Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version Is there no balm in Gilead? Is there no physician there? Why then is there no healing for the wound of my people? New Living Translation Is there no medicine in Gilead? Is there no physician there? Why is there no healing for the wounds of my people? English Standard Version Is there no balm in Gilead? Is there no physician there? Why then has the health of the daughter of my people not been restored? Berean Standard Bible Is there no balm in Gilead? Is no physician there? Why then has the health of the daughter of my people not been restored? King James Bible Is there no balm in Gilead; is there no physician there? why then is not the health of the daughter of my people recovered? New King James Version Is there no balm in Gilead, Is there no physician there? Why then is there no recovery For the health of the daughter of my people? New American Standard Bible Is there no balm in Gilead? Is there no physician there? Why then has not the health of the daughter of my people been restored? NASB 1995 Is there no balm in Gilead? Is there no physician there? Why then has not the health of the daughter of my people been restored? NASB 1977 Is there no balm in Gilead? Is there no physician there? Why then has not the health of the daughter of my people been restored? Legacy Standard Bible Is there no balm in Gilead? Is there no physician there? Why then has not the health of the daughter of my people gone up? Amplified Bible Is there no balm in Gilead? Is there no physician there? Why then has not the [spiritual] health of the daughter of my people been restored? Christian Standard Bible Is there no balm in Gilead? Is there no physician there? So why has the healing of my dear people not come about? Holman Christian Standard Bible Is there no balm in Gilead? Is there no physician there? So why has the healing of my dear people not come about? American Standard Version Is there no balm in Gilead? is there no physician there? why then is not the health of the daughter of my people recovered? Contemporary English Version If medicine and doctors may be found in Gilead, why aren't my people healed? English Revised Version Is there no balm in Gilead? is there no physician there? why then is not the health of the daughter of my people recovered? GOD'S WORD® Translation Isn't there medicine in Gilead? Aren't there doctors there? Then why hasn't the health of my dear people been restored? Good News Translation Is there no medicine in Gilead? Are there no doctors there? Why, then, have my people not been healed? International Standard Version Is there no balm in Gilead? Is there no physician there? So why is there no healing for my people? Majority Standard Bible Is there no balm in Gilead? Is no physician there? Why then has the health of the daughter of my people not been restored? NET Bible There is still medicinal ointment available in Gilead! There is still a physician there! Why then have my dear people not been restored to health? New Heart English Bible Is there no balm in Gilead? Is there no physician there? Why then isn't the health of the daughter of my people recovered? Webster's Bible Translation Is there no balm in Gilead: is there no physician there? why then is not the health of the daughter of my people recovered. World English Bible Is there no balm in Gilead? Is there no physician there? Why then isn’t the health of the daughter of my people recovered? Literal Translations Literal Standard VersionIs there no balm in Gilead? Is there no physician there? Why has the health of the daughter of my people not gone up? Young's Literal Translation Is there no balm in Gilead? Is there no physician there? For wherefore hath not the health of the daughter of my people gone up? Smith's Literal Translation Is there no balsam in Gilead, or healing there? for wherefore did not the health of the daughter of my people go up? Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleIs there no balm in Galaad? or is no physician there? Why then is not the wound of the daughter of my people closed? Catholic Public Domain Version Is there no balm in Gilead? Or is there no physician there? Then why has the wound of the daughter of my people not been closed?” New American Bible Is there no balm in Gilead, no healer there? Why does new flesh not grow over the wound of the daughter of my people? New Revised Standard Version Is there no balm in Gilead? Is there no physician there? Why then has the health of my poor people not been restored? Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleIs there no balm in Gilead; is there no healer there? Why then is not the health of the daughter of my people restored? Peshitta Holy Bible Translated Is there no wax in Galad, or is there no Physician there? Why has the healing of the daughter of my people not resulted? OT Translations JPS Tanakh 1917Is there no balm in Gilead? Is there no physician there? Why then is not the health Of the daughter of my people recovered? Brenton Septuagint Translation And is there no balm in Galaad, or is there no physician there? why has not the healing of the daughter of my people taken place? Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Jeremiah Weeps for His People…21For the brokenness of the daughter of my people I am crushed. I mourn; horror has gripped me. 22Is there no balm in Gilead? Is no physician there? Why then has the health of the daughter of my people not been restored? Cross References Isaiah 1:5-6 Why do you want more beatings? Why do you keep rebelling? Your head has a massive wound, and your whole heart is afflicted. / From the sole of your foot to the top of your head, there is no soundness—only wounds and welts and festering sores neither cleansed nor bandaged nor soothed with oil. Hosea 6:1 Come, let us return to the LORD. For He has torn us to pieces, but He will heal us; He has wounded us, but He will bind up our wounds. Matthew 9:12 On hearing this, Jesus said, “It is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick. Luke 4:23 Jesus said to them, “Surely you will quote this proverb to Me: ‘Physician, heal yourself! Do here in Your hometown what we have heard that You did in Capernaum.’” Ezekiel 34:4 You have not strengthened the weak, healed the