King James Version
Job 13:4 in the King James Version says “But ye are forgers of lies, ye are all physicians of no value.” — study this verse from Job chapter 13 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“But ye are forgers of lies, ye are all physicians of no value.”
Job 13:4 · KJV
What ye know, the same do I know also: I am not inferior unto you.
Surely I would speak to the Almighty, and I desire to reason with God.
But ye are forgers of lies, ye are all physicians of no value.
O that ye would altogether hold your peace! and it should be your wisdom.
Hear now my reasoning, and hearken to the pleadings of my lips.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“ye are forgers”
H2950properly, to stick on as a patch; figuratively, to impute falsely
“ye are all physicians”
H7495properly, to mend (by stitching), i.e., (figuratively) to cure
properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
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