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Will the wild ass bray when he hath grass? or will the ox low when he standeth before a full manger?

Or can an unsavoury thing be eaten, that is not seasoned with salt? or can a man taste that which when tasted bringeth death?

The things which before my soul would not touch, now, through anguish are my meats.

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Does a wild donkey(A) bray(B) when it has grass,
    or an ox bellow when it has fodder?(C)
Is tasteless food eaten without salt,
    or is there flavor in the sap of the mallow[a]?(D)
I refuse to touch it;
    such food makes me ill.(E)

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Footnotes

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