Job 19:4
a In having spoken words which it was not right to speak; 1 And my words err, and are unseasonable. 1
Updated Brenton Septuagint
In The King James Version
And be it indeed that I have erred, mine error remaineth with myself.
In Context
3Ye speak against me; ye do not feel for me, but bear hard upon me. 1
5But alas! for ye magnify yourselves against me, 1 And insult me with reproach. 1
Cross References
2 Samuel 24:17And David spoke to the Lord when he saw the angel smiting the people, and he said, Behold, it is I that have done wrong, but these sheep what have they done? Let thy hand, I pray thee, be upon me, and upon my father’s house.
Proverbs 9:12c And he goes through a dry desert, 1 And a land appointed to drought, 1 And he gathers barrenness with his hands. 1
Matthew Henry on Job 19:2-8
The Reply of Job to Bildad. ( b. c. 1520.) 1 Then Job answered and said, 2 How long will ye vex my soul, and break me in pieces with words? 3 These ten times have ye reproached me: ye are not ashamed that ye make yourselves strange to me. 4 And be it indeed that I have erred, mine error remaineth with myself. 5 If indeed ye will magnify yourselves against me, and plead against me my reproach: 6 Know now that God hath overthrown me, and hath compassed me with his net. 7 Behold, I cry out of wrong, but I am not… Read the whole commentary →