only For Website

But just as the tongue tastes food, the ears test the words they hear.

Does not the ear test words as the palate tastes food?

English GNT (Good News Translation)

But just as your tongue enjoys tasting food, your ears enjoy hearing words.

English God's Word - GW 1995

Doesn't the ear distinguish sounds and the tongue taste food?

English HCSB 2004 - Copyrighted Only For Website

Doesn't the ear test words as the palate tastes food?

English KJV 1611

Doth not the ear try words? and the mouth taste his meat?

English LSB

Does not the ear test words, As the palate tastes its food?

English MEV 2014 (Modern English Version)

Does not the ear test words and the mouth taste its food?

English NASB (New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995)

"Does not the ear test words, As the palate tastes its food?

English NASU 1989 - New American Standard Update - Only for Website

Does not the ear judge words as the mouth tastes food?

English NET Bible - 2005 (New English Translation)

Does not the ear test words, as the tongue tastes food?

English NIRV 1996 - Copyrighted only for Website

Our tongues tell us what tastes good and what doesn't. And our ears tell us what's true and what isn't.

English NIV

Does not the ear test words as the tongue tastes food?

English NKJ 1982

Does not the ear test words And the mouth taste its food?

English NLT

Just as the mouth tastes good food, so the ear tests the words it hears.

English NRSV 1989 - Only for website

Does not the ear test words as the palate tastes food?

English RSV (Revised Standard Version)

Does not the ear try words as the palate tastes food?

English TL (The Living Bible) (1971)

Just as my mouth can taste good food, so my mind tastes truth when I hear it.

English Tyndale 1537

Have not the ears pleasure in hearing, and the mouth in tasting the thing that it eateth?

Job 12:11 — Compare Translations