1  Honor the physician because of necessity, and because the Most High created him.

1  Honour a physician with the honour due unto him for the uses which ye may have of him: for the Lord hath created him.

2  For all healing is from God, and so he will receive gifts from the King.

2  For of the most High cometh healing, and he shall receive honour of the king.

3  The expertise of the physician will lift up his head, and in the sight of great men, he will be praised.

3  The skill of the physician shall lift up his head: and in the sight of great men he shall be in admiration.

4  The Most High has created medicines from the earth, and a prudent man will not abhor them.

4  The Lord hath created medicines out of the earth; and he that is wise will not abhor them.

5  Was not bitter water made sweet with wood?

5  Was not the water made sweet with wood, that the virtue thereof might be known?

6  The benefits of these things is recognized by men, and the Most High has given this knowledge to men, so that he may be honored in his wonders.

6  And he hath given men skill, that he might be honoured in his marvellous works.

7  By these things, he will cure or mitigate their suffering, and the pharmacist will make soothing ointments, and he will form healing medicines, and there will be no end to his works.

7  With such doth he heal men, and taketh away their pains.

8  For the peace of God is upon the surface of the earth.

8  Of such doth the apothecary make a confection; and of his works there is no end; and from him is peace over all the earth,