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As physicians, you are worthless quacks.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/job/13.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />As for you, you whitewash with lies; worthless physicians are you all.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/job/13.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />You, however, smear with lies; you are all worthless physicians.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/job/13.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />But ye <i>are</i> forgers of lies, ye <i>are</i> all physicians of no value.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/job/13.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />But you forgers of lies, You <i>are</i> all worthless physicians.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/job/13.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />“But you smear <i>me</i> with lies; You are all worthless physicians.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/job/13.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />&#8220But you smear with lies; You are all worthless physicians.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/job/13.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />“But you smear with lies; You are all worthless physicians.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/job/13.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />But you cover me with lies; You are all worthless physicians.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/job/13.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />“But you smear me with lies [you defame my character most untruthfully]; You are all worthless physicians <i>and</i> have no remedy to offer.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/job/13.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />You use lies like plaster; you are all worthless healers.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/job/13.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />But you coat the truth with lies; you are all worthless doctors. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/job/13.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />But ye are forgers of lies; Ye are all physicians of no value.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/job/13.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />you are merely useless doctors, who treat me with lies. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/job/13.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />But ye are forgers of lies, ye are all physicians of no value.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/job/13.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />But you are smearing me with lies. All of you are worthless physicians.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/job/13.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />You cover up your ignorance with lies; you are like doctors who can't heal anyone. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/job/13.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />"But as for you, you whitewash with lies; all of you are worthless quacks. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/job/13.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />You, however, smear with lies; you are all worthless physicians.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/job/13.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />But you, however, are inventors of lies; all of you are worthless physicians! <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/job/13.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />But you are forgers of lies. You are all physicians of no value.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/job/13.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />But ye are forgers of lies, ye are all physicians of no value.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/job/13.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />But you are forgers of lies. You are all physicians of no value. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/job/13.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />And yet, you [are] forgers of falsehood, "" Physicians of nothing—all of you,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/job/13.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> And yet, ye are forgers of falsehood, Physicians of nought -- all of you,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/job/13.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />And on the contrary, ye devise falsehood; physicians all of you for nothing.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/job/13.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />Having first shewn that you are forgers of lies, and maintainers of perverse opinions. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/job/13.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />having first shown that you fabricate lies and cultivate perverse teachings.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/job/13.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />But you gloss over falsehoods, you are worthless physicians, every one of you! <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/job/13.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />As for you, you whitewash with lies; all of you are worthless physicians.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/job/13.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />But you are forgers of lies; you are all healers of no value.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/job/13.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />However, you are speaking falsehood, and you are healers of nothing<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/job/13.