Bible Trivia Question

Job claims that his friends' advice has been as nourishing as what?


Tasteless food
Rotten fruit
A bitter herb
Honey

Tasteless food

Job 6:6-7 - Job uses the metaphor of tasteless food to describe the lack of value in his friends’ advice, suggesting that their words bring him no comfort or nourishment.

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