Job 34:3

"“Hear my words, you wise men. Give ear to me, you who have knowledge."

Key Reflection

In Job 34:3, God challenges the wise and knowledgeable to listen to His words, suggesting that true wisdom comes from acknowledging and understanding divine truth rather than relying solely on human insight. This verse underscores the theme of divine wisdom surpassing human comprehension and invites the hearers to seek a deeper, more spiritual understanding beyond mere intellectual knowledge.

From the Scholars: Barnes' Notes

For the ear trieth words -Ascertains their meaning, and especially determines what words are worth regarding. The object of this is, to fix the attention on what he was about to say; to get the ear so that every word should make its proper impression. The word ear in this place, however, seems not to be used to denote the external organ, but the whole faculty of hearing. It is by hearing that the meaning of what is said is determined, as it is by the taste that the quality of food is discerned. As the mouth tasteth meat -Margin, as in Hebrew “palate.” The meaning is, as the organ of taste determines the nature of the various articles of food.

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