New American Standard Bible 2020
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 would speak to the Almighty, And I desire to argue with God. But you smear me with lies; You are all worthless physicians. 5Oh that you would be completely silent, And that it would become your wisdom! 6Please hear my argument, And give your attention to the contentions of my lips.
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וְֽאוּלָ֗ם אַתֶּ֥ם טֹֽפְלֵי־שָׁ֑קֶר רֹפְאֵ֖י אֱלִ֣ל כֻּלְּכֶֽם׃Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Job 13:4
- Job 4:7“Remember now, who ever perished being innocent? Or where were the upright destroyed?
- Job 5:1“Call now, is there anyone who will answer you? And to which of the holy ones will you turn?
- Job 8:3Does God pervert justice? Or does the Almighty pervert what is right?
- Job 18:5“Indeed, the light of the wicked goes out, And the spark from his fire does not shine.
- Job 21:27“Behold, I know your thoughts, And the plots you devise against me.
- Job 22:6For you have seized pledges from your brothers without cause, And stripped people naked.
- Exodus 20:16“You shall not give false testimony against your neighbor.
- Psalms 119:69The arrogant have forged a lie against me; With all my heart I will comply with Your precepts.
- Job 6:21Indeed, you have now become such, You see terrors and are afraid.
- Job 16:2“I have heard many things like these; Miserable comforters are you all!
- Jeremiah 6:14They have healed the brokenness of My people superficially, Saying, ‘Peace, peace,’ But there is no peace.
- Jeremiah 8:22Is there no balm in Gilead? Is there no physician there? Why then has not the health of the daughter of my people been restored?
- Jeremiah 30:13There is no one to plead your cause; No healing for your sore, No recovery for you.
- Jeremiah 46:11Go up to Gilead and obtain balm, Virgin daughter of Egypt! You have used many remedies in vain; There is no healing for you.
- Ezekiel 34:4Those who are sickly you have not strengthened, the diseased you have not healed, the broken you have not bound up, the scattered you have not brought back, nor have you searched for the lost; but with force and with violence you have dominated them.
- Hosea 5:13When Ephraim saw his sickness, And Judah his sore, Ephraim then went to Assyria And sent word to King Jareb. But he is unable to heal you, Or to cure you of 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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