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Source language
JPS Hebrew-English TANAKH   
כי-אזן מלין תבחן וחך יטעם לאכל
Hebrew - Transliteration via code library   
ky-Azn mlyn tbKHn vKHk yt`m lAkl

Intermediate language
Vulgate (Latin)   
auris enim verba probat et guttur escas gustu diiudicat

King James Variants
American King James Version   
For the ear tries words, as the mouth tastes meat.
King James 2000 (out of print)   
For the ear tests words, as the mouth tastes food.
King James Bible (Cambridge, large print)   
For the ear trieth words, as the mouth tasteth meat.
Authorized (King James) Version   
For the ear trieth words, as the mouth tasteth meat.
New King James Version   
For the ear tests words As the palate tastes food.
21st Century King James Version   
For the ear trieth words, as the mouth tasteth meat.

Other translations
American Standard Version   
For the ear trieth words, As the palate tasteth food.
Darby Bible Translation   
For the ear trieth words, as the palate tasteth food.
Holy Bible: Douay-Rheims Version (Genuine Leather Black)   
For the ear trieth words, and the mouth discerneth meats by the taste.
ERV 1885 English Revised Version with Strong's Concordance   
For the ear trieth words, as the palate tasteth meat.
English Standard Version Journaling Bible   
for the ear tests words as the palate tastes food.
God's Word   
The ear tests words like the tongue tastes food.
Holman Christian Standard Bible   
Doesn't the ear test words as the palate tastes food?
International Standard Version   
Since the ear tests words like a palate tastes food,
NET Bible   
For the ear assesses words as the mouth tastes food.
New American Standard Bible   
"For the ear tests words As the palate tastes food.
New International Version   
For the ear tests words as the tongue tastes food.
New Living Translation   
Job said, 'The ear tests the words it hears just as the mouth distinguishes between foods.'
Webster's Bible Translation   
For the ear trieth words, as the mouth tasteth food.
The World English Bible   
For the ear tries words, as the palate tastes food.
EasyEnglish Bible   
You recognize nice food when you eat it. So you should recognize the value of my words.
Young‘s Literal Translation   
For the ear doth try words, And the palate tasteth to eat.
New Life Version   
For the ear tests words as the mouth tastes food.
The Voice Bible   
Our ears are capable of testing wisdom of words the way the roofs of our mouths are capable of tasting food.
Living Bible   
We can choose the sounds we want to listen to; we can choose the taste we want in food,
New Catholic Bible   
For the ear tests the value of words as the palate does with food.
Legacy Standard Bible   
For the ear tests words As the palate tastes food.
Jubilee Bible 2000   
For the ear tries words, as the mouth tastes food.
Christian Standard Bible   
Doesn’t the ear test words as the palate tastes food?
Amplified Bible © 1954   
For the ear tries words as the palate tastes food.
New Century Version   
The ear tests words as the tongue tastes food.
The Message   
Elihu continued: “So, my fine friends—listen to me, and see what you think of this. Isn’t it just common sense— as common as the sense of taste— To put our heads together and figure out what’s going on here?
Evangelical Heritage Version ™   
It is true that the ear tests words as the mouth tastes food.
New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition   
for the ear tests words as the palate tastes food.
Good News Translation®   
You know good food when you taste it, but not wise words when you hear them.
Wycliffe Bible   
for the ear proveth words, and the throat deemeth meat by taste (and the tongue judgeth food by taste).
Contemporary English Version   
Think about my words, as you would taste food.
Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition   
for the ear tests words as the palate tastes food.
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition   
for the ear tests words as the palate tastes food.
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition   
for the ear tests words as the palate tastes food.
Common English Bible © 2011   
for the ear tests words like the palate tastes food.
Amplified Bible © 2015   
“For the ear puts words to the test As the palate tastes food.
English Standard Version Anglicised   
for the ear tests words as the palate tastes food.
New American Bible (Revised Edition)   
For the ear tests words, as the palate tastes food.
New American Standard Bible   
For the ear tests words As the palate tastes food.
The Expanded Bible   
The ear tests words as the ·tongue [L palate] tastes food.
Tree of Life Version   
For the ear tests words as the mouth tastes food.
Revised Standard Version   
for the ear tests words as the palate tastes food.
New International Reader's Version   
Our tongues tell us what tastes good and what doesn’t. And our ears tell us what’s true and what isn’t.
BRG Bible   
For the ear trieth words, as the mouth tasteth meat.
Complete Jewish Bible   
For the ear tests words, just as the palate tastes food.
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised   
for the ear tests words as the palate tastes food.
Orthodox Jewish Bible   
For the ozen trieth words, as the mouth tasteth food.
Names of God Bible   
The ear tests words like the tongue tastes food.
Modern English Version   
For the ear tests words, as the mouth tastes food.
Easy-to-Read Version   
Your tongue tastes the food it touches, and your ear tests the words it hears.
International Children’s Bible   
The ear tests words as the tongue tastes food.
Lexham English Bible   
for the ear tests words, and the palate tastes food.
New International Version - UK   
For the ear tests words as the tongue tastes food.