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Does anyone want the tasteless white of an egg?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/job/6.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />Can that which is tasteless be eaten without salt, or is there any taste in the juice of the mallow?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/job/6.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />Is tasteless food eaten without salt, or is there flavor in the white of an egg?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/job/6.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />Can that which is unsavoury be eaten without salt? or is there <i>any</i> taste in the white of an egg?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/job/6.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />Can flavorless food be eaten without salt? Or is there <i>any</i> taste in the white of an egg?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/job/6.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />“Can something tasteless be eaten without salt, Or is there any taste in the juice of an alkanet <i>plant?</i><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/job/6.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />&#8220Can something tasteless be eaten without salt, Or is there any taste in the white of an egg?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/job/6.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />“Can something tasteless be eaten without salt, Or is there any taste in the white of an egg?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/job/6.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />Can something tasteless be eaten without salt, Or is there any taste in the slime of a yolk?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/job/6.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />“Can something that has no taste to it be eaten without salt? Or is there any flavor in the white of an egg?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/job/6.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Is bland food eaten without salt? Is there flavor in an egg white?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/job/6.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Is bland food eaten without salt? Is there flavor in an egg white? <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/job/6.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />Can that which hath no savor be eaten without salt? Or is there any taste in the white of an egg?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/job/6.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />What is food without salt? What is more tasteless than the white of an egg? <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/job/6.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />Can that which hath no savour be eaten without salt? or is there any taste in the white of an egg?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/job/6.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />Is tasteless food eaten without salt, or is there any flavor in the white of an egg? <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/job/6.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />But who can eat flat, unsalted food? What taste is there in the white of an egg? <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/job/6.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />Tasteless food isn't eaten without salt, is it? Is there any taste in an egg white?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/job/6.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />Is tasteless food eaten without salt, or is there flavor in the white of an egg?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/job/6.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />Can food that is tasteless be eaten without salt? Or is there any taste in the white of an egg? <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/job/6.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />Can that which has no flavor be eaten without salt? Or is there any taste in the white of an egg?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/job/6.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />Can that which is unsavory be eaten without salt? or is there any taste in the white of an egg?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/job/6.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />Can that which has no flavor be eaten without salt? Or is there any taste in the white of an egg? <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/job/6.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />Is an insipid thing eaten without salt? Is there sense in the drivel of dreams?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/job/6.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> Eaten is an insipid thing without salt? Is there sense in the drivel of dreams?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/job/6.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />Shall that unseasoned be eaten without salt? if there is taste in purslain slime?<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/job/6.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />Or can an unsavoury thing be eaten, that is not seasoned with salt? or can a man taste that which when tasted bringeth death? <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/job/6.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />Or can one eat bland food, which is not seasoned with salt? Or can anyone taste that which, if tasted, causes death?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/job/6.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />Can anything insipid be eaten without salt? Is there flavor in the white of an egg? <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/job/6.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />Can that which is tasteless be eaten without salt, or is there any flavor in the juice of mallows?