Catholic Public Domain Version
"Or can one eat bland food, which is not seasoned with salt? Or can anyone taste that which, if tasted, causes death? "
— Job 6:6, Catholic Public Domain Version
“Can that which is unsavoury be eaten without salt? or is there any taste in the white of an egg?”
“Can that which hath no savor be eaten without salt? Or is there any taste in the white of an egg? ”
“Can that which has no flavor be eaten without salt? Or is there any taste in the white of an egg?”
“Can food that is tasteless be eaten without salt? Or is there any taste in the white of an egg?”
“Or can an unsavoury thing be eaten, that is not seasoned with salt? or can a man taste that which, when tasted, bringeth death?”
“Will a man take food which has no taste without salt? or is there any taste in the soft substance of purslain?”
“Can that which is unsavoury be eaten without salt? or is there any taste in the white of an egg?”
Compared to the sand of the sea, they would appear heavier, and so my words are full of sorrow.
For the arrows of the Lord are in me, my spirit drinks of their indignation, and the terrors of the Lord are soldiers against me.
Will the wild ass bray when he has grass? Or will the ox bellow when he stands before a full manger?
Or can one eat bland food, which is not seasoned with salt? Or can anyone taste that which, if tasted, causes death?
The things that my soul was unwilling to touch before, now, because of anguish, are my foods.
Who will grant that my petition may arrive and that God may bestow on me what I expect,
and that he who, at first, had crushed me, will let loose his hand and cut me down?