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Even a wild donkey does not complain when it has grass to eat.
    And a cow is quiet when it has food.
Food without salt does not taste good,
    and the white of an egg has no taste.
I refuse to touch that kind of food;
    it makes me sick!

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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.