Job 19 · Verse 4

Job 19:4

And be it indeed that I have erred, mine error remaineth with myself.
Job 19:4, King James Version

Job 19:4 in other translations

BSBEven if I have truly gone astray, my error concerns me alone.
WEBIf it is true that I have erred, my error remains with myself.
ASVAnd be it indeed that I have erred, Mine error remaineth with myself.
YLTAnd also--truly, I have erred, With me doth my error remain.
DARBYAnd be it that I have erred, mine error remaineth with myself.
BBEAnd, truly, if I have been in error, the effect of my error is only on myself.
WebsterAnd be it indeed that I have erred, my error remaineth with myself.

What does Job 19:4 mean?

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 4 And 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?

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Job 19:1-7

Job's friends blamed him as a wicked man, because he was so afflicted; here he describes their unkindness, showing that what they condemned was capable of excuse. Harsh language from friends, greatly adds to the weight of afflictions: yet it is best not to lay it to heart, lest we harbour resentment. Rather let us look to Him who endured the contradiction of sinners against himself, and was treated with far more…

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Job 19:4 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וְאַף\־ve.'af-and evenH637
אָמְנָ֥ם'a.me.NamtrulyH551
שָׁגִ֑יתִיsha.Gi.tiI have erredH7686
אִ֝תִּ֗י'i.Tiwith meH854
תָּלִ֥יןta.Linit lodgesH3885
מְשׁוּגָתִֽי\׃me.shu.ga.Tierror myH4879

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Job 19:4

  • 2 Corinthians 5:10

    For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ; that every one may receive the things done in his body, according to that he hath done, whether it be good or bad.

  • Ezekiel 18:4

    Behold, all 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.

  • Proverbs 9:12

    If thou be wise, thou shalt be wise for thyself: but if thou scornest, thou alone shalt bear it.

  • Galatians 6:5

    For every man shall bear his own burden.

  • Job 11:3-6

    Should thy lies make men hold their peace? and when thou mockest, shall no man make thee ashamed? For thou hast said, My doctrine is pure, and I am clean in thine eyes. But oh that God would speak, and open his lips against thee; And that he would shew thee the secrets of wisdom, that they are double to that which is! Know therefore that God exacteth of thee less than thine iniquity deserveth.

  • 2 Samuel 24:17

    And David spake unto the Lord when he saw the angel that smote the people, and said, Lo, I have sinned, and I have done wickedly: but these sheep, what have they done? let thine hand, I pray thee, be against me, and against my father’s house.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
I have erred.
11:3-6
mine.
2Sa 24:17; Pr 9:12; Eze 18:4; 2Co 5:10; Ga 6:5

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • Job 19:3

    These ten times have ye reproached me: ye are not ashamed that ye make yourselves strange to me.

  • Job 19:4

    And be it indeed that I have erred, mine error remaineth with myself.

  • Job 19:5

    If indeed ye will magnify yourselves against me, and plead against me my reproach:

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Job 19:4 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Sea así que realmente haya yo errado, conmigo se quedará mi yerro.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Mais si vraiment j’ai erré, mon erreur demeure avec moi.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Und habe ich auch wirklich geirrt, so bleibt doch mein Irrtum bei mir.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Nempe etsi ignoravi, mecum erit ignorantia mea.