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For the arrows of the All-powerful are in me. My spirit drinks their poison. The hard things from God are like an army against me. Does the wild donkey make noise when it has grass? Or does the bull make noise when it has food? Can something that has no taste be eaten without salt? Is there any taste 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.