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The Mighty One has shot me with his arrows.
    I have to drink their poison.
    God’s terrors are aimed at me.
Does a wild donkey cry out when it has enough grass?
    Does an ox call out when it has plenty of food?
Is food that doesn’t have any taste eaten without salt?
    Is there any flavor in the sap of a mallow plant?

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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.