sick, bound up the injured, brought back the strays, or searched for the lost. Instead, you have ruled them with violence and cruelty. Mark 2:17 On hearing this, Jesus told them, “It is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick. I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners.” Isaiah 53:4-5 Surely He took up our infirmities and carried our sorrows; yet we considered Him stricken, struck down by God, and afflicted. / But He was pierced for our transgressions, He was crushed for our iniquities; the punishment that brought us peace was upon Him, and by His stripes we are healed. Psalm 103:3 He who forgives all your iniquities and heals all your diseases, Jeremiah 30:17 But I will restore your health and heal your wounds, declares the LORD, because they call you an outcast, Zion, for whom no one cares.” Matthew 13:15 For this people’s heart has grown callous; they hardly hear with their ears, and they have closed their eyes. Otherwise they might see with their eyes, hear with their ears, understand with their hearts, and turn, and I would heal them.’ Isaiah 57:18-19 I have seen his ways, but I will heal him; I will guide him and restore comfort to him and his mourners, / bringing praise to their lips. Peace, peace to those far and near,” says the LORD, “and I will heal them.” 2 Chronicles 36:16 But they mocked the messengers of God, despising His words and scoffing at His prophets, until the wrath of the LORD against His people was stirred up beyond remedy. John 12:40 “He has blinded their eyes and hardened their hearts, so that they cannot see with their eyes, and understand with their hearts, and turn, and I would heal them.” Lamentations 2:13 What can I say for you? To what can I compare you, O Daughter of Jerusalem? To what can I liken you, that I may console you, O Virgin Daughter of Zion? For your wound is as deep as the sea. Who can ever heal you? Deuteronomy 32:39 See now that I am He; there is no God besides Me. I bring death and I give life; I wound and I heal, and there is no one who can deliver from My hand. Treasury of Scripture Is there no balm in Gilead; is there no physician there? why then is not the health of the daughter of my people recovered? no balm. Jeremiah 46:11 Go up into Gilead, and take balm, O virgin, the daughter of Egypt: in vain shalt thou use many medicines; for thou shalt not be cured. Jeremiah 51:8 Babylon is suddenly fallen and destroyed: howl for her; take balm for her pain, if so be she may be healed. Genesis 37:25 And they sat down to eat bread: and they lifted up their eyes and looked, and, behold, a company of Ishmeelites came from Gilead with their camels bearing spicery and balm and myrrh, going to carry it down to Egypt. no physician. Matthew 9:11,12 And when the Pharisees saw it, they said unto his disciples, Why eateth your Master with publicans and sinners? … Luke 5:31,32 And Jesus answering said unto them, They that are whole need not a physician; but they that are sick… Luke 8:43 And a woman having an issue of blood twelve years, which had spent all her living upon physicians, neither could be healed of any, why. Jeremiah 30:12-17 For thus saith the LORD, Thy bruise is incurable, and thy wound is grievous… recovered. Isaiah 1:5,6 Why should ye be stricken any more? ye will revolt more and more: the whole head is sick, and the whole heart faint… Jump to Previous Applied Arts Balm Daughter Dressing Expert Gilead Healing Health Life-Giving Medical Oil Physician Recovered Restored Wherefore WoundJump to Next Applied Arts Balm Daughter Dressing Expert Gilead Healing Health Life-Giving Medical Oil Physician Recovered Restored Wherefore WoundJeremiah 8 1. The calamity of the Jews, both dead and alive.4. He upbraids their foolish and shameless impenitency. 13. He shows their grievous judgment; 18. and bewails their desperate estate. Is there no balm in Gilead? The word "balm" refers to a resinous substance used for healing and soothing wounds. In Hebrew, the term is "tsori," which was a valuable commodity in ancient times, often associated with the region of Gilead, known for its production of healing balms. Gilead, a region east of the Jordan River, was famous for its spices and medicinal ointments. The rhetorical question implies that there should be healing available, yet it is not being applied. Spiritually, this can be seen as a metaphor for the availability of God's grace and healing power, which the people of Israel were not accessing due to their disobedience and lack of faith. Is there no physician there? Why then has the health of the daughter of my people not been restored?
Hebrew Is there noאֵ֣ין (’ên) Adverb Strong's 369: A non-entity, a negative particle balm הַצֳרִי֙ (ha·ṣo·rî) Article | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 6875: Distillation, balsam in Gilead? בְּגִלְעָ֔ד (bə·ḡil·‘āḏ) Preposition-b | Noun - proper - feminine singular Strong's 1568: Gilead -- a region in Palestine, also the name of several Israelites Is no אֵ֣ין (’ên) Adverb Strong's 369: A non-entity, a negative particle physician רֹפֵ֖א (rō·p̄ê) Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular Strong's 7495: To mend, to cure there? שָׁ֑ם (šām) Adverb Strong's 8033: There, then, thither Why מַדּ֙וּעַ֙ (mad·dū·a‘) Interrogative Strong's 4069: Why? for what reason? then כִּ֗י (kî) Conjunction Strong's 3588: A relative conjunction has the health אֲרֻכַ֖ת (’ă·ru·ḵaṯ) Noun - feminine singular construct Strong's 724: Healing, restoration of the daughter בַּת־ (baṯ-) Noun - feminine singular construct Strong's 1323: A daughter of my people עַמִּֽי׃ (‘am·mî) Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular Strong's 5971: A people, a tribe, troops, attendants, a flock not לֹ֣א (lō) Adverb - Negative particle Strong's 3808: Not, no been restored? עָֽלְתָ֔ה (‘ā·lə·ṯāh) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person feminine singular Strong's 5927: To ascend, in, actively Links Jeremiah 8:22 NIVJeremiah 8:22 NLT Jeremiah 8:22 ESV Jeremiah 8:22 NASB Jeremiah 8:22 KJV Jeremiah 8:22 BibleApps.com Jeremiah 8:22 Biblia Paralela Jeremiah 8:22 Chinese Bible Jeremiah 8:22 French Bible Jeremiah 8:22 Catholic Bible OT Prophets: Jeremiah 8:22 Is there no balm in Gilead? (Jer.) |
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