Jeremiah 8:22

In 11 translations

BSB

Is there no balm in Gilead? Is no physician there? Why then has the health of the daughter of my people not been restored?

KJV

Is there no balm in Gilead; is there no physician there? why then is not the health of the daughter of my people recovered?recovered: Heb. gone up?

WEB

Is there no balm in Gilead? Is there no physician there? Why then isn’t the health of the daughter of my people recovered?

ASV

Is there no balm in Gilead? is there no physician there? why then is not the health of the daughter of my people recovered?

LSV

Is there no balm in Gilead? Is there no physician there? Why has the health of the daughter of my people not gone up?

YLT

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?

DBY

Is there no balm in Gilead? is there no physician there? Why then is there no dressing applied for the healing of the daughter of my people?

DRC

Is there no balm in Galaad? or is no physician there? Why then is not the wound of the daughter of my people closed?

GNV

Is there no balme at Gilead? is there no Physition there? Why then is not the health of the daughter of my people recouered.

JPS

Is there no balm in Gilead? Is there no physician there? Why then is not the health of the daughter of my people recovered?

LXXE

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?

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Original-language editions

WLC

הַצֳרִי֙ אֵ֣ין בְּגִלְעָ֔ד אִם־רֹפֵ֖א אֵ֣ין שָׁ֑ם כִּ֗י מַדּ֨וּעַ֙ לֹ֣א עָֽלְתָ֔ה אֲרֻכַ֖ת בַּת־עַמִּֽי׃

LXX-Br

Καὶ μὴ ῥητίνη οὐκ ἔστιν ἐν Γαλαὰδ, ἢ ἰατρὸς οὐκ ἔστιν ἐκεῖ; διατί οὐκ ἀνέβη ἴασις θυγατρὸς λαοῦ μου;

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• Jeremiah 46:11Go up to Gilead for balm, O Virgin Daughter of Egypt! In vain you try many remedies, but for you there is no healing.
• Genesis 37:25And as they sat down to eat a meal, they looked up and saw a caravan of Ishmaelites coming from Gilead. Their camels were carrying spices, balm, and myrrh on their way down to Egypt.
• Jeremiah 51:8Suddenly Babylon has fallen and been shattered. Wail for her; get her balm for her pain; perhaps she can be healed.
• Jeremiah 30:12–17For this is what the LORD says: “Your injury is incurable; your wound is grievous. There is no one to plead your cause, no remedy for your sores, no recovery for you. All your lovers have forgotten you; they no longer…
• Luke 8:43including a woman who had suffered from bleeding for twelve years. She had spent all her money on physicians, but no one was able to heal her.
• Luke 5:31–32Jesus answered, “It is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick. I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners, to repentance.”
• Genesis 43:11Then their father Israel said to them, “If it must be so, then do this: Put some of the best products of the land in your packs and carry them down as a gift for the man—a little balm and a little honey, spices and…
• Matthew 9:11–12When the Pharisees saw this, they asked His disciples, “Why does your Teacher eat with tax collectors and sinners?” On hearing this, Jesus said, “It is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick.
• Isaiah 1:5–6Why 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…

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