JOB 6:6 Parallel View

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OET (OET-RV) Do people eat tasteless food without adding salt,
 ⇔ ≈or enjoy the taste of purslane leaves by itself?

Key: yellow:verbs.
Note: Automatic aligning of the OET-RV to the LV is done by some temporary software, hence the OET-RV alignments are incomplete (and may occasionally be wrong).

ULT Will the unsavory be eaten without salt?
⇔ If there is taste in the white of an egg?

UST People use salt to help them eat food that has little taste.
⇔ People do that with the white of an egg, for example.
 ⇔ I have been saying how I feel in order to help me deal with my situation.

BSB Is tasteless food eaten without salt,
⇔ or is there flavor in the white of an egg [fn]?

6:6 Or in the sap of the mallow plant

OEB Can a man eat that which is tasteless and saltless?
⇔ Is there any taste in the slime of the yolk?

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

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

LSV Is an insipid thing eaten without salt? Is there sense in the drivel of dreams?

FBV Can something that's tasteless be eaten without salt? Is there any taste in the white of an egg?

T4T People complain [RHQ] when they must eat food which has no salt
⇔ or other tasteless food [MET],
 ⇔ and that is what your words are like, Eliphaz.

LEB • food be eaten without[fn] salt,or is there taste in the white of a marshmallow plant?

?:? Hebrew “from without”

BBE Will a man take food which has no taste without salt? or is there any taste in the soft substance of purslain?

MOF No MOF JOB book available

JPS Can that which hath no savour be eaten without salt? or is there any taste in the juice of mallows?

ASV Can that which hath no savor be eaten without salt?
 ⇔ Or is there any taste in the white of an egg?

DRA Or can an unsavoury thing be eaten, that is not seasoned with salt? or can a man taste that which when tasted bringeth death?

YLT Eaten is an insipid thing without salt? Is there sense in the drivel of dreams?

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

RV Can that which hath no savour be eaten without salt? or is there any taste in the white of an egg?

WBS Can that which is unsavory be eaten without salt? or is there any taste in the white of an egg?

KJB Can that which is unsavoury be eaten without salt? or is there any taste in the white of an egg?
(Can that which is unsavoury be eaten without salt? or is there any taste in the white of an egg? )

BB That which is vnsauerie, shall it be eaten without salt? or is there any taste in the whyte of an egge?
(That which is unsavoury, shall it be eaten without salt? or is there any taste in the white of an egge?)

GNV That which is vnsauerie, shall it be eaten without salt? or is there any taste in the white of an egge?
(That which is unsavoury, shall it be eaten without salt? or is there any taste in the white of an egge? )

CB Maye a thynge be eaten vnseasoned, or without salt? What taist hath ye whyte within the yoke an egg?
(May a thinge be eaten unseasoned, or without salt? What taste hath/has ye/you_all white within the yoke an egg?)

WYC Ether whethir a thing vnsauery may be etun, which is not maad sauery bi salt? Ether whether ony man may taaste a thing, which tastid bryngith deeth? For whi to an hungri soule, yhe, bittir thingis semen to be swete; tho thingis whiche my soule nolde touche bifore, ben now my meetis for angwisch.
(Ether whether a thing unsauery may be etun, which is not made savoury by salt? Ether whether any man may taaste a thing, which tastid bryngith death? For why to an hungri soule, yea/yes, bittir things seem to be swete; tho things which my soule nolde touch before, been now my meetis for angwisch.)

LUT Kann man auch essen, das ungesalzen ist? Oder wer mag kosten das Weiße um den Dotter?
(Kann man also eat, the ungesalzen ist? Oder wer like kosten the Weiße around/by/for the Dotter?)

CLV aut poterit comedi insulsum, quod non est sale conditum? aut potest aliquis gustare quod gustatum affert mortem?[fn]
(aut poterit comedi insulsum, that not/no it_is sale conditum? aut potest aliwho/any gustare that gustatum affert mortem?)

6.6 Aut poterit comedi insulsum. Sal est virtus occultæ intelligentiæ, etc., usque ad convertendo esuriens recepit. Ibid. Ille desiderat stateram, nos jam per fidem ejus vivimus; sed tamen pro purgatione sagittas ejus patimur, et terrore futuri timemus. Sed quia filii sumus, non debemus timere ut Dominum, sed diligere ut Patrem, et ad eum anhelare, ubi cibo, id est, æternitate ejus pascamur, pro quo modo rugimus, unde: Nunquid rugiet onager. Ibid. Onager, est populus qui, etc., usque ad etiam ab hujusmodi verbis se separant, et hoc est: Aut poterit comedi insulsum. Sed jam in alto positi, a stultis semoti, sæpe dum sola propria ad ferendum dura procurant, pro amore veritatis non sunt accincti. Aut potest aliquis gustare. GREG. Durum est petere quod cruciat, quod vitam fugat, sed sæpe cum fit in alto, ad ferenda stultorum mala se inclinat, ut eos trahat. Aucto enim desiderio cœlestium angustiatur, et præ dulcedine illorum amara sæculi non metuit. Unde, et post impossibilem mortis gustum, subdit:

