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Job 13:4 Cross-References
Explore 19 cross-references for Job 13:4 from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, connecting Job chapter 13 verse 4 to related passages throughout the Bible.
“But ye are forgers of lies, ye are all physicians of no value.”
Job 13:4 (KJV)
Commentary on Job 13:4
'But ye are forgers of lies, ye are all physicians of no value.' Job's accusation escalates. 'Forgers' (טֹפְלֵי, tofeley) means plasterers or whitewashers—they cover truth with 'lies' (שָׁקֶר, shaqer—falsehood, deception). They're 'physicians of no value' (רֹפְאֵי אֱלִל, rofey elil—healers of worthlessness). The medical metaphor is devastating: doctors who misdiagnose and prescribe wrong treatment harm rather than heal. Ezekiel 13:10 uses similar imagery for false prophets whitewashing rotten walls. The friends' orthodox theology applied wrongly becomes destructive. This warns against theologi...
Source: KJV Study Commentary
Cross-References for Job 13:4
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“I will keep your precepts.”
“saying”
“I am against those who prophesy lying dreams”
“Is there no balm in Gilead; is there no physician there? why then is not the health of the daughter of my people recovered?”
“that you may be bound up: you have no healing medicines.”
“he said to them”
“and take balm”
“and had spent all that she had”