Job 13:4

But ye are forgers of lies, ye are all physicians of no value.

Cross-reference

In Job 22:6-30, Eliphaz piles on specific false charges, exemplifying the 'forgers of lies' Job condemned.

Eliphaz's retribution theology in Job 4:7-11 exemplifies the 'worthless physicians' Job condemns.

Job 5:1–5 Parallel

Eliphaz's continued false counsel in Job 5:1-5 is another instance of the 'forgers of lies'.

Job 6:21 Parallel

In Job 6:21, Job earlier called his friends 'nothing' and unreliable — consistent with calling them worthless physicians here.

Job 8:3 Parallel

Bildad's defense of God's justice in Job 8:3 is part of the misdiagnosis Job rejects.

Job 8:4 Parallel

Bildad blames Job's children's death on their sin — a direct example of the 'forgers of lies'.

Job 16:2 Parallel

In Job 16:2, Job calls them 'miserable comforters,' echoing the same condemnation as 'physicians of no value'.

In Job 18:5-21, Bildad responds by describing the fate of the wicked, indirectly accusing Job and proving the friends are false comforters.

In Job 21:27-34, Job directly rebuts his friends' false accusations, showing they plot against him and their theology is wrong.

Job 2:11 Historical context

Job 2:11 introduces the friends who came to comfort — the same ones Job later calls worthless physicians.

Job 6:28 Contrast

Job 6:28 asserts Job's honesty — contrasting with his accusation that his friends are forgers of lies.

Job 11:3 Parallel

In Job 11:3, Zophar accuses Job of babble and mockery, mirroring Job's charge that his friends are forgers of lies.

Job 21:34 Parallel

In Job 21:34, Job again calls their comfort empty and their answers falsehood, directly echoing the 'forgers of lies' here.

Job 36:4 Contrast

In Job 36:4, Elihu claims his words are not false — a direct contrast to Job's accusation that his friends are forgers of lies.

Job 15:3 Parallel

In Job 15:3, Eliphaz dismisses Job's words as unprofitable, complementing Job's claim that his friends are worthless physicians.

Job 27:12 Parallel

In Job 27:12, Job asks why his friends have become 'vain' — parallel to the worthless physicians and lying comforters here.

Mark 5:26 Parallel

Mark 5:26 describes a woman worsened by physicians — paralleling Job's worthless healers.

Jeremiah 46:11 shows Egypt's balm in vain — mirroring Job's worthless physicians who cannot heal.

Ezekiel 34:4 condemns shepherds neglecting the sick — parallel to Job's friends as failed healers.

Mark 2:17 Contrast

Mark 2:17 presents Jesus as the true physician — contrasting with Job's false physicians.

Zechariah 10:2 condemns diviners who tell lies and give empty consolation — closely matching Job's charge of false comfort here.

Psalm 119:69 also describes being smeared with lies, yet the psalmist remains faithful — a parallel to Job's situation.

Jeremiah 6:14 condemns false prophets who heal lightly, similar to Job's friends offering empty comfort as false physicians.

Exodus 20:16 forbids bearing false witness — a command Job's friends violate by lying about him.

Jeremiah 8:22 laments the lack of true healing, contrasting with the false healers Job denounces.

Jeremiah 30:13 describes no medicine for the wound, echoing Job's complaint that his friends provide no real healing.

Hosea 5:13 Parallel

Hosea 5:13 has Israel seeking vain healing from Assyria — echoing Job's friends as unreliable physicians.

Nehemiah 6:8 refutes invented lies — parallels Job charging his friends with forging lies.