Job

Job 34:3–4

³For the ear tests words

as the mouth tastes food.

⁴Let us choose for ourselves what is right;

let us learn together what is good.

Word by word

Each English word or phrase beside the Hebrew it translates, in the order of the English. Choose a number to open that word’s study.

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
For	כִּי־	kî-	Conjunction	H3588 burning, branding
the ear	אֹ֭זֶן	’ō·zen	Noun - feminine singular	H241 ear
tests	תִּבְחָ֑ן	tiḇ·ḥān	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person feminine singular	H974 examine, try
words	מִלִּ֣ין	mil·lîn	Noun - feminine plural	H4405 word, speech, utterance
as the mouth	וְ֝חֵ֗ךְ	wə·ḥêḵ	Conjunctive waw; Noun - masculine singular	H2441 palate, roof of mouth, gums
tastes	יִטְעַ֥ם	yiṭ·‘am	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular	H2938 taste, perceive
food	לֶאֱכֹֽל׃	le·’ĕ·ḵōl	Preposition-l; Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct	H398 eat

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
Let us choose	נִבְחֲרָה־	niḇ·ḥă·rāh-	Verb - Qal - Imperfect Cohortative - first person common plural	H977 choose
for ourselves	לָּ֑נוּ	lā·nū	Preposition; first person common plural
what is right	מִשְׁפָּ֥ט	miš·pāṭ	Noun - masculine singular	H4941 judgment
let us learn	נֵדְעָ֖ה	nê·ḏə·‘āh	Verb - Qal - Imperfect Cohortative - first person common plural	H3045 know
together	בֵינֵ֣ינוּ	ḇê·nê·nū	Preposition; first person common plural	H996 interval, space between
what	מַה־	mah-	Interrogative	H4100 what? how? aught
is good	טּֽוֹב׃	ṭō·wḇ	Noun - masculine singular	H2896 pleasant, agreeable, good

Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.

Job 34:3 Job 12:11 · 1 Corinthians 2:15 · Job 33:2 · Hebrews 5:14

Job 34:4 1 Thessalonians 5:21

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.