Jeremiah 8:22 “Is there no balm in Gilead? Is no physician there? Why then has the he…”

Jeremiah 8:22

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

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

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?

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?

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?

Geneva Bible 1599

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

Darby Translation

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?

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?

Bible in Basic English

Is there no life-giving oil in Gilead? is there no expert in medical arts? why then have my people not been made well?

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Cross references

“no balm”

Jeremiah 46:11 Genesis 37:25 Jeremiah 51:8 Genesis 43:11

Jeremiah 46:11 · BSB

Go up to Gilead for balm, O Virgin Daughter of Egypt! In vain you try many remedies, but for you there is no healing.

Genesis 37:25 · BSB

And 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 51:8 · BSB

Suddenly Babylon has fallen and been shattered. Wail for her; get her balm for her pain; perhaps she can be healed.

Genesis 43:11 · BSB

Then 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 myrrh…

“no physician”

Luke 8:43 Matthew 9:11 Matthew 9:12 Luke 5:31 Luke 5:32

Luke 8:43 · BSB

including 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.

Matthew 9:11 · BSB

When the Pharisees saw this, they asked His disciples, “Why does your Teacher eat with tax collectors and sinners?”

Matthew 9:12 · BSB

On hearing this, Jesus said, “It is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick.

Luke 5:31 · BSB

Jesus answered, “It is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick.

Luke 5:32 · BSB

I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners, to repentance.”

“why”

Jeremiah 30:12–17

Jeremiah 30:12–17 · BSB

For this is what the LORD says: “Your injury is incurable; your wound is grievous.

“recovered”

Isaiah 1:5 Isaiah 1:6

Isaiah 1:5 · BSB

Why do you want more beatings? Why do you keep rebelling? Your head has a massive wound, and your whole heart is afflicted.

Isaiah 1:6 · BSB

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.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

21For the brokenness of the daughter of my people I am crushed. I mourn; horror has gripped me.

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