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Does the wild donkey make noise when it has grass? Or does the bull make noise when it has food? Can something that has no taste be eaten without salt? Is there any taste in the white of an egg? My soul will not touch them. They are like hated food to me.

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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.