KJV King James 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?
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Jeremiah 8:22
[Is there] no balm in Gilead; [is there] no physician there? why then is not the health of the daughter of my people recovered?
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BSB 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?
WEB 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?
ASV 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?
YLT 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?
Surrounding context — Jeremiah 8
19 Behold the voice of the cry of the daughter of my people because of them that dwell in a far country: [Is] not the LORD in Zion? [is] not her king in her? Why have they provoked me to anger with their graven images, [and] with strange vanities?
20 The harvest is past, the summer is ended, and we are not saved.
21 For the hurt of the daughter of my people am I hurt; I am black; astonishment hath taken hold on me.
22 [Is there] no balm in Gilead; [is there] no physician there? why then is not the health of the daughter of my people recovered?
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הַצֳרִי֙H6875 · tse.ribalsamאֵ֣יןH369 · a.yinnothingבְּגִלְעָ֔דH1568 · gil.adGileadאִם־H518 · imifרֹפֵ֖אH7495 · ra.pahto healאֵ֣יןH369 · a.yinnothingשָׁ֑םH8033 · shamthereכִּ֗יH3588 · kiforמַדּ֙וּעַ֙H4069 · mad.du.awhy?לֹ֣אH3808 · lonotעָֽלְתָ֔הH5927 · a.lahto ascend: riseאֲרֻכַ֖תH724 · a.ru.khahhealthבַּת־H1323 · batdaughterעַמִּֽי׃H5971 · ampeople
Cross-references
Jeremiah 46:11Go 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.Genesis 37:25And 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.Jeremiah 51:8Babylon is suddenly fallen and destroyed: howl for her; take balm for her pain, if so be she may be healed.Jeremiah 30:12-17For thus saith the LORD, Thy bruise [is] incurable, [and] thy wound [is] grievous.Luke 8:43And a woman having an issue of blood twelve years, which had spent all her living upon physicians, neither could be healed of any,Luke 5:31-32And Jesus answering said unto them, They that are whole need not a physician; but they that are sick.Genesis 43:11And their father Israel said unto them, If [it must be] so now, do this; take of the best fruits in the land in your vessels, and carry down the man a present, a little balm, and a little honey, spices, and myrrh, nuts, and almonds:Isaiah 1:5-6Why should ye be stricken any more? ye will revolt more and more: the whole head is sick, and the whole heart faint.Matthew 9:11-12And when the Pharisees saw [it], they said unto his disciples, Why eateth your Master with publicans and sinners?
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