Job 13:4
But ye are plasterers of lies, ye are all physicians of no value.
JPS TaNaKH 1917
In The King James Version
But ye are forgers of lies, ye are all physicians of no value.
In Context
3Notwithstanding I would speak to the Almighty, and I desire to reason with God.
5Oh that ye would altogether hold your peace! and it would be your wisdom.
Cross References
Exodus 20:16(20-13) Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour.
Job 5:1Call now; is there any that will answer thee? And to which of the holy ones wilt thou turn?
Job 6:20They were ashamed because they had hoped; they came thither, and were confounded.
Job 8:3Doth God pervert judgment? Or doth the Almighty pervert justice?
Job 18:5Yea, the light of the wicked shall be put out, and the spark of his fire shall not shine.
Job 22:6For thou hast taken pledges of thy brother for nought, and stripped the naked of their clothing.
Matthew Henry on Job 13:2-13
Job's Reply to Zophar. ( b. c. 1520.) 1 Lo, mine eye hath seen all this, mine ear hath heard and understood it. 2 What ye know, the same do I know also: I am not inferior unto you. 3 Surely I would speak to the Almighty, and I desire to reason with God. 4 But ye are forgers of lies, ye are all physicians of no value. 5 O that ye would altogether hold your peace! and it should be your wisdom. 6 Hear now my reasoning, and hearken to the pleadings of my lips. 7 Will ye speak wickedly for God? and talk deceitfully for… Read the whole commentary →