Job 6:6
Modern Translations
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 Study Bible
Is tasteless food eaten without salt, or is there flavor 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?

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?

Contemporary English Version
What is food without salt? What is more tasteless than 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?

GOD'S WORD® Translation
Is tasteless food eaten without salt, or is there any flavor 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?

NET Bible
Can food that is tasteless be eaten without salt? Or is there any taste in the white of an egg?
Classic Translations
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?

King James 2000 Bible
Can that which 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?

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

American King James Version
Can that which is unsavory 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?

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

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

English Revised Version
Can that which hath no savour 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?

Early Modern
Geneva Bible of 1587
That which is vnsauerie, shall it be eaten without salt? or is there any taste in the white of an egge?

Bishops' Bible of 1568
That which is vnsauerie, shall it be eaten without salt? or is there any taste in the whyte of an egge?

Coverdale Bible of 1535
Maye a thynge be eaten vnseasoned, or without salt? What taist hath ye whyte within the yoke an egg?
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
Is an insipid thing eaten without salt? Is there sense in the drivel of dreams?

Young's Literal Translation
Eaten is an insipid thing without salt? Is there sense in the drivel of dreams?

Smith's Literal Translation
Shall that unseasoned be eaten without salt? if there is taste in purslain slime?

Catholic Translations
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?

Catholic Public Domain Version
Or can one eat bland food, which is not seasoned with salt? Or can anyone taste that which, if tasted, causes death?

Translations from Aramaic
Peshitta Holy Bible Translated
Or is a tasteless thing eaten without salt, or is there flavor in the mucilage of a mallows plant?

Lamsa Bible
Or can that which is unsavory be eaten without salt? Or is there any taste in the white of an egg?

OT Translations
JPS Tanakh 1917
Can that which hath no savour be eaten without salt? Or is there any taste in the juice of mallows?

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
















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