Does a wild donkey bray over fresh grass
or an ox low over its fodder?
Is bland food eaten without salt?
Is there flavor in an egg white?[a]
I refuse to touch them;
they are like contaminated food.(A)

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  1. Job 6:6 Hb obscure

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