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />But ye are plasterers of lies, Ye are all physicians of no value.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/job/13.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />But ye are all bad physicians, and healers of diseases.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/job/13-4.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/XAwuD5NuZq0?start=1943" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/job/13.htm">Job Reproves His Friends</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">3</span>Yet I desire to speak to the Almighty and argue my case before God. <span class="reftext">4</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/859.htm" title="859: ’at·tem (Pro-2mp) -- You (masc. sing.). ">You,</a> <a href="/hebrew/199.htm" title="199: wə·’ū·lām (Conj) -- But, but indeed. Apparently a variation of 'uwlay; however or on the contrary.">however,</a> <a href="/hebrew/2950.htm" title="2950: ṭō·p̄ə·lê- (V-Qal-Prtcpl-mpc) -- To smear, plaster over, stick, glue. A primitive root; properly, to stick on as a patch; figuratively, to impute falsely.">smear</a> <a href="/hebrew/8267.htm" title="8267: šā·qer (N-ms) -- Deception, disappointment, falsehood. From shaqar; an untruth; by implication, a sham.">with lies;</a> <a href="/hebrew/3605.htm" title="3605: kul·lə·ḵem (N-msc:: 2mp) -- The whole, all. Or kowl; from kalal; properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every.">you are all</a> <a href="/hebrew/457.htm" title="457: ’ĕ·lil (Adj-ms) -- Insufficiency, worthlessness. Apparently from 'al; good for nothing, by anal. Vain or vanity; specifically an idol.">worthless</a> <a href="/hebrew/7495.htm" title="7495: rō·p̄ə·’ê (V-Qal-Prtcpl-mpc) -- To heal. Or raphah; a primitive root; properly, to mend, i.e. to cure.">physicians.</a> </span><span class="reftext">5</span>If only you would remain silent; for that would be your wisdom!…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/8-22.htm">Jeremiah 8:22</a></span><br />Is there no balm in Gilead? Is no physician there? Why then has the health of the daughter of my people not been restored?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/38-11.htm">Psalm 38:11</a></span><br />My beloved and friends shun my disease, and my kinsmen stand at a distance.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/1-6.htm">Isaiah 1:6</a></span><br />From the sole of your foot to the top of your head, there is no soundness—only wounds and welts and festering sores neither cleansed nor bandaged nor soothed with oil.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/30-13.htm">Jeremiah 30:13</a></span><br />There is no one to plead your cause, no remedy for your sores, no recovery for you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hosea/5-13.htm">Hosea 5:13</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/9-12.htm">Matthew 9:12</a></span><br />On hearing this, Jesus said, “It is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/mark/2-17.htm">Mark 2:17</a></span><br />On hearing this, Jesus told them, “It is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick. I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/5-31.htm">Luke 5:31</a></span><br />Jesus answered, “It is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_timothy/1-7.htm">1 Timothy 1:7</a></span><br />They want to be teachers of the law, but they do not understand what they are saying or that which they so confidently assert.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_corinthians/11-13.htm">2 Corinthians 11:13</a></span><br />For such men are false apostles, deceitful workers, masquerading as apostles of Christ.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_corinthians/11-19.htm">2 Corinthians 11:19-20</a></span><br />For you gladly put up with fools, since you are so wise. / In fact, you even put up with anyone who enslaves you or exploits you or takes advantage of you or exalts himself or strikes you in the face.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/galatians/6-3.htm">Galatians 6:3</a></span><br />If anyone thinks he is something when he is nothing, he deceives himself.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/3-10.htm">Romans 3:10</a></span><br />As it is written: “There is no one righteous, not even one.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/3-13.htm">Romans 3:13</a></span><br />“Their throats are open graves; their tongues practice deceit.” “The venom of vipers is on their lips.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/16-18.htm">Romans 16:18</a></span><br />For such people are not serving our Lord Christ, but their own appetites. By smooth talk and flattery they deceive the hearts of the naive.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">But you are forgers of lies, you are all physicians of no value.</p><p class="hdg">ye are forgers</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/job/4-7.htm">Job 4:7-11</a></b></br> Remember, I pray thee, who <i>ever</i> perished, being innocent? or where were the righteous cut off? … </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/job/5-1.htm">Job 5:1-5</a></b></br> Call now, if there be any that will answer thee; and to which of the saints wilt thou turn? … </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/job/8-3.htm">Job 8:3,4</a></b></br> Doth God pervert judgment? or doth the Almighty pervert justice? … </p><p class="hdg">physicians</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/job/6-21.htm">Job 6:21</a></b></br> For now ye are nothing; ye see <i>my</i> casting down, and are afraid.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/job/16-2.htm">Job 16:2</a></b></br> I have heard many such things: miserable comforters <i>are</i> ye all.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/jeremiah/6-14.htm">Jeremiah 6:14</a></b></br> They have healed also the hurt <i>of the daughter</i> of my people slightly, saying, Peace, peace; when <i>there is</i> no peace.