Job 12:11

12:11 Does not the ear test words,

as ¹  the tongue ²  tastes food? ³ 

Job 20:13

20:13 if he retains it for himself

and does not let it go,

and holds it fast in his mouth, ⁴ 

Job 34:3

34:3 For the ear assesses ⁵  words

as the mouth ⁶  tastes food.

[12:11]  ¹ tn The ו (vav) introduces the comparison here (see 5:7; 11:12); see GKC 499 §161.a.

[12:11]  ² tn Heb “the palate.”

[12:11]  ³ tn The final preposition with its suffix is to be understood as a pleonastic dativus ethicus and not translated (see GKC 439 §135.i).

[20:13]  ⁴ tn Heb “in the middle of his palate.”

[34:3]  ⁵ tn Or “examines; tests; tries; discerns.”

[34:3]  ⁶ tn Or “palate”; the Hebrew term refers to the tongue or to the mouth in general.