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Almighty God has shot me with arrows,
    and their poison spreads through my body.
God has lined up his terrors against me.

A donkey is content when eating grass,
    and a cow is quiet when eating hay.
But who can eat flat, unsalted food?
    What taste is there in the white of an egg?

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The arrows(A) of the Almighty(B) are in me,(C)
    my spirit drinks(D) in their poison;(E)
    God’s terrors(F) are marshaled against me.(G)
Does a wild donkey(H) bray(I) when it has grass,
    or an ox bellow when it has fodder?(J)
Is tasteless food eaten without salt,
    or is there flavor in the sap of the mallow[a]?(K)

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Footnotes

  1. Job 6:6 The meaning of the Hebrew for this phrase is uncertain.