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/leviticus/19-18.htm">Attempts</a> <a href="/job/11-19.htm">Face</a> <a href="/job/6-28.htm">False.</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/18-22.htm">Falsehood</a> <a href="/job/2-5.htm">However</a> <a href="/job/11-15.htm">Indeed</a> <a href="/job/11-3.htm">Lies</a> <a href="/job/9-17.htm">Nought</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/16-12.htm">Physicians</a> <a href="/ezekiel/13-15.htm">Plasterers</a> <a href="/job/11-13.htm">Right</a> <a href="/exodus/12-22.htm">Smear</a> <a href="/ezra/8-27.htm">Value</a> <a href="/ezekiel/22-28.htm">Whitewash</a> <a href="/job/11-11.htm">Worthless</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/psalms/35-4.htm">Attempts</a> <a href="/job/13-8.htm">Face</a> <a href="/job/13-7.htm">False.</a> <a href="/job/21-34.htm">Falsehood</a> <a href="/job/27-14.htm">However</a> <a href="/job/13-16.htm">Indeed</a> <a href="/job/14-10.htm">Lies</a> <a href="/job/14-18.htm">Nought</a> <a href="/mark/5-26.htm">Physicians</a> <a href="/ezekiel/13-15.htm">Plasterers</a> <a href="/job/13-7.htm">Right</a> <a href="/exodus/12-22.htm">Smear</a> <a href="/job/15-2.htm">Value</a> <a href="/ezekiel/13-10.htm">Whitewash</a> <a href="/job/15-31.htm">Worthless</a><div class="vheading2">Job 13</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/job/13-1.htm">Job reproves his friends for partiality</a></span><br><span class="reftext">14. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/job/13-14.htm">He professes his confidence in God; </a></span><br><span class="reftext">19. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/job/13-19.htm">and entreats to know his own sins, and God's purpose in afflicting him</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> <br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/job/13.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/job/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/job/13.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>You, however, smear with lies;</b><br>In this phrase, Job is addressing his friends, who have been attempting to explain his suffering through their own understanding of God's justice. The term "smear with lies" suggests that Job believes his friends are distorting the truth about his situation. This accusation highlights the tension between Job's experience and the traditional wisdom his friends represent. Biblically, this reflects the broader theme of human misunderstanding of divine purposes, as seen in <a href="/isaiah/55-8.htm">Isaiah 55:8-9</a>, where God's thoughts and ways are described as higher than human understanding. The use of "smear" implies intentionality, suggesting that Job feels his friends are not just mistaken but are actively misrepresenting his situation.<p><b>you are all worthless physicians.</b><br>Here, Job uses the metaphor of physicians to describe his friends, implying that their counsel is supposed to heal or help him. However, by calling them "worthless," he indicates that their advice is ineffective and even harmful. This metaphor is significant in the cultural context of the ancient Near East, where physicians were expected to provide healing and comfort. The irony is that instead of offering relief, Job's friends exacerbate his suffering. This can be connected to the New Testament, where Jesus is referred to as the Great Physician (<a href="/mark/2-17.htm">Mark 2:17</a>), contrasting the ineffective human attempts at understanding and healing with the true healing that comes from Christ. The inadequacy of Job's friends foreshadows the need for a savior who truly understands and can address human suffering.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/j/job.htm">Job</a></b><br>A man described as blameless and upright, who feared God and shunned evil. He is the central figure in the Book of Job, enduring immense suffering and questioning the reasons behind it.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/j/job's_friends.htm">Job's Friends</a></b><br>Eliphaz, Bildad, and Zophar are the friends who visit Job to offer comfort but end up accusing him of wrongdoing, suggesting his suffering is due to sin.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_land_of_uz.htm">The Land of Uz</a></b><br>The setting of the Book of Job, traditionally considered to be in the region of Edom or northern Arabia.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/g/god.htm">God</a></b><br>The ultimate authority and sovereign being, whose wisdom and purposes are beyond human understanding.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/s/satan.htm">Satan</a></b><br>The adversary who challenges Job's integrity, suggesting that Job is faithful only because of his prosperity.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/t/the_power_of_words.htm">The Power of Words</a></b><br>Words can either heal or harm. Job's friends, instead of offering comfort, added to his suffering with their accusations. We must be mindful of how we use our words, especially when others are in distress.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/true_compassion.htm">True Compassion</a></b><br>True compassion involves listening and understanding rather than jumping to conclusions or offering unsolicited advice. Job's friends failed to show genuine empathy.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/d/discernment_in_counsel.htm">Discernment in Counsel</a></b><br>Not all advice is godly or helpful. We must seek wisdom and discernment to recognize when counsel aligns with God's truth.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_role_of_suffering.htm">The Role of Suffering</a></b><br>Suffering is not always a direct result of personal sin. Job's account reminds us that the reasons for suffering can be complex and beyond our understanding.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/trust_in_god's_sovereignty.htm">Trust in God's Sovereignty</a></b><br>Even when human explanations fail, we can trust in God's ultimate wisdom and sovereignty over our lives.