Verse Lens · Context pointer
Job 13:4 Explained in Context
Use this verse as a doorway into the larger passage—not as an isolated saying.
Verse 4. 4But ye are forgers of lies, ye are all physicians of no value.
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Role in This Section
Job turns or qualifies the speech with “But ye are forgers of lies, ye are all physicians of no value” inside Job Calls the Friends Worthless Physicians.
Read It With
- Job 13:1–13:12
Job 13:4 should be heard after the prior line and before the unit's outcome. Job turns or qualifies the speech with “But ye are forgers of lies, ye are all physicians of no value” inside Job Calls the Friends Worthless Physicians. Defending God with invented accusations is condemned here; the passage does not reject all counsel, medicine, theology, or careful correction.
Why It Needs Context
Job 13:1–13:12 gives Job 13:4 its literary owner and outcome. Job turns or qualifies the speech with “But ye are forgers of lies, ye are all physicians of no value” inside Job Calls the Friends Worthless Physicians. Application waits until that full movement is understood.
Continue in Context
The full thought-unit study remains the final contextual authority for this Verse Lens.
Read Job 13:1–13:12 — Job Calls the Friends Worthless PhysiciansSources used for this context pointer
How certain is this explanation? strong
These are the sources used directly for this lens. Language, grammar, disagreements, and the complete source shelf remain attached to the full thought-unit research record.
Biblical text
King James (Authorized) Version — eng-kjv2006
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USFM archive eng-kjv2006_usfm.zip; source files dated 2026-08-19; downloaded 2026-08-24; archive SHA-256 aec1b3b26c622fd3d963d2bbac963016b9513246ffbfa20da00bb100372ea007; normalized corpus SHA-256 09aef51d90488aa7b9722b3fd9a93f4b25f6bf2064c5fd798fb39673c300ddf2.
Supports: Exact displayed KJV wording, verse order, paragraph metadata, supplied-word markup, and complete thought-unit coverage.
Exact location: Job 13:1–13:12, pinned eng-kjv2006 USFM-derived repository corpus
Open source ↗hebrew text and morphology
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible: Job
Open Scriptures
Open Scriptures, release 2.2
Supports: Masoretic Hebrew wording and morphology checked at the exact unit without treating morphology as a complete apparatus or interpretation.
Exact location: Open Scriptures MorphHB v2.2, commit 6a5db284c715c18b239422e57bb89684e6a19f00, wlc/Job.xml, OSIS 13:1–13:12
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