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Job: My Redeemer Lives

Job 19:4

In 11 translations

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.
LSV
And also—truly, I have erred, || My error remains with me.
YLT
And also — truly, I have erred, With me doth my error remain.
DBY
And be it [that] I have erred, mine error remaineth with myself.
DRC
For if I have been ignorant, my ignorance shall be with me.
GNV
And though I had in deede erred, mine errour remaineth with me.
JPS
And be it indeed that I have erred, mine error remaineth with myself.
LXXE
Yea verily, I have erred in truth, (but the error abides with myself) in having spoken words which it was not right to speak; and my words err, and are unseasonable.

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Original-language editions

WLC
וְאַף־אָמְנָ֥ם שָׁגִ֑יתִי אִ֝תִּ֗י תָּלִ֥ין מְשׁוּגָתִֽי׃
LXX-Br
Ναὶ δὴ ἐπʼ ἀληθείας ἐγὼ ἐπλανήθην, παρʼ ἐμοὶ δὲ αὐλίζεται πλάνος· λαλῆσαι ῥῆματα ἃ οὐκ ἔδει, τὰ δὲ ῥήματά μου πλανᾶται καὶ οὐκ ἐπὶ καιροῦ.

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Cross-references most cited first

  • 2 Corinthians 5:10For 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.
  • Proverbs 9:12If you are wise, you are wise to your own advantage; but if you scoff, you alone will bear the consequences.
  • Ezekiel 18:4Behold, every soul belongs to Me; both father and son are Mine. The soul who sins is the one who will die.
  • 2 Samuel 24:17When 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…
  • Galatians 6:5For each one should carry his own load.
  • Job 11:3–6Should your babbling put others to silence? Will you scoff without rebuke? You have said, ‘My doctrine is sound, and I am pure in Your sight.’ But if only God would speak and open His lips against you, and disclose to…

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