11Doth not the ear try words? and the mouth taste his meat?
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For the ear trieth words, as the mouth tasteth meat.
But strong meat belongeth to them that are of full age, even those who by reason of use have their senses exercised to discern both good and evil.
That ye may approve things that are excellent; that ye may be sincere and without offence till the day of Christ;
If so be ye have tasted that the Lord is gracious.
Is there iniquity in my tongue? cannot my taste discern perverse things?
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 6-11)Job’s friends all of them went upon this principle, that wicked people cannot prosper long in this world, but some remarkable judgment or other will suddenly light on them: Zophar had concluded with it, that the eyes of the wicked shall fail , Job 11:20. This principle Job here opposes, and maintains that God, in disposing men’s outward affairs, acts as a sovereign, reserving the exact distributio…
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