Parallel Verses

New American Standard Bible

“But you smear with lies;
You are all worthless physicians.

King James Version

But ye are forgers of lies, ye are all physicians of no value.

Holman Bible

But you coat the truth with lies;
you are all worthless doctors.

International Standard Version

"But as for you, you whitewash with lies; all of you are worthless quacks.

A Conservative Version

But ye are forgers of lies. Ye are all physicians of no value.

American Standard Version

But ye are forgers of lies; Ye are all physicians of no value.

Amplified


“But you smear me with lies [you defame my character most untruthfully];
You are all worthless physicians and have no remedy to offer.

Bible in Basic English

But you put a false face on things; all your attempts to put things right are of no value.

Darby Translation

For ye indeed are forgers of lies, ye are all physicians of no value.

Julia Smith Translation

And on the contrary, ye devise falsehood; physicians all of you for nothing.

King James 2000

But you are forgers of lies, you are all physicians of no value.

Lexham Expanded Bible

"But you {whitewash with lies}; all of you [are] {worthless healers}.

Modern King James verseion

But you are imputers of lies; you are all worthless healers.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

As for you, ye are workmasters of lies, and unprofitable physicians altogether.

NET Bible

But you, however, are inventors of lies; all of you are worthless physicians!

New Heart English Bible

But you are forgers of lies. You are all physicians of no value.

The Emphasized Bible

For, in truth, ye, do besmear with falsehood, Worthless physicians, all of you!

Webster

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.

Youngs Literal Translation

And yet, ye are forgers of falsehood, Physicians of nought -- all of you,

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
But
אוּלם 
'uwlam 
Usage: 18

טפל 
Taphal 
Usage: 3

of lies
שׁקר 
Sheqer 
Usage: 113

רפה רפא 
Rapha' 
Usage: 68

References

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Context Readings

Job's Fourth Speech Continues

3 “But I would speak to the Almighty,
And I desire to argue with God.
4 “But you smear with lies;
You are all worthless physicians.
5 “O that you would be completely silent,
And that it would become your wisdom!


Cross References

Psalm 119:69

The arrogant have forged a lie against me;
With all my heart I will observe Your precepts.

Job 16:2

“I have heard many such things;
Sorry comforters are you all.

Exodus 20:16

You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.

Job 4:7-11

“Remember now, who ever perished being innocent?
Or where were the upright destroyed?

Job 5:1-5

“Call now, is there anyone who will answer you?
And to which of the holy ones will you turn?

Job 6:21

“Indeed, you have now become such,
You see a terror and are afraid.

Job 8:3-4

“Does God pervert justice?
Or does the Almighty pervert what is right?

Job 18:5-21

“Indeed, the light of the wicked goes out,
And the flame of his fire gives no light.

Job 21:27-34

“Behold, I know your thoughts,
And the plans by which you would wrong me.

Job 22:6-30

“For you have taken pledges of your brothers without cause,
And stripped men naked.

Jeremiah 6:14

“They have healed the brokenness of My people superficially,
Saying, ‘Peace, peace,’
But there is no peace.

Jeremiah 8:22

Is there no balm in Gilead?
Is there no physician there?
Why then has not the health of the daughter of my people been restored?

Jeremiah 23:32

Behold, I am against those who have prophesied false dreams,” declares the Lord, “and related them and led My people astray by their falsehoods and reckless boasting; yet I did not send them or command them, nor do they furnish this people the slightest benefit,” declares the Lord.

Jeremiah 30:13

‘There is no one to plead your cause;
No healing for your sore,
No recovery for you.

Jeremiah 46:11

Go up to Gilead and obtain balm,
O virgin daughter of Egypt!
In vain have you multiplied remedies;
There is no healing for you.

Ezekiel 34:4

Those who are sickly you have not strengthened, the diseased you have not healed, the broken you have not bound up, the scattered you have not brought back, nor have you sought for the lost; but with force and with severity you have dominated them.

Hosea 5:13

When Ephraim saw his sickness,
And Judah his wound,
Then Ephraim went to Assyria
And sent to King Jareb.
But he is unable to heal you,
Or to cure you of your wound.

Mark 2:17

And hearing this, Jesus *said to them, It is not those who are healthy who need a physician, but those who are sick; I did not come to call the righteous, but sinners.”

Mark 5:26

and had endured much at the hands of many physicians, and had spent all that she had and was not helped at all, but rather had grown worse—

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