Job 6:6
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“Is tasteless food eaten without salt, or is there flavor in the white of an egg?”
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“Is tasteless food eaten without salt, or is there flavor in the white of an egg?”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“Can that which is unsavoury be eaten without salt? or is there any taste in the white of an egg?”
King James Version · Public Domain“Can that which hath no savor be eaten without salt? Or is there any taste in the white of an egg?”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“Eaten is an insipid thing without salt? Is there sense in the drivel of dreams?”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Job 6:6 — 10 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- 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.
- Job 6:25How painful are honest words! But what does your argument prove?
- Job 6:30Is there iniquity on my tongue? Can my mouth not discern malice?
- Job 12:11Does not the ear test words as the tongue tastes its food?
- Job 16:2“I have heard many things like these; miserable comforters are you all.
- Job 34:3For the ear tests words as the mouth tastes food.
- Psalms 119:103How sweet are Your words to my taste— sweeter than honey in my mouth!
- Luke 14:34Salt is good, but if the salt loses its savor, with what will it be seasoned?
- Colossians 4:6Let your speech always be gracious, seasoned with salt, so that you may know how to answer everyone.
- Hebrews 6:4It is impossible for those who have once been enlightened, who have tasted the heavenly gift, who have shared in the Holy Spirit,
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