Job 34:3 — Compare All Translations

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

For the ear doth try words, And the palate tasteth to eat.

English ASV

For the ear trieth words, As the palate tasteth food.

English Amplified

For the ear tries words as the palate tastes food.

English Amplified Classic Bible 1987

For the ear tries words as the palate tastes food.

English Berean Standard Bible (BSB) 2025

For the ear tests words as the mouth tastes food.

English CSB 2017 - Christian Standard Bible

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

English Darby 1890 : Public Domain

For the ear trieth words, as the palate tasteth food.

English EASY 2024

You recognize nice food when you eat it. So you should recognize the value of my words.

English ERV 2006 - Only For Website

Your tongue tastes the food it touches, and your ear tests the words it hears.

for the ear tests words as the palate tastes food.

English GNT (Good News Translation)

You know good food when you taste it, but not wise words when you hear them.

English God's Word - GW 1995

The ear tests words like the tongue tastes food.

English HCSB 2004 - Copyrighted Only For Website

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

English KJV 1611

For the ear trieth words, as the mouth tasteth meat.

English LSB

For the ear tests words As the palate tastes food.

English MEV 2014 (Modern English Version)

For the ear tests words, as the mouth tastes food.

English NASB (New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995)

"For the ear tests words As the palate tastes food.

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

For the ear tests words, as the taste does food.

English NET Bible - 2005 (New English Translation)

For the ear assesses words as the mouth 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

For the ear tests words as the tongue tastes food.

English NKJ 1982

For the ear tests words As the palate tastes food.

English NLT

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

English NRSV 1989 - Only for website

for the ear tests words as the palate tastes food.

English RSV (Revised Standard Version)

for the ear tests words as the palate tastes food.

English TL (The Living Bible) (1971)

We can choose the sounds we want to listen to; we can choose the taste we want in food,

English Tyndale 1537

For like as the mouth tasteth the meats, so the ear proveth and discerneth the words.

Job 34:3 — Compare Translations