Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version You, however, smear me with lies; you are worthless physicians, all of you! New Living Translation As for you, you smear me with lies. As physicians, you are worthless quacks. English Standard Version As for you, you whitewash with lies; worthless physicians are you all. Berean Standard Bible You, however, smear with lies; you are all worthless physicians. King James Bible But ye are forgers of lies, ye are all physicians of no value. New King James Version But you forgers of lies, You are all worthless physicians. New American Standard Bible “But you smear me with lies; You are all worthless physicians. NASB 1995 “But you smear with lies; You are all worthless physicians. NASB 1977 “But you smear with lies; You are all worthless physicians. Legacy Standard Bible But you cover me with lies; You are all worthless physicians. Amplified Bible “But you smear me with lies [you defame my character most untruthfully]; You are all worthless physicians and have no remedy to offer. Christian Standard Bible You use lies like plaster; you are all worthless healers. Holman Christian Standard Bible But you coat the truth with lies; you are all worthless doctors. American Standard Version But ye are forgers of lies; Ye are all physicians of no value. Aramaic Bible in Plain English However, you are speaking falsehood, and you are healers of nothing Brenton Septuagint Translation But ye are all bad physicians, and healers of diseases. Contemporary English Version you are merely useless doctors, who treat me with lies. Douay-Rheims Bible Having first shewn that you are forgers of lies, and maintainers of perverse opinions. English Revised Version But ye are forgers of lies, ye are all physicians of no value. GOD'S WORD® Translation But you are smearing me with lies. All of you are worthless physicians. Good News Translation You cover up your ignorance with lies; you are like doctors who can't heal anyone. International Standard Version "But as for you, you whitewash with lies; all of you are worthless quacks. JPS Tanakh 1917 But ye are plasterers of lies, Ye are all physicians of no value. Literal Standard Version And yet, you [are] forgers of falsehood, | Physicians of nothing—all of you, Majority Standard Bible You, however, smear with lies; you are all worthless physicians. New American Bible But you gloss over falsehoods, you are worthless physicians, every one of you! NET Bible But you, however, are inventors of lies; all of you are worthless physicians! New Revised Standard Version As for you, you whitewash with lies; all of you are worthless physicians. New Heart English Bible But you are forgers of lies. You are all physicians of no value. Webster's Bible Translation But ye are forgers of lies, ye are all physicians of no value. World English Bible But you are forgers of lies. You are all physicians of no value. Young's Literal Translation And yet, ye are forgers of falsehood, Physicians of nought -- all of you, Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Job Reproves His Friends…3Yet I desire to speak to the Almighty and argue my case before God. 4You, however, smear with lies; you are all worthless physicians. 5If only you would remain silent; for that would be your wisdom!… Cross References Nehemiah 6:8 Then I sent him this reply: "There is nothing to these rumors you are spreading; you are inventing them in your own mind." Job 16:2 "I have heard many things like these; miserable comforters are you all. Psalm 119:69 Though the arrogant have smeared me with lies, I keep Your precepts with all my heart. Jeremiah 23:32 "Indeed," declares the LORD, "I am against those who prophesy false dreams and retell them to lead My people astray with their reckless lies. It was not I who sent them or commanded them, and they are of no benefit at all to these people," declares the LORD. Treasury of Scripture But you are forgers of lies, you are all physicians of no value. ye are forgers Job 4:7-11 Remember, I pray thee, who ever perished, being innocent? or where were the righteous cut off? … Job 5:1-5 Call now, if there be any that will answer thee; and to which of the saints wilt thou turn? … Job 8:3,4 Doth God pervert judgment? or doth the Almighty pervert justice? … physicians Job 6:21 For now ye are nothing; ye see my casting down, and are afraid. Job 16:2 I have heard many such things: miserable comforters are ye all. Jeremiah 6:14 They have healed also the hurt of the daughter of my people slightly, saying, Peace, peace; when there is no peace. Jump to Previous Attempts Face False. Falsehood However Indeed Lies Nought Physicians Plasterers Right Smear Value Whitewash WorthlessJump to Next Attempts Face False. Falsehood However Indeed Lies Nought Physicians Plasterers Right Smear Value Whitewash WorthlessJob 13 1. Job reproves his friends for partiality14. He professes his confidence in God; 19. and entreats to know his own sins, and God's purpose in afflicting him (4) Ye are forgers of lies.--He now retorts upon his friends in terms not more deferential than their own, and calls them scrapers together, or patchers up, of falsehood, and physicians who are powerless to heal, or even to understand the case. He feels that they have failed miserably and utterly to understand him.Verse 4. - But ye are forgers of lies. A harsh expression, indicating that Job was thoroughly exasperated. The lies which his friends had forged were, partly, misrepresentations of what he had said, as for example Job 11:4, but mainly statements, more or less covert, which implied that he had brought all his calamities on himself by a course of evil-doing (see Job 4:7, 8; Job 8:13, 14; Job 11:11, 14, 20). Ye are all physicians of no value. Job's friends had come to him to "comfort" him (Job 2:11), and act as physicians of his soul. But they had entirely failed to be of the least service. They had not even understood his case. Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew You,אַתֶּ֥ם (’at·tem) Pronoun - second person masculine plural Strong's 859: Thou and thee, ye and you however, וְֽאוּלָ֗ם (wə·’ū·lām) Conjunctive waw | Conjunction Strong's 199: However, on the contrary smear טֹֽפְלֵי־ (ṭō·p̄ə·lê-) Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural construct Strong's 2950: To stick on as a, patch, to impute falsely with lies; שָׁ֑קֶר (šā·qer) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 8267: Deception, disappointment, falsehood you are all כֻּלְּכֶֽם׃ (kul·lə·ḵem) Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine plural Strong's 3605: The whole, all, any, every worthless אֱלִ֣ל (’ĕ·lil) Adjective - masculine singular Strong's 457: Good for, nothing, by anal, vain, vanity, an idol physicians. רֹפְאֵ֖י (rō·p̄ə·’ê) Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural construct Strong's 7495: To mend, to cure Links Job 13:4 NIVJob 13:4 NLT Job 13:4 ESV Job 13:4 NASB Job 13:4 KJV Job 13:4 BibleApps.com Job 13:4 Biblia Paralela Job 13:4 Chinese Bible Job 13:4 French Bible Job 13:4 Catholic Bible OT Poetry: Job 13:4 But you are forgers of lies (Jb) |