Parallel Verses
Amplified
“Can something that has no taste to it be eaten without salt?
Or is there any flavor in the white of an egg?
New American Standard Bible
Or is there any taste in the
King James Version
Can that which is unsavoury be eaten without salt? or is there any taste in the white of an egg?
Holman Bible
Is there flavor in an egg white?
International Standard Version
Tasteless food isn't eaten without salt, is it? Is there any taste in an egg white?
A Conservative Version
Can that which has no savor be eaten without salt? Or is there any taste in the white of an egg?
American Standard Version
Can that which hath no savor be eaten without salt? Or is there any taste in the white of an egg?
Bible in Basic English
Will a man take food which has no taste without salt? or is there any taste in the soft substance of purslain?
Darby Translation
Shall that which is insipid be eaten without salt? Is there any taste in the white of an egg?
Julia Smith Translation
Shall that unseasoned be eaten without salt? if there is taste in purslain slime?
King James 2000
Can that which is tasteless be eaten without salt? or is there any taste in the white of an egg?
Lexham Expanded Bible
Can tasteless [food] be eaten without salt, or is there taste in the white of a marshmallow plant?
Modern King James verseion
Can that which has no taste be eaten without salt? Or is there taste in the white of an egg?
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
That which is unsavory, shalt it be eaten without salt, or is there any taste 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 Heart English Bible
Can that which has no flavor be eaten without salt? Or is there any taste in the white of an egg?
The Emphasized Bible
Can that which hath no savour be eaten without salt? Or is there any taste in the white of an egg?
Webster
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?
Youngs Literal Translation
Eaten is an insipid thing without salt? Is there sense in the drivel of dreams?
Interlinear
Ta`am
Word Count of 20 Translations in Job 6:6
Verse Info
Context Readings
Job's Second Speech: A Response To Eliphaz
5
“Does the wild donkey bray when he has grass?
Or does the ox low over his fodder?
“Can something that has no taste to it be eaten without salt?
Or is there any flavor in the white of an egg?
“My soul refuses to touch them;
Such things are like loathsome food to me [sickening and repugnant].
Cross References
Leviticus 2:13
You shall season every grain offering with salt so that the salt (preservation) of the covenant of your God will not be missing from your grain offering. You shall offer salt with all your offerings.
Colossians 4:6
Let your speech at all times be gracious and pleasant, seasoned with salt, so that you will know how to answer each one [who questions you].
Job 6:25
“How painful are words of honesty.
But what does your argument prove?
Job 6:30
“Is there injustice or malice on my tongue?
Can my palate not discern what is destructive?
Job 12:11
“Does the ear not put words to the test,
Just as the palate tastes its food [distinguishing between the desirable and the undesirable]?
Job 16:2
“I have heard many such things;
Wearisome and miserable comforters are you all.
Job 34:3
“For the ear puts words to the test
As the palate tastes food.
Psalm 119:103
How sweet are Your words to my taste,
Sweeter than honey to my mouth!
Luke 14:34
Hebrews 6:4-5
For [it is impossible to restore to repentance] those who have once been enlightened [spiritually] and who have