New English Translation
Job 13:4
4But you, however, are inventors of lies; all of you are worthless physicians!
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 know also; I am not inferior to you! 3But I wish to speak to the Almighty, and I desire to argue my case with God. But you, however, are inventors of lies; all of you are worthless physicians! 5If only you would keep completely silent! For you, that would be wisdom. 6“Listen now to my argument, and be attentive to my lips’ contentions.
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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 4:7Call to mind now: Who, being innocent, ever perished? And where were upright people ever destroyed?
- Job 5:1“Call now! Is there anyone who will answer you? 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“Yes, the lamp of the wicked is extinguished; his flame of fire does not shine.
- Job 21:27“Yes, I know what you are thinking, the schemes by which you would wrong me.
- Job 22:6“For you took pledges from your brothers for no reason, and you stripped the clothing from the naked.
- Exodus 20:16“You shall not give false testimony against your neighbor.
- Psalms 119:69Arrogant people smear my reputation with lies, but I observe your precepts with all my heart.
- Job 6:21For now you have become like these streams that are no help; you see a terror, and are afraid.
- Job 16:2“I have heard many things like these before. What miserable comforters are you all!
- Jeremiah 6:14They offer only superficial help for the harm my people have suffered. They say, ‘Everything will be all right!’ But everything is not all right!
- Jeremiah 8:22There is still medicinal ointment available in Gilead! There is still a physician there! Why then have my dear people not been restored to health?
- Jeremiah 30:13There is no one to plead your cause. There are no remedies for your wounds. There is no healing for you.
- Jeremiah 46:11Go up to Gilead and get medicinal ointment, you dear poor people of Egypt. But it will prove useless no matter how much medicine you use; there will be no healing for you.
- Ezekiel 34:4You have not strengthened the weak, healed the sick, bandaged the injured, brought back the strays, or sought the lost, but with force and harshness you have ruled over them.
- Hosea 5:13When Ephraim saw his sickness and Judah saw his wound, then Ephraim turned to Assyria, and begged its great king for help. But he will not be able to heal you! He cannot cure your wound!
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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