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Job 13:4
4You, however, smear me with lies; you are worthless doctors—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.
- 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. 3Still, I desire to speak to Shaddai and to argue my case with God. You, however, smear me with lies; you are worthless doctors—all of you! 5If only you would keep completely silent! For you, that would be wisdom. 6Hear now my argument; listen to the contentions 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 4:7Reflect now: Who, being innocent, ever perished? And where were the upright destroyed?
- Job 5:1“Cry out now! Will anyone answer you? To which of the holy ones will you turn?
- Job 8:3Does God pervert justice? Does Shaddai pervert justice?
- Job 18:5Indeed, the light of the wicked is snuffed out; the flame of his fire does not shine.
- Job 21:27“Behold, I know your thoughts, the schemes by which you wrong me.
- Job 22:6For you took pledges from your brothers for no reason; you stripped the naked of their clothing.
- Exodus 20:16“Do not bear false witness against your neighbor.
- Psalms 119:69Though the proud smeared a lie on me, with all my heart I keep Your precepts.
- Job 6:21“Indeed, now you have become nothing; you see a terror and are afraid.
- Job 16:2“I have heard many things like these; you are miserable comforters, all of you!
- Jeremiah 6:14They healed the wound of My people superficially, saying ‘Shalom, shalom!’ when there is no shalom.”
- Jeremiah 8:22Is there no balm in Gilead? Is there no physician there? Then why has no healing gone up for the daughter of my people?
- Jeremiah 30:13No one pleads your cause, for there is no remedy for your wound, no healing for you.
- Jeremiah 46:11Go up into Gilead and get balm, O virgin daughter of Egypt. In vain you use many medicines— there is no cure for you.
- Ezekiel 34:4You do not strengthen the weak, heal the sick, bind up the broken, bring back the stray or seek the lost. Instead, you have ruled over them with force and cruelty.
- Hosea 5:13When Ephraim saw his sickness and Judah his wound, Ephraim went to Assyria and sent envoys to a warring king. But he cannot heal you nor will he 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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