Job 13:4

Job 13:4 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)But ye are forgers of lies, ye are all physicians of no value.
• New International Version (NIV)You, however, smear me with lies; you are worthless physicians, all of you!
• English Standard Version (ESV)As for you, you whitewash with lies; worthless physicians are you all.
• New King James Version (NKJV)But you forgers of lies, You are all worthless physicians.

Context of Job 13:4

2What you know I also know; I am not inferior to you. 3“But I wish to speak to the Almighty, And I desire to argue with God. But you smear me with lies [you defame my character most untruthfully]; You are all worthless physicians and have no remedy to offer. 5Oh, that you would be completely silent, And that silence would be your wisdom! 6Please hear my argument And listen to the pleadings of my lips.

Job 13:4 word by word

וְֽאוּלָ֗ם אַתֶּ֥ם טֹֽפְלֵי־שָׁ֑קֶר רֹפְאֵ֖י אֱלִ֣ל כֻּלְּכֶֽם׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Butאוּלָם'ûlâm · butH199
• forgersטָפַלţâphal · to smearH2950
• of liesשֶׁ֫קֶרsheqer · deceptionH8267
• all physiciansרָפָאrâphâ' râphâh · to healH7495
• of no valueאֱלִיל'ĕlîyl · idolH457

Cross-references for Job 13:4

• Job 4:7“Remember now, who, being innocent, ever perished? Or where [and in what circumstances] were those upright and in right standing with God destroyed?
• Job 5:1“Call now—is there anyone who will answer you? And to which of the holy ones (angels) will you turn?
• Job 8:3Does God pervert justice? Or does the Almighty pervert righteousness?
• Job 18:5“Indeed, the light of the wicked will be put out, And the flame of his fire will not shine.
• Job 21:27“Behold, I know your thoughts, And the plots by which you would wrong me.
• Job 22:6For you have taken pledges of your brothers without cause, And stripped men naked.
• Exodus 20:16“You shall not testify falsely [that is, lie, withhold, or manipulate the truth] against your neighbor (any person).
• Psalms 119:69The arrogant have forged a lie against me, But I will keep Your precepts with all my heart.
• Job 6:21Indeed, you have now become like a dried-up stream, You see a terror [believing me to be a victim of the wrath of God] and are afraid [to be compassionate].
• Job 16:2“I have heard many such things; Wearisome and miserable comforters are you all.
• Jeremiah 6:14They have treated superficially the [bloody] broken wound of My people, Saying, ‘Peace, peace,’ When there is no peace.
• Jeremiah 8:22Is there no balm in Gilead? Is there no physician there? Why then has not the [spiritual] health of the daughter of my people been restored?
• Jeremiah 30:13There is no one to plead your cause; No [device to close and allow the] healing of your wound, No recovery for you.
• Jeremiah 46:11Go up to Gilead and obtain [healing] balm, O Virgin Daughter of Egypt! In vain you use many medicines; For you there is no healing or remedy.
• Ezekiel 34:4You have not strengthened those who are weak, you have not healed the sick, you have not bandaged the crippled, you have not brought back those gone astray, you have not looked for the lost; but you have ruled them with force and violence.
• Hosea 5:13When Ephraim saw his sickness, And Judah his wound, Then Ephraim went to Assyria [instead of the Lord] And sent to [Assyria’s] great King Jareb [for help]. But he cannot heal you Nor will he cure you of your wound [received in judgment].

Commentaries on Job 13:4

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 4Ye are forgers of lies - Ye frame deceitful arguments: ye reason sophistically, and pervert truth and justice, in order to support your cause. Physicians of no value - Ye are as feeble in your reasonings as ye are inefficient in your skill. Ye can neither heal the wound of my mind, nor the disease of my body. In ancient times every wise man professed skill in the healing art, and probably Job's friends had tried their skill on his body as well as on his…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 4But ye are forgers of lies - The word lies here seems to be used in a large sense, to denote sophisms, false accusations, errors. They maintained false positions; they did not see the exact truth in respect to the divine dealings, and to the character of Job. They maintained strenuously that Job was a hypocrite, and that God was punishing him for his sins. They maintained that God deals with people in exact accordance with their charactor in this world…Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 44. forgers of lies--literally, "artful twisters of vain speeches" [Umbreit].Read the comment

Topics related to Job 13:4

• Falsehood
• Persecution
• Physician

In the dictionaries

• Dread
• Motheaten
• Spend
• Value
• How

Commentaries on Job 13

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings