Job 6:6

In 11 translations

BSB

Is tasteless food eaten without salt, or is there flavor in the white of an egg?Or in the sap of the mallow plant

KJV

Can that which is unsavoury be eaten without salt? or is there any taste in the white of an egg?

WEB

Can that which has no flavor be eaten without salt? Or is there any taste in the white of an egg?

ASV

Can that which hath no savor be eaten without salt? Or is there any taste in the white of an egg?

LSV

Is an insipid thing eaten without salt? Is there sense in the drivel of dreams?

YLT

Eaten is an insipid thing without salt? Is there sense in the drivel of dreams?

DBY

Shall that which is insipid be eaten without salt? Is there any taste in the white of an egg?

DRC

Or can an unsavoury thing be eaten, that is not seasoned with salt? or can a man taste that which when tasted bringeth death?

GNV

That which is vnsauerie, shall it be eaten without salt? or is there any taste in the white of an egge?

JPS

Can that which hath no savour be eaten without salt? or is there any taste in the juice of mallows?

LXXE

Shall bread be eaten without salt? or again, is there taste in empty words?

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Original-language editions

WLC

הֲיֵאָכֵ֣ל תָּ֭פֵל מִבְּלִי־מֶ֑לַח אִם־יֶשׁ־טַ֝֗עַם בְּרִ֣יר חַלָּמֽוּת׃

LXX-Br

Εἰ βρωθήσεται ἄρτος ἄνευ ἁλός; εἰ δὲ καὶ ἔστι γεῦμα ἐν ῥήμασι κενοῖς;

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• Job 34:3For the ear tests words as the mouth tastes food.
• Job 6:30Is there iniquity on my tongue? Can my mouth not discern malice?
• Colossians 4:6Let your speech always be gracious, seasoned with salt, so that you may know how to answer everyone.
• Luke 14:34Salt is good, but if the salt loses its savor, with what will it be seasoned?
• Job 12:11Does not the ear test words as the tongue tastes its food?
• Leviticus 2:13And you shall season each of your grain offerings with salt. You must not leave the salt of the covenant of your God out of your grain offering; you are to add salt to each of your offerings.
• Hebrews 6:4–5It is impossible for those who have once been enlightened, who have tasted the heavenly gift, who have shared in the Holy Spirit, who have tasted the goodness of the word of God and the powers of the coming age—
• Job 6:25How painful are honest words! But what does your argument prove?
• Psalms 119:103How sweet are Your words to my taste— sweeter than honey in my mouth!
• Job 16:2“I have heard many things like these; miserable comforters are you all.

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