But just like the tongue tastes food,\par the ears test the words they hear.\par
Job 6:6 - Easy To Read Version Food without salt\par doesn’t taste good.\par And the white of an egg\par doesn’t have any taste.\par Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Can that which is unsavoury be eaten without salt? Or is there any taste in the white of an egg? Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Can that which has no taste to it be eaten without salt? Or is there any flavor in the white of an egg? American Standard Version (1901) Can that which hath no savor be eaten without salt? Or is there any taste in the white of an egg? Common English Bible Is tasteless food eaten without salt, or does egg white have taste? 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? Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Or can an unsavoury thing be eaten, that is not seasoned with salt? Or can a man taste that which when tasted bringeth death? |
But just like the tongue tastes food,\par the ears test the words they hear.\par
all these things before.\par You three men give me trouble,\par not comfort.\par
Your tongue tastes the food it touches.\par And your ear tests the words it hears.\par
\{Your words are easy to say\par when nothing bad has happened.\}\par Even a wild donkey doesn’t complain\par when it has grass to eat.\par And a cow doesn’t complain\par when it has its food.\par
I refuse to touch it;\par that kind of food makes me sick!\par \{And that is what your words\par are like to me now.\}\par
You must also put salt on every grain offering you bring. You must not let the salt of God’s Agreement be missing from your grain offering. You must bring salt with all your offerings.
“You are the salt of the earth. But if the salt loses its taste, then it cannot be made salty again. Salt is good for nothing, if it loses its salty taste. It must be thrown out and people walk on it.
“Salt is a good thing. But if the salt loses its salty taste, then you can’t make it salty again.
When you talk, you should always be kind and wise. Then you will be able to answer every person in the way you should.