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Jeremiah 8:22
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KJ21
Is there no balm in Gilead? Is there no physician there? Why then is not 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?
AMP
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?
AMPC
Is there no balm in Gilead? Is there no physician there? Why then is not the health of the daughter of my people restored? [Because Zion no longer enjoyed the presence of the Great Physician!]
BRG
Is there no balm in Gilead; is there no physician there? why then is not the health of the daughter of my people recovered?
CSB
Is there no balm in Gilead? Is there no physician there? So why has the healing of my dear people not come about?
CSBA
Is there no balm in Gilead? Is there no physician there? So why has the healing of my dear people not come about?
CEB
Is there no balm in Gilead? Is there no physician there? Why then have my people not been restored to health?
CJB
Has Gil‘ad exhausted its healing resin? Is no physician there? If there is, then why is the daughter of my people so slow to recover her health?
CEV
If medicine and doctors may be found in Gilead, why aren't my people healed?
DARBY
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?
DRA
Is there no balm in Galaad? or is no physician there? Why then is not the wound of the daughter of my people closed?
ERV
Surely there is some medicine in Gilead. Surely there is a doctor in Gilead. So why are the wounds of my people not healed?
EASY
Surely there is a medicine in Gilead. There is a doctor there who can make my dear people better. But my people are still ill. Why are they not better?
EHV
Is there no balm in Gilead? Is there no physician there? Why has the health of my people not been restored?
ESV
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?
ESVUK
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?
EXB
Isn’t there balm [C the resin of the storax tree used as medicine] in the land of Gilead [C southern section of the Transjordan region]? Isn’t there a doctor there? So why ·aren’t the hurts of my people healed [L is there no new skin on the wound of the daughter of my people]?
GNV
Is there no balm at Gilead? is there no Physician there? Why then is not the health of the daughter of my people recovered?
GW
Isn’t there medicine in Gilead? Aren’t there doctors there? Then why hasn’t the health of my dear people been restored?
GNT
Is there no medicine in Gilead? Are there no doctors there? Why, then, have my people not been healed?
HCSB
Is there no balm in Gilead? Is there no physician there? So why has the healing of my dear people not come about?
ICB
Surely there is a balm in the land of Gilead. Surely there is a doctor there. So why aren’t the hurts of my people healed?
ISV
Is there no balm in Gilead? Is there no physician there? So why is there no healing for my people?
JUB
Is there no balm in Gilead; is there no physician there? Why then was there no medicine for the daughter of my people?
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?
AKJV
Is there no balm in Gilead; is there no physician there? why then is not the health of the daughter of my people recovered?
LSB
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?
LEB
Is there no balm in Gilead? Is there no healer there? Why, then, has the healing of the daughter of my people not been restored?
TLB
Is there no medicine in Gilead? Is there no physician there? Why doesn’t God do something? Why doesn’t he help?
MSG
I drown in grief. I’m heartsick. Oh, listen! Please listen! It’s the cry of my dear people reverberating through the country. Is God no longer in Zion? Has the King gone away? Can you tell me why they flaunt their plaything-gods, their silly, imported no-gods before me? The crops are in, the summer is over, but for us nothing’s changed. We’re still waiting to be rescued. For my dear broken people, I’m heartbroken. I weep, seized by grief. Are there no healing ointments in Gilead? Isn’t there a doctor in the house? So why can’t something be done to heal and save my dear, dear people? * * *
MEV
Is there no balm in Gilead? Is there no physician there? Why then has not the health of the daughter of my people recovered?
NOG
Isn’t there medicine in Gilead? Aren’t there doctors there? Then why hasn’t the health of my dear people been restored?
NABRE
Is there no balm in Gilead, no healer there? Why does new flesh not grow over the wound of the daughter of my people?
NASB
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?
NASB1995
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?
NCB
Is there no more balm in Gilead? Can no physician be found there? Why has there not been any progress to restore the health of my people?
NCV
Isn’t there balm in the land of Gilead? Isn’t there a doctor there? So why aren’t the hurts of my people healed?
NET
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?
NIRV
Isn’t there any healing lotion in Gilead? Isn’t there a doctor there? Then why doesn’t someone heal the wounds of my people?
NIV
Is there no balm in Gilead? Is there no physician there? Why then is there no healing for the wound of my people?
NIVUK
Is there no balm in Gilead? Is there no physician there? Why then is there no healing for the wound of my people?
NKJV
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?
NLV
Is there no healing oil in Gilead? Is there no doctor there? Why then have my people not been healed?
NLT
Is there no medicine in Gilead? Is there no physician there? Why is there no healing for the wounds of my people?
NRSVA
Is there no balm in Gilead? Is there no physician there? Why then has the health of my poor people not been restored?
NRSVACE
Is there no balm in Gilead? Is there no physician there? Why then has the health of my poor people not been restored?
NRSVCE
Is there no balm in Gilead? Is there no physician there? Why then has the health of my poor people not been restored?
NRSVUE
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?
OJB
Is there no tzori (medicinal balsam or balm) in Gil`ad; is there no rofeh (physician) there? Why then is the health of the Bat Ami not recovered?
RGT
Is there no balm in Gilead? Is there no Physician there? Why then has not the health of the daughter of my people recovered?
RSV
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?
RSVCE
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?
TLV
Is there no balm in Gilead? Is there no physician there? Then why has no healing gone up for the daughter of my people?
VOICE
Is there no healing medicine in Gilead, no balm that could help my people? Is there no physician who can help? Why is there no healing for the wounds inflicted on my people?
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?
WYC
Whether resin, that is, a gum of great odour and medicinal, is not in Gilead, either a leech is not there? Why therefore the wound of the daughter of my people is not healed perfectly? (Is there not resin, that is, a medicinal gum of strong odour, in Gilead, or is a physician not there? And so why is the wound of the daughter of my people not perfectly healed?)
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?
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