Bible Trivia Question

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


A bitter herb
Tasteless food
Honey
Rotten fruit

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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