Job 13:4

13:4 But you, however, are inventors of lies; ¹ 

all of you are worthless physicians! ² 

Psalms 36:3

36:3 The words he speaks are sinful and deceitful;

he does not care about doing what is wise and right. ³ 

Psalms 38:12

38:12 Those who seek my life try to entrap me; ⁴ 

those who want to harm me speak destructive words;

all day long they say deceitful things.

Psalms 52:2

52:2 Your tongue carries out your destructive plans; ⁵ 

it is as effective as a sharp razor, O deceiver. ⁶ 

Isaiah 59:4

59:4 No one is concerned about justice; ⁷ 

no one sets forth his case truthfully.

They depend on false words ⁸  and tell lies;

they conceive of oppression ⁹ 

and give birth to sin.

Daniel 11:27

11:27 These two kings, their minds ¹⁰  filled with evil intentions, will trade ¹¹  lies with one another at the same table. But it will not succeed, for there is still an end at the appointed time.

Matthew 12:34

12:34 Offspring of vipers! How are you able to say anything good, since you are evil? For the mouth speaks from what fills the heart.

John 8:44

8:44 You people ¹²  are from ¹³  your father the devil, and you want to do what your father desires. ¹⁴  He ¹⁵  was a murderer from the beginning, and does not uphold the truth, ¹⁶  because there is no truth in him. Whenever he lies, ¹⁷  he speaks according to his own nature, ¹⁸  because he is a liar and the father of lies. ¹⁹ 

[13:4]  ¹ tn The טֹפְלֵי־שָׁקֶר (tofÿle shaqer) are “plasterers of lies” (Ps 119:69). The verb means “to coat, smear, plaster.” The idea is that of imputing something that is not true. Job is saying that his friends are inventors of lies. The LXX was influenced by the next line and came up with “false physicians.”

[13:4]  ² tn The literal rendering of the construct would be “healers of worthlessness.” Ewald and Dillmann translated it “patchers” based on a meaning in Arabic and Ethiopic; this would give the idea “botchers.” But it makes equally good sense to take “healers” as the meaning, for Job’s friends came to minister comfort and restoration to him – but they failed. See P. Humbert, “Maladie et medicine dans l’AT,” RHPR 44 (1964): 1-29.

[36:3]  ³ tn Heb “he ceases to exhibit wisdom to do good.” The Hiphil forms are exhibitive, indicating the outward expression of an inner attitude.

[38:12]  ⁴ tn Heb “lay snares.”

[52:2]  ⁵ tn Heb “destruction your tongue devises.”

[52:2]  ⁶ tn Heb “like a sharpened razor, doer of deceit.” The masculine participle עָשָׂה (’asah) is understood as a substantival vocative, addressed to the powerful man.

[59:4]  ⁷ tn Heb “no one pleads with justice.”

[59:4]  ⁸ tn Heb “nothing”; NAB “emptiness.”

[59:4]  ⁹ tn Or “trouble” (NIV), or “harm.”

[11:27]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “heart.” So also in v. 28.

[11:27]  ¹¹ tn Heb “speak.”

[8:44]  ¹² tn The word “people” is supplied in the translation to clarify that the Greek pronoun and verb are plural.

[8:44]  ¹³ tn Many translations read “You are of your father the devil” (KJV, ASV, RSV, NASB) or “You belong to your father, the devil” (NIV), but the Greek preposition ἐκ (ek) emphasizes the idea of source or origin. Jesus said his opponents were the devil’s very offspring (a statement which would certainly infuriate them).

[8:44]  ¹⁴ tn Grk “the desires of your father you want to do.”

[8:44]  ¹⁵ tn Grk “That one” (referring to the devil).

[8:44]  ¹⁶ tn Grk “he does not stand in the truth” (in the sense of maintaining, upholding, or accepting the validity of it).

[8:44]  ¹⁷ tn Grk “Whenever he speaks the lie.”

[8:44]  ¹⁸ tn Grk “he speaks from his own.”

[8:44]  ¹⁹ tn Grk “because he is a liar and the father of it.”