World English Bible
"Can that which has no flavor be eaten without salt? Or is there any taste in the white of an egg?"
— Job 6:6, World English 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 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?”
For now it would be heavier than the sand of the seas, therefore have my words been rash.
For the arrows of the Almighty are within me. My spirit drinks up their poison. The terrors of God set themselves in array against me.
Does the wild donkey bray when he has grass? Or does the ox low over his fodder?
Can that which has no flavor be eaten without salt? Or is there any taste in the white of an egg?
My soul refuses to touch them. They are as loathsome food to me.
"Oh that I might have my request, that God would grant the thing that I long for,
even that it would please God to crush me; that he would let loose his hand, and cut me off!