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_job_13.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Job 13</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_does_job_4_contradict_psalms.htm">Why does Job 4 seem to contradict other biblical teachings, such as the Book of Psalms, that the righteous can and do suffer?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_does_proverbs_4_13_stress_instruction.htm">Why does Proverbs 4:13 insist on unwavering adherence to instruction when other biblical passages (like Job) suggest wisdom doesn't always prevent hardship?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_send_lying_spirits_(1_kings_22_22).htm">Why does God send lying spirits to deceive people (1 Kings 22:22)?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_reconcile_bildad's_claim_with_innocent_suffering.htm">How can Bildad's claim that God never rejects the blameless (Job 8:20-22) be reconciled with instances of innocent suffering in Scripture?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/job/13.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(4) <span class= "bld">Ye are forgers of lies.</span>--He now retorts upon his friends in terms not more deferential than their own, and calls them scrapers together, or patchers up, of falsehood, and physicians who are powerless to heal, or even to understand the case. He feels that they have failed miserably and utterly to understand <span class= "ital">him.</span><p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/job/13.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 4.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">But ye are forgers of lies</span>. A harsh expression, indicating that Job was thoroughly exasperated. The lies which his friends had forged were, partly, misrepresentations of what he had said, as for example <a href="/job/11-4.htm">Job 11:4</a>, but mainly statements, more or less covert, which implied that he had brought all his calamities on himself by a course of evil-doing (see <a href="/job/4-7.htm">Job 4:7, 8</a>; <a href="/job/8-13.htm">Job 8:13, 14</a>; <a href="/job/11-11.htm">Job 11:11, 14, 20</a>). <span class="cmt_word">Ye are all physicians of no value</span>. Job's friends had come to him to "comfort" him (<a href="/job/2-11.htm">Job 2:11</a>), and act as physicians of his soul. But they had entirely failed to be of the least service. They had not even understood his case. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/job/13-4.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">You,</span><br /><span class="heb">אַתֶּ֥ם</span> <span class="translit">(’at·tem)</span><br /><span class="parse">Pronoun - second person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_859.htm">Strong's 859: </a> </span><span class="str2">Thou and thee, ye and you</span><br /><br /><span class="word">however,</span><br /><span class="heb">וְֽאוּלָ֗ם</span> <span class="translit">(wə·’ū·lām)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Conjunction<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_199.htm">Strong's 199: </a> </span><span class="str2">However, on the contrary</span><br /><br /><span class="word">smear</span><br /><span class="heb">טֹֽפְלֵי־</span> <span class="translit">(ṭō·p̄ə·lê-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2950.htm">Strong's 2950: </a> </span><span class="str2">To stick on as a, patch, to impute falsely</span><br /><br /><span class="word">with lies;</span><br /><span class="heb">שָׁ֑קֶר</span> <span class="translit">(šā·qer)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8267.htm">Strong's 8267: </a> </span><span class="str2">Deception, disappointment, falsehood</span><br /><br /><span class="word">you are all</span><br /><span class="heb">כֻּלְּכֶֽם׃</span> <span class="translit">(kul·lə·ḵem)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3605.htm">Strong's 3605: </a> </span><span class="str2">The whole, all, any, every</span><br /><br /><span class="word">worthless</span><br /><span class="heb">אֱלִ֣ל</span> <span class="translit">(’ĕ·lil)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adjective - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_457.htm">Strong's 457: </a> </span><span class="str2">Good for, nothing, by anal, vain, vanity, an idol</span><br /><br /><span class="word">physicians.</span><br /><span class="heb">רֹפְאֵ֖י</span> <span class="translit">(rō·p̄ə·’ê)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7495.htm">Strong's 7495: </a> </span><span class="str2">To mend, to cure</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/job/13-4.htm">Job 13:4 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/job/13-4.htm">Job 13:4 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/job/13-4.htm">Job 13:4 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/job/13-4.htm">Job 13:4 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/job/13-4.htm">Job 13:4 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/job/13-4.htm">Job 13:4 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/job/13-4.htm">Job 13:4 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/job/13-4.htm">Job 13:4 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/job/13-4.htm">Job 13:4 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/job/13-4.htm">Job 13:4 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/job/13-4.htm">OT Poetry: Job 13:4 But you are forgers of lies (Jb) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/job/13-3.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Job 13:3"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Job 13:3" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/job/13-5.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Job 13:5"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Job 13:5" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>