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Job 13:4
4For ye indeed are forgers of lies, ye are all physicians of no value.
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 ye know, I know also: I am not inferior to you. 3But I will speak to the Almighty, and will find pleasure in reasoning with God; For ye indeed are forgers of lies, ye are all physicians of no value. 5Oh that ye would be altogether silent! and it would be your wisdom. 6Hear now my defence, and hearken to the pleadings of my lips.
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וְֽאוּלָ֗ם אַתֶּ֥ם טֹֽפְלֵי־שָׁ֑קֶר רֹפְאֵ֖י אֱלִ֣ל כֻּלְּכֶֽם׃Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Job 13:4
- Job 4:7Remember, I pray thee, who that was innocent has perished? and where were the upright cut off?
- Job 5:1Call, I pray thee! Is there any that answereth thee? and to which of the holy ones wilt thou turn?
- Job 8:3Doth God pervert judgment, and the Almighty pervert justice?
- Job 18:5Yea, the light of the wicked shall be put out, and the flame of his fire shall not shine.
- Job 21:27Lo, I know your thoughts, and the devices ye wrongfully imagine against me.
- Job 22:6For thou hast taken a pledge of thy brother for nought, and stripped off the clothing of the naked.
- Exodus 20:16Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour.
- Psalms 119:69The proud have forged falsehood against me: I will observe thy precepts with [my] whole heart.
- Job 6:21So now ye are nothing; ye see a terrible object and are afraid.
- Job 16:2I have heard many such things: grievous comforters are ye all.
- Jeremiah 6:14And they have healed the breach of the daughter of my people lightly, saying, Peace, peace! when there is no peace.
- Jeremiah 8:22Is there no balm in Gilead? is there no physician there? Why then is there no dressing applied for the healing of the daughter of my people?
- Jeremiah 30:13There is none to plead thy cause, to bind up [thy wound]; thou hast no healing medicines.
- Jeremiah 46:11Go up to Gilead, and fetch balm, O virgin-daughter of Egypt! In vain shalt thou multiply remedies: there is no healing for thee.
- Ezekiel 34:4The weak have ye not strengthened, nor have ye healed the sick, and ye have not bound up [what was] broken, neither have ye brought again that which was driven away, neither have ye sought for that which was lost; but with harshness and with rigour have ye ruled over them.
- Hosea 5:13When Ephraim saw his sickness, and Judah his sore, then went Ephraim to the Assyrian, and sent to king Jareb; but he was unable to heal you, nor hath he removed your sore.
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
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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
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