Ayub 34:3

34:3 For the ear assesses ¹  words

as the mouth ²  tastes food.

Ayub 34:35

34:35 that ³  Job speaks without knowledge

and his words are without understanding. ⁴ 

Ayub 35:16

35:16 So Job opens his mouth to no purpose; ⁵ 

without knowledge he multiplies words.”

[34:3]  ¹ tn Or “examines; tests; tries; discerns.”

[34:3]  ² tn Or “palate”; the Hebrew term refers to the tongue or to the mouth in general.

[34:35]  ³ tn Adding “that” in the translation clarifies Elihu’s indirect citation of the wise individuals’ words.

[34:35]  ⁴ tn The Hiphil infinitive construct is here functioning as a substantive. The word means “prudence; understanding.”

[35:16]  ⁵ tn The word הֶבֶל (hevel) means “vanity; futility; to no purpose.”