Job 19:4
2 “How long will you torment me and crush me with your words?
3 Ten times now you have reproached me; you shamelessly mistreat me.
Even if I have truly gone astray, my error concerns me alone.
5 If indeed you would exalt yourselves above me and use my disgrace against me,
6 then understand that it is God who has wronged me and drawn His net around me.
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- Even if I have truly gone astray, my error concerns me alone.
- KJV
- And be it indeed that I have erred, mine error remaineth with myself.
- WEB
- If it is true that I have erred, my error remains with myself.
- ASV
- And be it indeed that I have erred, Mine error remaineth with myself.
- DARBY
- And be it [that] I have erred, mine error remaineth with myself.
- BLB
- And if I have truly gone astray, my straying lodges with me.
- ÅB
- Har jeg virkelig faret vill, da blir min villfarelse min egen sak.
- OTB
- Selv om jeg har feilet,
angår min feil meg alene. - B1930
- Har jeg virkelig faret vill, da blir min villfarelse min egen sak.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
2 Corinthians 5:10
For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, that each one may receive his due for the things done in the body, whether good or bad.
Read in contextEzekiel 18:4
Behold, every soul belongs to Me; both father and son are Mine. The soul who sins is the one who will die.
Read in contextProverbs 9:12
If you are wise, you are wise to your own advantage; but if you scoff, you alone will bear the consequences.
Read in contextGalatians 6:5
For each one should carry his own load.
Read in contextJob 11:3–6
Should your babbling put others to silence? Will you scoff without rebuke?
Read in context2 Samuel 24:17
When David saw the angel striking down the people, he said to the LORD, “Surely I, the shepherd, have sinned and acted wickedly. But these sheep, what have they done? Please, let Your hand fall upon me and my father’s house.”
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