Does not the ear try words? – The literal meaning of this, which is evidently a proverbial expression, is plain; but its applicatio…

Doth not the ear try words? — Bildad had appealed to the wisdom of authority and tradition, but Job reminds him that it i…

Does not the ear try words ?
&c.] Articulate sounds; and the mind by them judges whether what is expre ed and design…

Job appeals to facts. The most audacious robbers, oppressors, and impious evildoers often prosper. Yet this is not by fortune or chance; the Lord o…

Job asserted above (verse 2) that what Zophar had said about the excellent greatness of God was evident to all people. Here, he intends to show tha…