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Job 13

Job 13:4 KJV (With Strong’s)

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But
'uwlam (Hebrew #199)
however or on the contrary
KJV usage: as for, but, howbeit, in very deed, surely, truly, wherefore.
Pronounce: oo-lawm'
Origin: apparently a variation of 194
ye are forgers
taphal (Hebrew #2950)
properly, to stick on as a patch; figuratively, to impute falsely
KJV usage: forge(-r), sew up.
Pronounce: taw-fal'
Origin: a primitive root
of lies
sheqer (Hebrew #8267)
an untruth; by implication, a sham (often adverbial)
KJV usage: without a cause, deceit(-ful), false(-hood, -ly), feignedly, liar, + lie, lying, vain (thing), wrongfully.
Pronounce: sheh'-ker
Origin: from 8266
, ye are all physicians
rapha' (Hebrew #7495)
a primitive root; properly, to mend (by stitching), i.e. (figuratively) to cure
KJV usage: cure, (cause to) heal, physician, repair, X thoroughly, make whole. See 7503.
Pronounce: raw-faw'
Origin: or raphah {raw-faw'}
of not value
'eliyl (Hebrew #457)
good for nothing, by anal. vain or vanity; specifically an idol
KJV usage: idol, no value, thing of nought.
Pronounce: el-eel'
Origin: apparently from 408
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ye are forgers.
Job 4:7‑11• 7Remember, I pray thee, who that was innocent has perished? and where were the upright cut off?
8Even as I have seen, they that plough iniquity and sow mischief, reap the same.
9By the breath of +God they perish, and by the blast of his nostrils are they consumed.
10The roar of the lion, and the voice of the fierce lion, and the teeth of the young lions, are broken;
11The old lion perisheth for lack of prey, and the whelps of the lioness are scattered.
(Job 4:7‑11)
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Job 5:1‑5• 1Call, I pray thee! Is there any that answereth thee? and to which of the holy ones wilt thou turn?
2For vexation killeth the foolish man, and envy slayeth the simple.
3I myself saw the foolish taking root, but suddenly I cursed his habitation.
4His children are far from safety, and they are crushed in the gate, and there is no deliverer:
5Whose harvest the hungry eateth up, and taketh even out of the thorns; and the snare gapeth for his substance.
(Job 5:1‑5)
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Job 8:3‑4• 3Doth *God pervert judgment, and the Almighty pervert justice?
4If thy children have sinned against him, he hath also given them over into the hand of their transgression.
(Job 8:3‑4)
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Job 18:5‑21• 5Yea, the light of the wicked shall be put out, and the flame of his fire shall not shine.
6The light shall become dark in his tent, and his lamp over him shall be put out.
7The steps of his strength shall be straitened, and his own counsel shall cast him down.
8For he is sent into the net by his own feet, and he walketh on the meshes;
9The gin taketh him by the heel, the snare layeth hold on him;
10A cord is hidden for him in the ground, and his trap in the way.
11Terrors make him afraid on every side, and chase him at his footsteps.
12His strength is hunger-bitten, and calamity is ready at his side.
13The firstborn of death devoureth the members of his body; it will devour his members.
14His confidence shall be rooted out of his tent, and it shall lead him away to the king of terrors:
15They who are none of his shall dwell in his tent; brimstone shall be showered upon his habitation:
16His roots shall be dried up beneath, and above shall his branch be cut off;
17His remembrance shall perish from the earth, and he shall have no name on the pasture-grounds.
18He is driven from light into darkness, and chased out of the world.
19He hath neither son nor grandson among his people, nor any remaining in the places of his sojourn.
20They that come after shall be astonished at his day, as they that went before them were affrighted.
21Surely, such are the dwellings of the unrighteous man, and such the place of him that knoweth not *God.
(Job 18:5‑21)
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Job 21:27‑34• 27Lo, I know your thoughts, and the devices ye wrongfully imagine against me.
28For ye say, Where is the house of the noble? and where the tent of the dwellings of the wicked?
29Have ye not asked the wayfarers? and do ye not regard their tokens:
30That the wicked is reserved for the day of calamity? They are led forth to the day of wrath.
31Who shall declare his way to his face? and who shall repay him what he hath done?
32Yet is he carried to the graves, and watch is kept over the tomb.
33The clods of the valley are sweet unto him; and every man followeth suit after him, as there were innumerable before him.
34How then comfort ye me in vain? Your answers remain perfidious.
(Job 21:27‑34)
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Job 22:6‑30• 6For thou hast taken a pledge of thy brother for nought, and stripped off the clothing of the naked.