6.6 Aut poterit comedi insulsum. Sal it_is virtus occultæ intelligentiæ, etc., usque to convertendo esuriens recepit. Ibid. Ille desiderat stateram, nos yam per faith his vivimus; but tamen pro purgatione sagittas his patimur, and terrore futuri timemus. Sed because children sumus, not/no debemus timere as Dominum, but diligere as Patrem, and to him anhelare, ubi cibo, id it_is, æternitate his pascamur, pro quo modo rugimus, unde: Nunquid rugiet onager. Ibid. Onager, it_is populus qui, etc., usque to also away huyusmodi verbis se separant, and hoc it_is: Aut poterit comedi insulsum. Sed yam in alto positi, a stultis semoti, sæpe dum sola propria to ferendum dura procurant, pro amore veritatis not/no are accincti. Aut potest aliwho/any gustare. GREG. Durum it_is petere that cruciat, that life fugat, but sæpe cum fit in alto, to ferenda stultorum mala se inclinat, as them trahat. Aucto because desiderio cœlestium angustiatur, and præ dulcedine illorum amara sæculi not/no metuit. Unde, and after impossibilem mortis gustum, subdit:

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

BrLXX Εἰ βρωθήσεται ἄρτος ἄνευ ἁλός; εἰ δὲ καὶ ἔστι γεῦμα ἐν ῥήμασι κενοῖς;
(Ei brōthaʸsetai artos aneu halos? ei de kai esti geuma en ɽaʸmasi kenois? )

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / rquestion

הֲ⁠יֵאָכֵ֣ל תָּ֭פֵל מִ⁠בְּלִי־מֶ֑לַח אִם־יֶשׁ־טַ֝֗עַם בְּ⁠רִ֣יר חַלָּמֽוּת

?,eaten tasteless from,without salt if is_there taste in/on/at/with,white egg

Job is using the question form for emphasis in both of these sentences. If you would not use the question form for that purpose in your language, you could translate these sentences as statements or as exclamations. Alternate translation: “The unsavory will not be eaten without salt! And there is no taste in the white of an egg!”

Note 2 topic: writing-proverbs

הֲ⁠יֵאָכֵ֣ל תָּ֭פֵל מִ⁠בְּלִי־מֶ֑לַח אִם־יֶשׁ־טַ֝֗עַם בְּ⁠רִ֣יר חַלָּמֽוּת

?,eaten tasteless from,without salt if is_there taste in/on/at/with,white egg

Job is quoting or creating a proverb, a short saying about something that is generally true in life. This proverb draws a figurative comparison: Just as it is necessary to season some foods in order to eat them, so it is necessary to talk expressively about some situations in life in order to endure them. Job has already made this point explicitly in verse 3 (“therefore my words raved”), but perhaps the connection will not be as clear in this case as in the previous verse. So you could make the connection more explicitly. Alternatively, you could translate the proverb itself in a way that would be recognized as a proverb and be meaningful in your language and culture. If people in your culture would not eat the white of an egg, in your translation you could use a food that your readers would recognize. Alternate translation: “I cannot endure these troubles without talking emotionally about them, any more than people can eat bland food without seasoning it”

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / nominaladj

הֲ⁠יֵאָכֵ֣ל תָּ֭פֵל מִ⁠בְּלִי־מֶ֑לַח

?,eaten tasteless from,without salt

Job is using the adjective unsavory, which in this context means “without flavor,” as a noun to mean a certain kind of food. Your language may use adjectives in the same way. If not, you can translate this word with an equivalent phrase. Alternate translation: “Will unsavory food be eaten without salt”

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive

הֲ⁠יֵאָכֵ֣ל תָּ֭פֵל מִ⁠בְּלִי־מֶ֑לַח

?,eaten tasteless from,without salt

If your language does not use this passive form, you could express the idea in active form or in another way that is natural in your language. Alternate translation: “Will people eat unsavory food without salt”

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom

אִם־יֶשׁ־טַ֝֗עַם בְּ⁠רִ֣יר חַלָּמֽוּת

if is_there taste in/on/at/with,white egg

Job is using the word If to introduce a question that anticipates a contrary answer. If it would be helpful to your readers, you could indicate this in your translation. Alternate translation: “There is no taste in the white of an egg, is there”

Parallel JOB 6:6