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The arrows of the Almighty stick in me.
My spirit drinks in their poison.
The terrors of God are lined up against me.

Does the wild donkey bray when it has green grass?
Does the ox bellow when it is near its fodder?
Is tasteless food eaten without salt?
Is there flavor in the white of an egg?[a]

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Footnotes

  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.

For the arrows of the Almighty are within me.
    My spirit drinks up their poison.
The terrors of God set themselves in array against me.
    Does the wild donkey bray when he has grass?
Or does the ox low over his fodder?
    Can that which has no flavor be eaten without salt?
Or is there any taste in the white of an egg?

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