Parallel Verses

Amplified


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

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.

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

Morish

Context Readings

Job's Fourth Speech Continues

3
“But I wish to speak to the Almighty,
And I desire to argue with God.
4 
“But you smear me with lies [you defame my character most untruthfully];
You are all worthless physicians and have no remedy to offer.
5
“Oh, that you would be completely silent,
And that silence would be your wisdom!


Cross References

Psalm 119:69


The arrogant have forged a lie against me,
But I will keep Your precepts with all my heart.

Job 16:2


“I have heard many such things;
Wearisome and miserable comforters are you all.

Exodus 20:16

“You shall not testify falsely [that is, lie, withhold, or manipulate the truth] against your neighbor (any person).

Job 4:7-11


“Remember now, who, being innocent, ever perished?
Or where [and in what circumstances] were those upright and in right standing with God destroyed?

Job 5:1-5

“Call now —is there anyone who will answer you?
And to which of the holy ones (angels) will you turn?

Job 6:21


“Indeed, you have now become like a dried-up stream,
You see a terror [believing me to be a victim of the wrath of God] and are afraid [to be compassionate].

Job 8:3-4


“Does God pervert justice?
Or does the Almighty pervert righteousness?

Job 18:5-21


“Indeed, the light of the wicked will be put out,
And the flame of his fire will not shine.

Job 21:27-34


“Behold, I know your thoughts,
And the plots 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 treated superficially the [bloody] broken wound of My people,
Saying, ‘Peace, peace,’
When there is no peace.

Jeremiah 8:22


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

Jeremiah 23:32

Hear this, I am against those who have prophesied false and made-up dreams,” says the Lord, “and have told them and have made My people err and go astray by their lies and by their reckless boasting; yet I did not send them or command them nor do they benefit and enhance [the life of] these people in the slightest way,” says the Lord.

Jeremiah 30:13


‘There is no one to plead your cause;
No [device to close and allow the] healing of your wound,
No recovery for you.

Jeremiah 46:11


Go up to Gilead and obtain [healing] balm,
O Virgin Daughter of Egypt!
In vain you use many medicines;
For you there is no healing or remedy.

Ezekiel 34:4

You have not strengthened those who are weak, you have not healed the sick, you have not bandaged the crippled, you have not brought back those gone astray, you have not looked for the lost; but you have ruled them with force and violence.

Hosea 5:13


When Ephraim saw his sickness,
And Judah his wound,
Then Ephraim went to Assyria [instead of the Lord]
And sent to [Assyria’s] great King Jareb [for help].
But he cannot heal you
Nor will he cure you of your wound [received in judgment].

Mark 2:17

When Jesus heard this, He said to them, “Those who are healthy have no need of a physician, but [only] those who are sick; I did not come to call the righteous, but sinners [who recognize their sin and humbly seek forgiveness].”

Mark 5:26

and had endured much [suffering] at the hands of many physicians. She had spent all that she had and was not helped at all, but instead had become worse.

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