<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/job/6.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />Or can that which is unsavory be eaten without salt? Or is there any taste in the white of an egg?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/job/6.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />Or is a tasteless thing eaten without salt, or is there flavor in the mucilage of a mallows plant?<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/job/6.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />Can that which hath no savour be eaten without salt? Or is there any taste in the juice of mallows?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/job/6.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />Shall bread be eaten without salt? or again, is there taste in empty words?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/job/6-6.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/XAwuD5NuZq0?start=864" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/job/6.htm">Job Replies: My Complaint is Just</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">5</span>Does a wild donkey bray over fresh grass, or an ox low over its fodder? <span class="reftext">6</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/8602.htm" title="8602: tā·p̄êl (Adj-ms) -- Plaster, slime, frivolity. From an unused root meaning to smear; plaster or slime; frivolity.">Is tasteless food</a> <a href="/hebrew/398.htm" title="398: hă·yê·’ā·ḵêl (V-Nifal-Imperf-3ms) -- To eat. A primitive root; to eat.">eaten</a> <a href="/hebrew/1097.htm" title="1097: mib·bə·lî- (Prep-m:: Adv) -- From balah; properly, failure, i.e. Nothing or destruction; usually without, not yet, because not, as long as, etc.">without</a> <a href="/hebrew/4417.htm" title="4417: me·laḥ (N-ms) -- Salt. From malach; properly, powder, i.e. salt">salt,</a> <a href="/hebrew/518.htm" title="518: ’im- (Conj) -- If. A primitive particle; used very widely as demonstrative, lo!">or</a> <a href="/hebrew/3426.htm" title="3426: yeš- (Adv) -- Being, substance, existence, is. ">is there</a> <a href="/hebrew/2940.htm" title="2940: ṭa·‘am (N-ms) -- Taste, judgment. From ta'am; properly, a taste, i.e. perception; by implication, intelligence; transitively, a mandate.">flavor</a> <a href="/hebrew/7388.htm" title="7388: bə·rîr (Prep-b:: N-msc) -- To flow (like slime). From ruwr; saliva; by resemblance, broth.">in the white</a> <a href="/hebrew/2495.htm" title="2495: ḥal·lā·mūṯ (N-fs) -- (a plant), probably a purslane. From chalam; probably purslain.">of an egg?</a> </span><span class="reftext">7</span>My soul refuses to touch them; they are loathsome food to me.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/proverbs/27-7.htm">Proverbs 27:7</a></span><br />The soul that is full loathes honey, but to a hungry soul, any bitter thing is sweet.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/5-13.htm">Matthew 5:13</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/colossians/4-6.htm">Colossians 4:6</a></span><br />Let your speech always be gracious, seasoned with salt, so that you may know how to answer everyone.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/mark/9-50.htm">Mark 9:50</a></span><br />Salt is good, but if the salt loses its saltiness, with what will you season it? Have salt among yourselves, and be at peace with one another.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/14-34.htm">Luke 14:34-35</a></span><br />Salt is good, but if the salt loses its savor, with what will it be seasoned? / It is fit neither for the soil nor for the manure pile, and it is thrown out. He who has ears to hear, let him hear.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/34-8.htm">Psalm 34:8</a></span><br />Taste and see that the LORD is good; blessed is the man who takes refuge in Him!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_peter/2-3.htm">1 Peter 2:3</a></span><br />now that you have tasted that the Lord is good.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hebrews/6-4.htm">Hebrews 6:4-5</a></span><br />It 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—<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/30-24.htm">Isaiah 30:24</a></span><br />The oxen and donkeys that work the ground will eat salted fodder, winnowed with shovel and pitchfork.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/24-10.htm">Ezekiel 24:10</a></span><br />Pile on the logs and kindle the fire; cook the meat well and mix in the spices; let the bones be burned.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/leviticus/2-13.htm">Leviticus 2:13</a></span><br />And 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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/numbers/11-8.htm">Numbers 11:8</a></span><br />The people walked around and gathered it, ground it on a handmill or crushed it in a mortar, then boiled it in a cooking pot or shaped it into cakes. It tasted like pastry baked with fine oil.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_kings/2-20.htm">2 Kings 2:20-21</a></span><br />“Bring me a new bowl,” he replied, “and put some salt in it.” So they brought it to him, / and Elisha went out to the spring, cast the salt into it, and said, “This is what the LORD says: ‘I have healed this water. No longer will it cause death or unfruitfulness.’”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_chronicles/13-5.htm">2 Chronicles 13:5</a></span><br />Do you not know that the LORD, the God of Israel, has given the kingship of Israel to David and his descendants forever by a covenant of salt?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/19-26.htm">Genesis 19:26</a></span><br />But Lot’s wife looked back, and she became a pillar of salt.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">Can that which is unsavory be eaten without salt? or is there any taste in the white of an egg?</p><p class="hdg">that which.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/job/6-25.htm">Job 6:25</a></b></br> How forcible are right words! but what doth your arguing reprove?