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Job 13:4
4What you say about me is only lies. You would be useless as doctors.
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
2I know as much as you do. You are no better than I am. 3But I want to speak to the Almighty God. I need to show him that I am right. What you say about me is only lies. You would be useless as doctors. 5It would be better if you said nothing. That would be a wise thing for you to do. 6Listen now to what I have to say. Listen carefully to the words that I speak.
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וְֽאוּלָ֗ם אַתֶּ֥ם טֹֽפְלֵי־שָׁ֑קֶר רֹפְאֵ֖י אֱלִ֣ל כֻּלְּכֶֽם׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Job 13:4
- Job 4:7Think about this: People who are not guilty of sin do not suddenly die. God does not destroy people who do good things.
- Job 5:1‘Shout for help, Job! But no one will answer you. None of the angels will come to help you.
- Job 8:3Surely you know that God is fair. The Almighty God never changes right things into wrong things.
- Job 18:5The light of a wicked person's life will stop shining. His fire will no longer burn brightly.
- Job 21:27I know what you are thinking. You want to show that I am guilty.
- Job 22:6You took things from your friends when you lent money to them. You had no reason to do that. You even took away the only clothes that poor people were wearing.
- Exodus 20:16You must not say false things against your neighbour.
- Psalms 119:69Proud people have told many lies against me, but I love to obey your rules.
- Job 6:21My friends, you have become like those streams. You see my great problem, and you are afraid.
- Job 16:2‘I have heard all these things before. You are not making my troubles any better. You are making them worse!
- Jeremiah 6:14They tell my people that their wounds are not bad. They say to them, “No problem! You will have peace!” But there will be no peace for my people.
- Jeremiah 8:22Surely there is a medicine in Gilead. There is a doctor there who can make my dear people better. But my people are still ill. Why are they not better?
- Jeremiah 30:13There is no one who will speak on your behalf. There is no medicine that can make you well.
- Jeremiah 46:11Dear people of Egypt, go to Gilead and find medicine to make you well. But that will not help you. There is no medicine that will make you better.
- Ezekiel 34:4You have not helped the weak sheep to be strong. You have not made the sick sheep well. Nor have you covered their wounds. You have not looked for lost sheep and brought them back. Instead, you have ruled my people in a cruel way.
- Hosea 5:13Ephraim's people knew that they were not well. Judah's people knew that they had wounds. Ephraim's leaders expected Assyria to help them. They asked Assyria's great king for help. But he is not able to make you well. He cannot make your wounds better.
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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