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Job 34:3–4

For the ear tests words

as the tongue tastes food.o

Let us discern for ourselves what is right;p

let us learn together what is good.q

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Job 34:3–4 — English Standard Version (ESV)

for the ear tests words

as the palate tastes food.

Let us choose what is right;

let us know among ourselves what is good.

Job 34:3–4 — King James Version (KJV 1900)

For the ear trieth words,

As the mouth tasteth meat.

Let us choose to us judgment:

Let us know among ourselves what is good.

Job 34:3–4 — New Living Translation (NLT)

Job said, ‘The ear tests the words it hears

just as the mouth distinguishes between foods.’

So let us discern for ourselves what is right;

let us learn together what is good.

Job 34:3–4 — The New King James Version (NKJV)

For the ear tests words

As the palate tastes food.

Let us choose justice for ourselves;

Let us know among ourselves what is good.

Job 34:3–4 — New Century Version (NCV)

The ear tests words

as the tongue tastes food.

Let’s decide for ourselves what is right,

and let’s learn together what is good.

Job 34:3–4 — American Standard Version (ASV)

For the ear trieth words,

As the palate tasteth food.

Let us choose for us that which is right:

Let us know among ourselves what is good.

Job 34:3–4 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)

For the ear trieth words, as the palate tasteth food. Let us choose for ourselves what is right; let us know among ourselves what is good!

Job 34:3–4 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)

The ear tests words 

like the tongue tastes food. 

Let’s decide for ourselves what is right 

and agree among ourselves as to what is good, 

Job 34:3–4 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)

Doesn’t the ear test words

as the palate tastes food?

Let us judge for ourselves what is right;

let us decide together what is good.

Job 34:3–4 — The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)

for the ear tests words

as the palate tastes food.

Let us choose what is right;

let us determine among ourselves what is good.

Job 34:3–4 — The Lexham English Bible (LEB)

for the ear tests words,

and the palate tastes food.

Let us choose justice for ourselves;

let us determine among ourselves what is good—

Job 34:3–4 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV)

Our tongues tell us what tastes good and what doesn’t.

And our ears tell us what’s true and what isn’t.

So let’s choose for ourselves what is right.

Let’s learn together what is good.

Job 34:3–4 — New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update (NASB95)

“For the ear tests words

As the palate tastes food.

“Let us choose for ourselves what is right;

Let us know among ourselves what is good.


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