Holy Scripture

Job 34:3

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“Hear my words, O ye wise men, and listen to me, ye learned. For the ear trieth words, and the throat discerneth meats by the taste. As if he were to say, as the ear does not discern meats, nor the throat words, so a fool does not understand the sentence of the wise. Hear therefore what I say, ye wise and learned, who…”
Gregory the Dialogist, 7th c. — Morals on the Book of Job, Book XXIV

Source: Septuagint

Original

3For the ear tries words, And the mouth tastes meat.

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In context

1And Elihu continued, and said,

2Hear me, ye wise men; Hearken, ye that have knowledge.

— Job 34:3 —

4Let us choose judgment to ourselves: Let us know among ourselves what is right.

5For Job has said, I am righteous: The Lord has removed my judgment.

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