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A wild donkey does not bray when it has grass to eat,
    and an ox is quiet when it has feed.
Tasteless food is not eaten without salt,
    and there is no flavor in the white of an egg.
I refuse to touch it;
    such food makes me sick.

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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.