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"Can food that is tasteless be eaten without salt? Or is there any taste in the white of an egg?"
— Job 6:6, NET Bible
“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?”
“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?”
But because it is heavier than the sand of the sea, that is why my words have been wild.
For the arrows of the Almighty are within me; my spirit drinks their poison; God’s sudden terrors are arrayed against me.
Complaints Reflect Suffering“Does the wild donkey bray when it is near grass? Or does the ox bellow over its fodder?
Can food that is tasteless be eaten without salt? Or is there any taste in the white of an egg?
I have refused to touch such things; they are like loathsome food to me.
A Cry for Death“Oh that my request would be realized, and that God would grant me what I long for!
And that God would be willing to crush me, that he would let loose his hand and kill me.