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Can that which is tasteless be eaten without salt,
    or is there any flavour in the juice of mallows?[a]
My appetite refuses to touch them;
    they are like food that is loathsome to me.[b]

‘O that I might have my request,
    and that God would grant my desire;

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  1. Job 6:6 Meaning of Heb uncertain
  2. Job 6:7 Meaning of Heb 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.