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Selected Verse: Job 19:4 - Strong Concordance

Verse	Translation	Text
Job 19:4	Strong Concordance	And be it indeed [0551] that I have erred [07686], mine error [04879] remaineth [03885] with myself.
	King James	And be it indeed that I have erred, mine error remaineth with myself.

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A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882]
erred--The Hebrew expresses unconscious error. Job was unconscious of wilful sin. remaineth--literally, "passeth the night." An image from harboring an unpleasant guest for the night. I bear the consequences.

A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882]

erred--The Hebrew expresses unconscious error. Job was unconscious of wilful sin.

remaineth--literally, "passeth the night." An image from harboring an unpleasant guest for the night. I bear the consequences.

Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834]
And 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 fair results of his own conduct.

Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834]

And 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 fair results of his own conduct.

Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65]
Erred - If I have sinned, I myself suffer for my sins, and therefore deserve your pity rather than reproaches.

Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65]

Erred - If I have sinned, I myself suffer for my sins, and therefore deserve your pity rather than reproaches.

Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826
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 Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826

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?

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