Job 12:11 | NET2full | STEP | Does not the ear test words , as the tongue tastes food ?

‏ Job 12:11

11 Does not the ear test words,
as ^{▼▼tn The ו (vav) introduces the comparison here (see 5:7; 11:12); see GKC 499 §161.a.} the tongue ^{▼▼tn Heb “the palate.”} tastes food? ^{▼▼tn The final preposition with its suffix is to be understood as a pleonastic dativus ethicus and not translated (see GKC 439 §135.i).} ^{▼▼sn In the rest of the chapter Job turns his attention away from creation to the wisdom of ancient men. In Job 13:1 when Job looks back to this part, he refers to both the eye and the ear. In vv. 13-25 Job refers to many catastrophes which he could not have seen, but must have heard about.}