Then I replied to him, ‘There is nothing to these rumours you are spreading; you are inventing them in your own mind.’
Job 13:4 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised You use lies like plaster; you are all worthless healers. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 But ye are forgers of lies, Ye are all physicians of no value. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition But you are forgers of lies [you defame my character most untruthfully]; you are all physicians of no value and have no remedy to offer. American Standard Version (1901) But ye are forgers of lies; Ye are all physicians of no value. Common English Bible You, however, are plasterers of lies; ineffective healers, all of you. Catholic Public Domain Version having first shown that you fabricate lies and cultivate perverse teachings. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Having first shewn that you are forgers of lies and maintainers of perverse opinions. |
Then I replied to him, ‘There is nothing to these rumours you are spreading; you are inventing them in your own mind.’
I have heard many things like these. You are all miserable comforters.
All of you have seen this for yourselves, why do you keep up this empty talk?
My brothers are as treacherous as a wadi, as seasonal streams that overflow
They are ashamed because they had been confident of finding water. When they arrive there, they are disappointed.
So this is what you have now become to me. When you see something dreadful, you are afraid.
I am against those who prophesy false dreams’ #– #the Lord’s declaration #– #‘telling them and leading my people astray with their reckless lies. It was not I who sent or commanded them, and they are of no benefit at all to these people’ #– #this is the Lord’s declaration.
You have no defender for your case. There is no remedy for your sores, and no healing for you.
Go up to Gilead and get balm, Virgin Daughter Egypt! You have multiplied remedies in vain; there is no healing for you.
They have treated my people’s brokenness superficially, claiming, ‘Peace, peace,’ when there is no peace.
Is there no balm in Gilead? Is there no physician there? So why has the healing of my dear people not come about?
You have not strengthened the weak, healed the ill, bandaged the injured, brought back the strays, or sought the lost. Instead, you have ruled them with violence and cruelty.
When Ephraim saw his disease and Judah his wound, Ephraim went to Assyria and sent a delegation to the great king. , But he cannot cure you or heal your wound.
When Jesus heard this, he told them, ‘It is not those who are well who need a doctor, but those who are ill. I didn’t come to call the righteous, but sinners.’
had endured much under many doctors. She had spent everything she had and was not helped at all. On the contrary, she became worse.