Can that which is unsavoury be eaten
without salt? or is there [any] taste in the white of an egg?
BSB
Is tasteless food eaten without salt, or is there flavor 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?
YLT
Eaten is an insipid thing without salt? Is there sense in the drivel of dreams?
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⁶Is tasteless food eaten without salt,
or is there flavor in the white of an egg?ᵇ
Footnotes:
⁶ᵇ White of an egg: Likely refers to the tasteless, slimy white of an egg or possibly the sap of a plant – both representing something bland and unpalatable, like Job’s current experience of life.