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

2“How long will you torment me and depress me with words? 3You have insulted me ten times now. You’re not even ashamed of mistreating me. Even if it were true that I’ve made a mistake without realizing it, my mistake would affect only me. 5If you are trying to make yourselves look better than me by using my disgrace as an argument against me, 6then I want you to know that God has wronged me and surrounded me with his net.

Job 19:4 word by word

וְאַף־אָמְנָ֥ם שָׁגִ֑יתִי אִ֝תִּ֗י תָּלִ֥ין מְשׁוּגָתִֽי׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And be it indeedאׇמְנָם'omnâm · trulyH551
• I have erredשָׁגָהshâgâh · to wanderH7686
• mine errorמְשׁוּגָהmeshûgâh · errorH4879
• remainethלוּןlûn lîyn · to lodgeH3885

Cross-references for Job 19:4

• Job 11:3Should your empty talk silence others so that you can make fun of us without any shame?
• 2 Samuel 24:17When David saw the Messenger who had been killing the people, he said to the Lord, “I’ve sinned. I’ve done wrong. What have these sheep done? Please let your punishment be against me and against my father’s family.”
• Proverbs 9:12If you are wise, your wisdom will help you. If you mock, you alone will be held responsible.
• Ezekiel 18:4The life of every person belongs to me. Fathers and their children belong to me. The person who sins will die.
• 2 Corinthians 5:10All of us must appear in front of Christ’s judgment seat. Then all people will receive what they deserve for the good or evil they have done while living in their bodies.
• Galatians 6:5Assume your own responsibility.

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