New King James Version
Job 13:4
4But you forgers of lies, You are all 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 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 would speak to the Almighty, And I desire to reason with God. But you forgers of lies, You are all worthless physicians. 5Oh, that you would be silent, And it would be your wisdom! 6Now hear my reasoning, And heed the pleadings 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“Remember now, who ever perished being innocent? Or where were the upright ever cut off?
- Job 5:1“Call out now; Is there anyone who will answer you? And to which of the holy ones will you turn?
- Job 8:3Does God subvert judgment? Or does the Almighty pervert justice?
- Job 18:5“The light of the wicked indeed goes out, And the flame of his fire does not shine.
- Job 21:27“Look, I know your thoughts, And the schemes with which you would wrong me.
- Job 22:6For you have taken pledges from your brother for no reason, And stripped the naked of their clothing.
- Exodus 20:16“You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.
- Psalms 119:69The proud have forged a lie against me, But I will keep Your precepts with my whole heart.
- Job 6:21For now you are nothing, You see terror and are afraid.
- Job 16:2“I have heard many such things; Miserable comforters are you all!
- Jeremiah 6:14They have also healed the hurt of My people slightly, 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 recovery For the health of the daughter of my people?
- Jeremiah 30:13There is no one to plead your cause, That you may be bound up; You have no healing medicines.
- Jeremiah 46:11“Go up to Gilead and take balm, O virgin, the daughter of Egypt; In vain you will use many medicines; You shall not be cured.
- Ezekiel 34:4The weak you have not strengthened, nor have you healed those who were sick, nor bound up the broken, nor brought back what was driven away, nor sought what was lost; but with force and cruelty you have ruled them.
- Hosea 5:13“When Ephraim saw his sickness, And Judah saw his wound, Then Ephraim went to Assyria And sent to King Jareb; Yet he cannot cure you, Nor heal you of 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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