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“Will the wild donkey bray from hunger[a] if fresh grass is beside him?
    Will the ox low from distress[b] if it is near its feed?
Tasteless food isn’t eaten without salt, is it?
    Is there any taste in an egg white?
I cannot bring myself to touch them;[c]
    food like this makes me sick.”

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  1. Job 6:5 The Heb. lacks from hunger
  2. Job 6:5 The Heb. lacks from distress
  3. Job 6:7 The Heb. lacks them

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.