</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/job/16-2.htm">Job 16:2</a></b></br> I have heard many such things: miserable comforters <i>are</i> ye all.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/leviticus/2-13.htm">Leviticus 2:13</a></b></br> 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.</p><p class="hdg">taste.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/job/6-30.htm">Job 6:30</a></b></br> Is there iniquity in my tongue? cannot my taste discern perverse things?</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/job/12-11.htm">Job 12:11</a></b></br> Doth not the ear try words? and the mouth taste his meat?</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/job/34-3.htm">Job 34:3</a></b></br> For the ear trieth words, as the mouth tasteth meat.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/job/4-13.htm">Dreams</a> <a href="/nehemiah/5-14.htm">Eaten</a> <a href="/luke/11-12.htm">Egg</a> <a href="/matthew/5-13.htm">Flavor</a> <a href="/job/6-5.htm">Food</a> <a href="/matthew/5-13.htm">Insipid</a> <a href="/numbers/18-27.htm">Juice</a> <a href="/job/30-4.htm">Mallows</a> <a href="/ezra/7-22.htm">Salt</a> <a href="/ezra/6-10.htm">Savor</a> <a href="/ezra/6-10.htm">Savour</a> <a href="/nehemiah/8-8.htm">Sense</a> <a href="/exodus/2-3.htm">Slime</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/4-17.htm">Soft</a> <a href="/job/4-16.htm">Something</a> <a href="/job/5-5.htm">Substance</a> <a href="/2_kings/7-19.htm">Taste</a> <a href="/luke/14-34.htm">Tasteless</a> <a href="/2_samuel/22-27.htm">Unsavory</a> <a href="/esther/8-15.htm">White</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/job/7-14.htm">Dreams</a> <a href="/job/13-28.htm">Eaten</a> <a href="/isaiah/59-5.htm">Egg</a> <a href="/jeremiah/48-11.htm">Flavor</a> <a href="/job/6-7.htm">Food</a> <a href="/lamentations/2-14.htm">Insipid</a> <a href="/songs/8-2.htm">Juice</a> <a href="/job/30-4.htm">Mallows</a> <a href="/job/30-4.htm">Salt</a> <a href="/songs/1-3.htm">Savor</a> <a href="/ecclesiastes/10-1.htm">Savour</a> <a href="/job/12-20.htm">Sense</a> <a href="/job/9-31.htm">Slime</a> <a href="/job/23-16.htm">Soft</a> <a href="/job/6-21.htm">Something</a> <a href="/job/6-13.htm">Substance</a> <a href="/job/6-30.htm">Taste</a> <a href="/matthew/5-13.htm">Tasteless</a> <a href="/jeremiah/23-13.htm">Unsavory</a> <a href="/job/41-32.htm">White</a><div class="vheading2">Job 6</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/job/6-1.htm">Job shows that his complaints are not causeless.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">8. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/job/6-8.htm">He wishes for death, wherein he is assured of comfort.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">14. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/job/6-14.htm">He reproves his friends of unkindness.</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> <br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/job/6.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/job/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/job/6.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>Is tasteless food eaten without salt</b><br>In the ancient Near East, salt was a valuable commodity used for seasoning and preserving food. It symbolizes the necessity of adding value or meaning to something otherwise bland or unpalatable. In biblical terms, salt often represents covenant and purity (<a href="/leviticus/2-13.htm">Leviticus 2:13</a>, <a href="/matthew/5-13.htm">Matthew 5:13</a>). Job's rhetorical question suggests that just as food requires salt to be palatable, his suffering requires understanding and empathy to be bearable. This reflects Job's desire for his friends to provide meaningful comfort rather than empty platitudes.<p><b>or is there flavor in the white of an egg?</b><br>The "white of an egg" is a metaphor for something insipid and lacking substance. In Job's context, it underscores the futility and emptiness of his friends' counsel. The egg white, being bland, parallels the ineffective and unsatisfying nature of their advice. This phrase highlights the need for wisdom and discernment in offering support to those in distress. The comparison to tasteless food emphasizes the importance of depth and sincerity in relationships, echoing themes found in Proverbs about the value of wise counsel (<a href="/proverbs/27-9.htm">Proverbs 27:9</a>).<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/j/job.htm">Job</a></b><br>The central figure in the Book of Job, a man of great faith and integrity who undergoes severe trials and suffering. In this chapter, Job is responding to his friend Eliphaz, expressing his anguish and frustration.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/e/eliphaz.htm">Eliphaz</a></b><br>One of Job's three friends who comes to comfort him but ends up accusing Job of wrongdoing. Eliphaz's earlier speech prompts Job's response in this chapter.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/u/uz.htm">Uz</a></b><br>The land where Job lived, often associated with the region east of Israel. It serves as the setting for the events of the Book of Job.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/t/the_necessity_of_spiritual_nourishment.htm">The Necessity of Spiritual Nourishment</a></b><br>Just as food requires salt to be palatable, our spiritual lives require the "salt" of God's Word and presence to be fulfilling and meaningful.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/e/expressing_honest_emotions.htm">Expressing Honest Emotions</a></b><br>Job's candid expression of his feelings teaches us the importance of being honest with God about our struggles and frustrations.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_role_of_friends_in_suffering.htm">The Role of Friends in Suffering</a></b><br>Job's interaction with Eliphaz highlights the need for sensitivity and understanding when supporting others in their trials.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/f/finding_meaning_in_suffering.htm">Finding Meaning in Suffering</a></b><br>Job's metaphor of tasteless food can symbolize the search for meaning in suffering, encouraging us to seek God's purpose and comfort in difficult times.