Jeremiah 8:22
20 The harvest is past, the summer is ended, and we are not saved.
21 For the hurt of the daughter of my people am I hurt; I am black; astonishment hath taken hold on me.
Is there no balm in Gilead; is there no physician there? why then is not the health of the daughter of my people recovered?
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- Is there no balm in Gilead? Is no physician there? Why then has the health of the daughter of my people not been restored?
- KJV
- Is there no balm in Gilead; is there no physician there? why then is not the health of the daughter of my people recovered?
- WEB
- Is there no balm in Gilead? Is there no physician there? Why then isn’t the health of the daughter of my people recovered?
- ASV
- Is there no balm in Gilead? is there no physician there? why then is not the health of the daughter of my people recovered?
- DARBY
- Is there no balm in Gilead? is there no physician there? Why then is there no dressing applied for the healing of the daughter of my people?
- BLB
- [Is] no balm in Gilead? Is a healer not there? Then why [does] not go up the health of the daughter of my people?
- ÅB
- Er det da ingen balsam i Gilead? Eller er det ingen lege der? Hvorfor er det ikke lagt forbinding på mitt folks datter?
- OTB
- Er det ingen balsam i Gilead? Er det ingen lege der? Hvorfor er det da ingen helbredelse for mitt folks datters sår?
- B1930
- Er det da ingen balsam i Gilead? Eller er det ingen læge der? Hvorfor er det ikke lagt forbinding på mitt folks datter?
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Jeremiah 46:11
Go up into Gilead, and take balm, O virgin, the daughter of Egypt: in vain shalt thou use many medicines; for thou shalt not be cured.
Read in contextGenesis 37:25
And they sat down to eat bread: and they lifted up their eyes and looked, and, behold, a company of Ishmeelites came from Gilead with their camels bearing spicery and balm and myrrh, going to carry it down to Egypt.
Read in contextJeremiah 51:8
Babylon is suddenly fallen and destroyed: howl for her; take balm for her pain, if so be she may be healed.
Read in contextJeremiah 30:12–17
For thus saith the LORD, Thy bruise is incurable, and thy wound is grievous.
Read in contextLuke 8:43
And a woman having an issue of blood twelve years, which had spent all her living upon physicians, neither could be healed of any,
Read in contextLuke 5:31–32
And Jesus answering said unto them, They that are whole need not a physician; but they that are sick.
Read in contextGenesis 43:11
And their father Israel said unto them, If it must be so now, do this; take of the best fruits in the land in your vessels, and carry down the man a present, a little balm, and a little honey, spices, and myrrh, nuts, and almonds:
Read in contextMatthew 9:11–12
And when the Pharisees saw it, they said unto his disciples, Why eateth your Master with publicans and sinners?
Read in context