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Does a donkey bray over grass
    or an ox bellow over its fodder?
Is tasteless food eaten without salt,
    or does egg white[a] have taste?
I refuse to touch them;
    they resemble food for the sick.

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  1. Job 6:6 Heb uncertain

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.