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_power_of_words.htm">The Power of Words</a></b><br>The metaphor of salt can remind us of the impact our words have on others, urging us to speak with grace and truth.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_job_6.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Job 6</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_does_job_12_6_align_with_wicked's_fate.htm">In Job 12:6, how does the idea that 'the tents of robbers are at peace' harmonize with other scriptures that insist the wicked are eventually punished?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/is_job_6_15-17's_stream_imagery_factual.htm">In Job 6:15-17, is the depiction of streams that vanish into heat historically or archaeologically supported in the relevant region?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_do_divine_arrows_explain_job's_suffering.htm">In Job 6:4, how could divine arrows filled with poison be reconciled with any natural or historical cause of Job's suffering?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_no_proof_of_job's_wrongdoing.htm">In Job 6:24-25, why is it that neither God nor anyone else presents undeniable evidence of Job's alleged wrongdoing if his punishment is just?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/job/6.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 6.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">Can that which is unsavoury be eaten without salt?</span> or, <span class="accented">that which is insipid.</span> 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; <span class="accented">i.e.</span> of the treatment which he has received. Either explanation produces good sense; but perhaps the former is the more natural<span class="cmt_word">. Or is there any taste in the white of an egg?</span> 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. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/job/6-6.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">Is tasteless food</span><br /><span class="heb">תָּ֭פֵל</span> <span class="translit">(tā·p̄êl)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adjective - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8602.htm">Strong's 8602: </a> </span><span class="str2">Plaster, slime, frivolity</span><br /><br /><span class="word">eaten</span><br /><span class="heb">הֲיֵאָכֵ֣ל</span> <span class="translit">(hă·yê·’ā·ḵêl)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Nifal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_398.htm">Strong's 398: </a> </span><span class="str2">To eat</span><br /><br /><span class="word">without</span><br /><span class="heb">מִבְּלִי־</span> <span class="translit">(mib·bə·lî-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-m | Adverb<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1097.htm">Strong's 1097: </a> </span><span class="str2">Failure, nothing, destruction, without, not yet, because not, as long as</span><br /><br /><span class="word">salt,</span><br /><span class="heb">מֶ֑לַח</span> <span class="translit">(me·laḥ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4417.htm">Strong's 4417: </a> </span><span class="str2">Powder, salt</span><br /><br /><span class="word">or</span><br /><span class="heb">אִם־</span> <span class="translit">(’im-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunction<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_518.htm">Strong's 518: </a> </span><span class="str2">Lo!, whether?, if, although, Oh that!, when, not</span><br /><br /><span class="word">is there</span><br /><span class="heb">יֶשׁ־</span> <span class="translit">(yeš-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adverb<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3426.htm">Strong's 3426: </a> </span><span class="str2">Being, substance, existence, is</span><br /><br /><span class="word">flavor</span><br /><span class="heb">טַ֝֗עַם</span> <span class="translit">(ṭa·‘am)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2940.htm">Strong's 2940: </a> </span><span class="str2">A taste, perception, intelligence, a mandate</span><br /><br /><span class="word">in the white</span><br /><span class="heb">בְּרִ֣יר</span> <span class="translit">(bə·rîr)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7388.htm">Strong's 7388: </a> </span><span class="str2">To flow (like slime)</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of an egg?</span><br /><span class="heb">חַלָּמֽוּת׃</span> <span class="translit">(ḥal·lā·mūṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2495.htm">Strong's 2495: </a> </span><span class="str2">(a plant), probably a purslane</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/job/6-6.htm">Job 6:6 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/job/6-6.htm">Job 6:6 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/job/6-6.htm">Job 6:6 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/job/6-6.htm">Job 6:6 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/job/6-6.htm">Job 6:6 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/job/6-6.htm">Job 6:6 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/job/6-6.htm">Job 6:6 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/job/6-6.htm">Job 6:6 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/job/6-6.htm">Job 6:6 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/job/6-6.htm">Job 6:6 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/job/6-6.htm">OT Poetry: Job 6:6 Can that which has no flavor be (Jb) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/job/6-5.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Job 6:5"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Job 6:5" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/job/6-7.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Job 6:7"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Job 6:7" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>