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

Morish

Context Readings

Job's Fourth Speech Continues

3 But I would speak with the Almighty, and I desired to dispute with God. 4 “But you smear with lies;
You are all worthless physicians.
5 O that ye would altogether be silent! And it would be unto you instead of wisdom.

Cross References

Psalm 119:69

The proud have forged a lie against me, but I will keep thy precepts with my whole heart.

Job 16:2

Many times I have heard such things; miserable comforters are ye all.

Exodus 20:16

Thou shalt not give false testimony against thy neighbour.

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 shall be anyone to answer thee; and if there shall be any of the saints for thee to look unto?

Job 6:21

Now ye are certainly as they; ye have seen the torment and are afraid.

Job 8:3-4

Shall God pervert that which is right or shall the Almighty pervert justice?

Job 18:5-21

The light of the wicked shall certainly be put out, and the spark of his fire shall not shine.

Job 21:27-34

Behold, I know your thoughts and the imaginations which ye devise against me.

Job 22:6-30

For thou didst take a pledge from thy brother without cause and stripped the naked of their clothing.

Jeremiah 6:14

They treat also the destruction of the daughter of my people lightly, saying, Peace, peace; when there is no peace.

Jeremiah 8:22

Is there no balm in Gilead; is there no physician there? Why then was there no medicine for the daughter of my people?

Jeremiah 23:32

Behold, I am against those that prophesy false dreams, saith the LORD, and did tell them, and caused my people to err by their lies, and by their flattery; yet I did not send them, nor command them; and they did not profit this people at all, said the LORD.

Jeremiah 30:13

There is no one to judge thy cause unto health; there is no cure, nor are there any medicines for thee.

Jeremiah 46:11

Go up into Gilead, and take balm, O virgin, the daughter of Egypt: in vain shalt thou use many medicines; for there is no cure for thee.

Ezekiel 34:4

Ye have not strengthened the weak, neither have ye healed that which was sick, neither have ye bound up that which was broken, neither have ye brought again that which was driven away, neither have ye sought that which was lost; but with force and with cruelty ye have ruled them;

Hosea 5:13

And Ephraim shall see his sickness and Judah his wound; then Ephraim shall go to the Assyrian and shall send to King Jareb; yet he shall not be able to heal you, nor cure you of your wound.

Mark 2:17

When Jesus heard it, he said unto them, They that are whole have no need of the physician, but they that are sick; I came not to call the righteous, but the sinners to repentance.

Mark 5:26

and had suffered many things of many physicians and had spent all that she had and was nothing bettered, but rather grew worse;

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