Job 19:4 (WEB)

Passage

If it is true that I have erred, my error remains with myself.

Nearby Context

Job 19:2 “How long will you torment me, and crush me with words?

Job 19:3 You have reproached me ten times. You aren’t ashamed that you attack me.

Job 19:4 If it is true that I have erred, my error remains with myself.

Job 19:5 If indeed you will magnify yourselves against me, and plead against me my reproach;

Job 19:6 know now that God has subverted me, and has surrounded me with his net.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "true", "erred", "error", "remains", and "myself". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "true" and "erred", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 3's "You have reproached me ten times You..." into verse 5's "If indeed you will magnify yourselves against...", so "true" and "erred" belong inside that flow. In Job context, the local focus is covenant, worship, and faithfulness.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "true" and "erred" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.