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Job 13:4
4You, however, smear me with lies; you are worthless physicians, all of you!
Job 13:4 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)But ye are forgers of lies, ye are all physicians of no value.
- 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.
- New Living Translation (NLT)As for you, you smear me with lies. As physicians, you are worthless quacks.
Context of Job 13:4
2What you know, I also know; I am not inferior to you. 3But I desire to speak to the Almighty and to argue my case with God. You, however, smear me with lies; you are worthless physicians, all of you! 5If only you would be altogether silent! For you, that would be wisdom. 6Hear now my argument; listen to the pleas of my lips.
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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 4:7“Consider now: Who, being innocent, has ever perished? Where were the upright ever destroyed?
- Job 5:1“Call if you will, but who will answer you? To which of the holy ones will you turn?
- Job 8:3Does God pervert justice? Does the Almighty pervert what is right?
- Job 18:5“The lamp of a wicked man is snuffed out; the flame of his fire stops burning.
- Job 21:27“I know full well what you are thinking, the schemes by which you would wrong me.
- Job 22:6You demanded security from your relatives for no reason; you stripped people of their clothing, leaving them naked.
- Exodus 20:16“You shall not give false testimony against your neighbor.
- Psalms 119:69Though the arrogant have smeared me with lies, I keep your precepts with all my heart.
- Job 6:21Now you too have proved to be of no help; you see something dreadful and are afraid.
- Job 16:2“I have heard many things like these; you are miserable comforters, all of you!
- Jeremiah 6:14They dress the wound of my people as though it were not serious. ‘Peace, peace,’ they say, when there is no peace.
- Jeremiah 8:22Is there no balm in Gilead? Is there no physician there? Why then is there no healing for the wound of my people?
- Jeremiah 30:13There is no one to plead your cause, no remedy for your sore, no healing for you.
- Jeremiah 46:11“Go up to Gilead and get balm, Virgin Daughter Egypt. But you try many medicines in vain; there is no healing for you.
- Ezekiel 34:4You have not strengthened the weak or healed the sick or bound up the injured. You have not brought back the strays or searched for the lost. You have ruled them harshly and brutally.
- Hosea 5:13“When Ephraim saw his sickness, and Judah his sores, then Ephraim turned to Assyria, and sent to the great king for help. But he is not able to cure you, not able to heal your sores.
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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