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Is tasteless food eaten without salt,
    or is there any flavor in the white of an egg?[a]
        I refuse to touch such things.
        They are disgusting to me.[b]

“How I wish that my prayer would be answered—
    that Eloah would give me what I’m hoping for,

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  1. Job 6:6 Hebrew meaning of “white of an egg” uncertain.
  2. Job 6:7 Hebrew meaning of this line uncertain.

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.