Doth the [a]wild ass bray when he hath grass? or loweth the ox when he hath fodder?

That which is [b]unsavory, shall it be eaten without salt? or is there any taste in the white of an egg?

Such things as my soul refused to touch, as were sorrows, are my meat.

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Footnotes

  1. Job 6:5 Think you that I cry without cause, seeing the brute beasts do not complain when they have what they would.
  2. Job 6:6 Can a man’s taste delight in that, that hath no savor? meaning, that none take pleasure in affliction, seeing they cannot [do] away with things that are unsavory to the mouth.

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