Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version Is tasteless food eaten without salt, or is there flavor in the sap of the mallow? New Living Translation Don’t people complain about unsalted food? Does anyone want the tasteless white of an egg? English Standard Version Can that which is tasteless be eaten without salt, or is there any taste in the juice of the mallow? Berean Standard Bible Is tasteless food eaten without salt, or is there flavor in the white of an egg? King James Bible Can that which is unsavoury be eaten without salt? or is there any taste in the white of an egg? New King James Version Can flavorless food be eaten without salt? Or is there any taste in the white of an egg? New American Standard Bible “Can something tasteless be eaten without salt, Or is there any taste in the juice of an alkanet plant? NASB 1995 “Can something tasteless be eaten without salt, Or is there any taste in the white of an egg? NASB 1977 “Can something tasteless be eaten without salt, Or is there any taste in the white of an egg? Legacy Standard Bible Can something tasteless be eaten without salt, Or is there any taste in the slime of a yolk? Amplified Bible “Can something that has no taste to it be eaten without salt? Or is there any flavor in the white of an egg? Christian Standard Bible Is bland food eaten without salt? Is there flavor in an egg white? Holman Christian Standard Bible Is bland food eaten without salt? Is there flavor in an egg white? American Standard Version Can that which hath no savor be eaten without salt? Or is there any taste in the white of an egg? Aramaic Bible in Plain English Or is a tasteless thing eaten without salt, or is there flavor in the mucilage of a mallows plant? Brenton Septuagint Translation Shall bread be eaten without salt? or again, is there taste in empty words? Contemporary English Version What is food without salt? What is more tasteless than the white of an egg? Douay-Rheims Bible Or can an unsavoury thing be eaten, that is not seasoned with salt? or can a man taste that which when tasted bringeth death? English Revised Version Can that which hath no savour be eaten without salt? or is there any taste in the white of an egg? GOD'S WORD® Translation Is tasteless food eaten without salt, or is there any flavor in the white of an egg? Good News Translation But who can eat flat, unsalted food? What taste is there in the white of an egg? International Standard Version Tasteless food isn't eaten without salt, is it? Is there any taste in an egg white? JPS Tanakh 1917 Can that which hath no savour be eaten without salt? Or is there any taste in the juice of mallows? Literal Standard Version Is an insipid thing eaten without salt? Is there sense in the drivel of dreams? Majority Standard Bible Is tasteless food eaten without salt, or is there flavor in the white of an egg? New American Bible Can anything insipid be eaten without salt? Is there flavor in the white of an egg? NET Bible Can food that is tasteless be eaten without salt? Or is there any taste in the white of an egg? New Revised Standard Version Can that which is tasteless be eaten without salt, or is there any flavor in the juice of mallows? New Heart English Bible Can that which has no flavor be eaten without salt? Or is there any taste in the white of an egg? Webster's Bible Translation Can that which is unsavory be eaten without salt? or is there any taste in the white of an egg? World English Bible Can that which has no flavor be eaten without salt? Or is there any taste in the white of an egg? Young's Literal Translation Eaten is an insipid thing without salt? Is there sense in the drivel of dreams? Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Job Replies: My Complaint is Just…5Does a wild donkey bray over fresh grass, or an ox low over its fodder? 6Is tasteless food eaten without salt, or is there flavor in the white of an egg? 7My soul refuses to touch them; they are loathsome food to me.… Cross References Matthew 5:13 You are the salt of the earth. But if the salt loses its savor, how can it be made salty again? It is no longer good for anything, except to be thrown out and trampled by men. Job 6:5 Does a wild donkey bray over fresh grass, or an ox low over its fodder? Job 6:7 My soul refuses to touch them; they are loathsome food to me. Treasury of Scripture Can that which is unsavory be eaten without salt? or is there any taste in the white of an egg? that which. Job 6:25 How forcible are right words! but what doth your arguing reprove? Job 16:2 I have heard many such things: miserable comforters are ye all. Leviticus 2:13 And every oblation of thy meat offering shalt thou season with salt; neither shalt thou suffer the salt of the covenant of thy God to be lacking from thy meat offering: with all thine offerings thou shalt offer salt. taste. Job 6:30 Is there iniquity in my tongue? cannot my taste discern perverse things? Job 12:11 Doth not the ear try words? and the mouth taste his meat? Job 34:3 For the ear trieth words, as the mouth tasteth meat. Jump to Previous Dreams Eaten Egg Flavor Food Insipid Juice Mallows Salt Savor Savour Sense Slime Soft Something Substance Taste Tasteless Unsavory WhiteJump to Next Dreams Eaten Egg Flavor Food Insipid Juice Mallows Salt Savor Savour Sense Slime Soft Something Substance Taste Tasteless Unsavory WhiteJob 6 1. Job shows that his complaints are not causeless.8. He wishes for death, wherein he is assured of comfort. 14. He reproves his friends of unkindness. Verse 6. - Can that which is unsavoury be eaten without salt? or, that which is insipid. Many critics suppose that in this and the following verse Job reproaches Eliphaz with the insipidity of his remarks, and declares that his soul refuses to touch such loathsome food. Others regard him as still speaking in his own defence, and justifying his expressions of disgust by the nauseous character of the food which had been put before him; i.e. of the treatment which he has received. Either explanation produces good sense; but perhaps the former is the more natural. Or is there any taste in the white of an egg? So our Revisers; and so Dillmann and Canon Cook. Professor Lee suggests "the whey of cheese" for "the white of an egg;" others, "the juice of purslaine." We have certainly no other evidence that eggs were eaten in primitive times. Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew Is tasteless foodתָּ֭פֵל (tā·p̄êl) Adjective - masculine singular Strong's 8602: Plaster, slime, frivolity eaten הֲיֵאָכֵ֣ל (hă·yê·’ā·ḵêl) Verb - Nifal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 398: To eat without מִבְּלִי־ (mib·bə·lî-) Preposition-m | Adverb Strong's 1097: Failure, nothing, destruction, without, not yet, because not, as long as salt, מֶ֑לַח (me·laḥ) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 4417: Powder, salt or אִם־ (’im-) Conjunction Strong's 518: Lo!, whether?, if, although, Oh that!, when, not is there יֶשׁ־ (yeš-) Adverb Strong's 3426: Being, substance, existence, is flavor טַ֝֗עַם (ṭa·‘am) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 2940: A taste, perception, intelligence, a mandate in the white בְּרִ֣יר (bə·rîr) Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's 7388: To flow (like slime) of an egg? חַלָּמֽוּת׃ (ḥal·lā·mūṯ) Noun - feminine singular Strong's 2495: (a plant), probably a purslane Links Job 6:6 NIVJob 6:6 NLT Job 6:6 ESV Job 6:6 NASB Job 6:6 KJV Job 6:6 BibleApps.com Job 6:6 Biblia Paralela Job 6:6 Chinese Bible Job 6:6 French Bible Job 6:6 Catholic Bible OT Poetry: Job 6:6 Can that which has no flavor be (Jb) |
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