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 crush me with your words? 3These ten times you have been reproaching me; you are not ashamed to attack me! But even if it were true that I have erred, my error remains solely my concern! 5If indeed you would exalt yourselves above me and plead my disgrace against me, 6know then that God has wronged me and encircled 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 11:3Will your idle talk reduce people to silence, and will no one rebuke you when you mock?
• 2 Samuel 24:17When he saw the angel who was destroying the people, David said to the Lord, “Look, it is I who have sinned and done this evil thing! As for these sheep – what have they done? Attack me and my family.”
• Proverbs 9:12If you are wise, you are wise to your own advantage, but if you are a mocker, you alone must bear it.
• Ezekiel 18:4Indeed! All lives are mine – the life of the father as well as the life of the son is mine. The one who sins will die.
• 2 Corinthians 5:10For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, so that each one may be paid back according to what he has done while in the body, whether good or evil.
• Galatians 6:5For each one will carry his own load.

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