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Job 6:5-7
Good News Translation

5 A donkey is content when eating grass,
    and a cow is quiet when eating hay.
6 But who can eat flat, unsalted food?
    What taste is there in the white of an egg?
7 I have no appetite for food like that,
    and everything I eat makes me sick.[a]

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  1. Job 6:7 Probable text sick; Hebrew unclear.
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Job 6:5-7
New International Version

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

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