Job 13:4
2 What you know, I also know; I am not inferior to you.
3 Yet I desire to speak to the Almighty and argue my case before God.
You, however, smear with lies; you are all worthless physicians.
5 If only you would remain silent; for that would be your wisdom!
6 Hear now my argument, and listen to the plea of my lips.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- You, however, smear with lies; you are all worthless physicians.
- KJV
- But ye are forgers of lies, ye are all physicians of no value.
- WEB
- But you are forgers of lies. You are all physicians of no value.
- ASV
- But ye are forgers of lies; Ye are all physicians of no value.
- DARBY
- For ye indeed are forgers of lies, ye are all physicians of no value.
- BLB
- But you⁺, are plasterers of a lie, worthless physicians all of you⁺.
- ÅB
- Men dere spinner løgn sammen, dere er alle dårlige leger.
- OTB
- Men dere dekker meg med løgner;
Dere er alle ineffektive leger. - B1930
- Men I spinner løgn sammen, I er alle dårlige læger.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Psalms 119:69
Though the arrogant have smeared me with lies, I keep Your precepts with all my heart.
Read in contextJob 16:2
“I have heard many things like these; miserable comforters are you all.
Read in contextJeremiah 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.
Read in contextJeremiah 6:14
They dress the wound of My people with very little care, saying, ‘Peace, peace,’ when there is no peace at all.
Read in contextMark 5:26
She had borne much agony under the care of many physicians and had spent all she had, but to no avail. Instead, her condition had only grown worse.
Read in contextJeremiah 8:22
Is there no balm in Gilead? Is no physician there? Why then has the health of the daughter of my people not been restored?
Read in contextHosea 5:13
When Ephraim saw his sickness and Judah his wound, then Ephraim turned to Assyria and sent to the great king. But he cannot cure you or heal your wound.
Read in contextJeremiah 30:13
There is no one to plead your cause, no remedy for your sores, no recovery for you.
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