Job 19:4

Job 19:4 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And be it indeed that I have erred, mine error remaineth with myself.
• New International Version (NIV)If it is true that I have gone astray, my error remains my concern alone.
• English Standard Version (ESV)And even if it be true that I have erred, my error remains with myself.
• New King James Version (NKJV)And if indeed I have erred, My error remains with me.

Context of Job 19:4

2How long will ye vex my soul, and crush me with words? 3These ten times have ye reproached me; ye are not ashamed to stupefy me. And be it [that] I have erred, mine error remaineth with myself. 5If indeed ye will magnify yourselves against me, and prove against me my reproach, 6Know now that God hath overthrown me, and hath surrounded me with his net.

Job 19:4 word by word

וְאַף־אָמְנָ֥ם שָׁגִ֑יתִי אִ֝תִּ֗י תָּלִ֥ין מְשׁוּגָתִֽי׃Read the interlinear

• erredשָׁגָהshâgâh · to wanderH7686

Cross-references for Job 19:4

• Job 11:3Should thy fictions make men hold their peace? and shouldest thou mock, and no one make [thee] ashamed?
• 2 Samuel 24:17And David spoke to Jehovah when he saw the angel that smote among the people, and said, Behold, it is I that have sinned, and it is I that have committed iniquity; but these sheep, what have they done? let thy hand, I pray thee, be on me, and on my father's house!
• Proverbs 9:12If thou art wise, thou shalt be wise for thyself; and if thou scornest, thou alone shalt bear it.
• Ezekiel 18:4Behold, all the souls are mine; as the soul of the father, so also the soul of the son is mine: the soul that sinneth, it shall die.
• 2 Corinthians 5:10For we must all be manifested before the judgment-seat of the Christ, that each may receive the things [done] in the body, according to those he has done, whether [it be] good or evil.
• Galatians 6:5For each shall bear his own burden.

Commentaries on Job 19:4

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 4And be it indeed that I have erred - Suppose indeed that I have been mistaken in any thing, that in the simplicity of my heart I have gone astray, and that this matter remains with myself, (for most certainly there is no public stain on my life), you must grant that this error, whatsoever it is, has hurt no person except myself. Why then do ye treat me as a person whose life has been a general blot, and whose example must be a public curse?Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 4And be it indeed that I have erred - Admitting that I have erred, it is my own concern. You have a right to reproach and revile me in this manner. Mine error abideth with myself - I must abide the consequences of the error.” The design of this seems to be to reprove what he regarded as an improper and meddlesome interference with his concerns. Or it may be an expression of a willingness to bear all the consequences himself. He was willing to meet all the…Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-29SECOND SERIES. 2. How long, &c.--retorting Bildad's words (Job 18:2). Admitting the punishment to be deserved, is it kind thus ever to be harping on this to the sufferer? And yet even this they have not yet proved.Read the comment

Topics related to Job 19:4

• Persecution

In the dictionaries

• Acquaintance
• Fence
• Mouth
• Net
• Err; Error

Commentaries on Job 19

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings