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Is tasteless food eaten without salt?
Is there flavor in the white of an egg?[a]
I absolutely refuse to touch it.
It is no better than sickening food.

If only my request would be granted.
If only God would grant me what I hope for:

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  1. Job 6:6 Another suggestion is that this term refers to the sap of some plant. In either case, the meaning remains the same: a tasteless, unappetizing substance.

Is tasteless food eaten without salt,
    or is there flavor in the sap of the mallow[a]?(A)
I refuse to touch it;
    such food makes me ill.(B)

“Oh, that I might have my request,
    that God would grant what I hope for,(C)

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