7Thou hast not given water to the fainting to drink, and thou hast withholden bread from the hungry.
8But the powerful man, he had the land; and the man of high rank dwelt in it.
9Widows hast thou sent empty away, and the arms of the fatherless have been broken.
10Therefore snares are round about thee, and sudden fear troubleth thee;
11Or darkness, that thou canst not see, and floods of waters cover thee.
12Is not +God in the height of the heavens? And behold the summit of the stars: how exalted are they!
13And thou sayest, What doth *God know? will he judge through the dark cloud?
14Thick clouds are a covering to him, that he seeth not; and he walketh on the vault of the heavens.
15Dost thou mark the ancient path which wicked men have trodden?
16Who were carried off before the time, whose foundation was overflowed with a flood;
17Who said unto *God, Depart from us! and what could the Almighty do to them?
18Yet he filled their houses with good. But the counsel of the wicked is far from me.
19The righteous see it, and are glad; and the innocent laugh them to scorn:
20Is not he who rose against us destroyed, and doth not the fire consume his residue?
21Reconcile thyself now with him, and be at peace: thereby good shall come unto thee.
22Receive, I pray thee, instruction from his mouth, and lay up his words in thy heart.
23If thou return to the Almighty, thou shalt be built up. If thou remove unrighteousness far from thy tents,
24And put the precious ore with the dust, and the gold of Ophir among the stones of the torrents,
25Then the Almighty will be thy precious ore, and silver heaped up unto thee;
26Yea, then shalt thou delight thyself in the Almighty, and shalt lift up thy face unto +God:
27Thou shalt make thy prayer unto him, and he will hear thee, and thou shalt pay thy vows;
28And thou shalt decree a thing, and it shall be established unto thee; and light shall shine upon thy ways.
29When they are made low, then thou shalt say, Rise up! and he shall save him that is of downcast eyes.
30Even him that is not innocent shall he deliver; yea, he shall be delivered by the pureness of thy hands.
(Job 22:6‑30)
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Ex. 20:16• 16Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour. (Ex. 20:16)
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Psa. 119:69• 69The proud have forged falsehood against me: I will observe thy precepts with my whole heart. (Psa. 119:69)
physicians.
Job 6:21• 21So now ye are nothing; ye see a terrible object and are afraid. (Job 6:21)
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Job 16:2• 2I have heard many such things: grievous comforters are ye all. (Job 16:2)
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Jer. 6:14• 14And they have healed the breach of the daughter of my people lightly, saying, Peace, peace! when there is no peace. (Jer. 6:14)
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Jer. 8:22• 22Is there no balm in Gilead? is there no physician there? Why then is there no dressing applied for the healing of the daughter of my people? (Jer. 8:22)
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Jer. 30:13• 13There is none to plead thy cause, to bind up thy wound; thou hast no healing medicines. (Jer. 30:13)
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Jer. 46:11• 11Go up to Gilead, and fetch balm, O virgin-daughter of Egypt! In vain shalt thou multiply remedies: there is no healing for thee. (Jer. 46:11)
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Ezek. 34:4• 4The weak have ye not strengthened, nor have ye healed the sick, and ye have not bound up what was broken, neither have ye brought again that which was driven away, neither have ye sought for that which was lost; but with harshness and with rigour have ye ruled over them. (Ezek. 34:4)
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Hos. 5:13• 13When Ephraim saw his sickness, and Judah his sore, then went Ephraim to the Assyrian, and sent to king Jareb; but he was unable to heal you, nor hath he removed your sore. (Hos. 5:13)
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Mark 2:17• 17And Jesus having heard it says to them, They that are strong have not need of a physician, but those who are ill. I have not come to call righteous men, but sinners. (Mark 2:17)
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Mark 5:26• 26and had suffered much under many physicians, and had spent everything she had and had found no advantage from it, but had rather got worse, (Mark 5:26)
 Job boldly charges his friends with being false witnesses for God, in that they used well-known truths with which all were familiar, to confirm their charge of Job’s wickedness. What kind of physicians were they to treat a case like this? They have decided what his disease is, and misrepresent his symptoms to confirm their diagnosis! (Job 3-31 by S. Ridout)

J. N. Darby Translation

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