Verse 4
4. Forgers of lies Taphal, “to forge,” “to stitch upon or together,” primarily means to “glue together,” (Gesenius,) or “smear over.” The lie needs no “glueing” to bind it fast to its victim. To save the good name of God they fasten upon Job the imputation of guilt.
Physicians of no value The Talmud strangely calls them healers of the jugular artery, the cutting of which produces death, hence the healers of the incurable. (Delitzsch.) A friend has been called the physician of the soul; in some such sense the word is used here. They failed in all the offices of friendship, and hence were worthless.
Of no value The word in the original thus rendered, signifies also idols, thus indicating their nothingness worthlessness. Hence the apostle says, We know that an idol is nothing. 1 Corinthians 8:4.
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