Job 19:4

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

And be it indeed that I have erred, Mine error remaineth with myself.

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Formal EquivalenceSource: American Standard VersionBest for: Word studies and original-language research

🎯 Translation Approach

A highly literal, word-for-word translation (ASV, 1901) augmented with Strong's numbering to connect English words to underlying Hebrew and Greek terms for study.

Word-for-word

5/5

Readability

2/5

💎 Distinctive Features

Integrated Strong's numbering: Links English terms to underlying Hebrew and Greek words for deeper lexical study.
Formal equivalence: Prioritizes close alignment with source-language forms and structures.
Divine name rendering: Frequently renders the Tetragrammaton as Jehovah in the Old Testament, following ASV tradition.
Study-focused formatting: Optimized for reference and research rather than casual reading.

✅ Strengths

High fidelity to original languages
Includes Strong's numbers for precise word study
Consistent lexical choices aid exegesis
Stable, longstanding scholarly text

⚠️ Considerations

Archaic language reduces readability
Older textual basis compared to some modern translations
Strong's numbers are a concordance index, not full lexical definitions

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Pastors and teachers
Seminary students
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Referenced Verses

Prov 9:12 : 12 If thou art wise, thou art wise for thyself; And if thou scoffest, thou alone shalt bear it.
Ezek 18:4 : 4 Behold, all souls are mine; as the soul of the father, so also the soul of the son is mine: the soul that sinneth, it shall die.
2 Cor 5:10 : 10 For we must all be made manifest before the judgment-seat of Christ; that each one may receive the things [done] in the body, according to what he hath done, whether [it be] good or bad.
Gal 6:5 : 5 For each man shall bear his own burden.
2 Sam 24:17 : 17 And David spake unto Jehovah when he saw the angel that smote the people, and said, Lo, I have sinned, and I have done perversely; but these sheep, what have they done? let thy hand, I pray thee, be against me, and against my father's house.
Job 11:3-6 : 3 Should thy boastings make men hold their peace? And when thou mockest, shall no man make thee ashamed? 4 For thou sayest, My doctrine is pure, And I am clean in thine eyes. 5 But oh that God would speak, And open his lips against thee, 6 And that he would show thee the secrets of wisdom! For he is manifold in understanding. Know therefore that God exacteth of thee less than thine iniquity deserveth.

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

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Job 10:14-15
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14If I sin, then thou markest me, And thou wilt not acquit me from mine iniquity.
15If I be wicked, woe unto me; And if I be righteous, yet shall I not lift up my head; Being filled with ignominy, And looking upon mine affliction.
Job 6:24
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24Teach me, and I will hold my peace; And cause me to understand wherein I have erred.
Ps 38:18
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18For I will declare mine iniquity; I will be sorry for my sin.
Ps 19:12-13
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12Who can discern [his] errors? Clear thou me from hidden [faults].
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Ps 7:3-4
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3O Jehovah my God, if I have done this; If there be iniquity in my hands;
4If I have rewarded evil unto him that was at peace with me; (Yea, I have delivered him that without cause was mine adversary;)
Job 19:3
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3These ten times have ye reproached me: Ye are not ashamed that ye deal hardly with me.
Job 31:5-7
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5If I have walked with falsehood, And my foot hath hasted to deceit
6(Let me be weighed in an even balance, That God may know mine integrity);
7If my step hath turned out of the way, And my heart walked after mine eyes, And if any spot hath cleaved to my hands:
Job 7:20-21
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20If I have sinned, what I unto thee, O thou watcher of men? Why hast thou set me as a mark for thee, So that I am a burden to myself?
21And why dost thou not pardon my transgression, and take away mine iniquity? For now shall I lie down in the dust; And thou wilt seek me diligently, but I shall not be.
Job 6:29
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29Return, I pray you, let there be no injustice; Yea, return again, my cause is righteous.
Ps 51:3-4
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3For I know my transgressions; And my sin is ever before me.
4Against thee, thee only, have I sinned, And done that which is evil in thy sight; That thou mayest be justified when thou speakest, And be clear when thou judgest.
Job 34:5-6
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5For Job hath said, I am righteous, And God hath taken away my right:
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Job 34:31-32
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Jer 2:35
71%
35Yet thou saidst, I am innocent; surely his anger is turned away from me. Behold, I will enter into judgment with thee, because thou sayest, I have not sinned.
Job 42:6
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6Wherefore I abhor [myself], And repent in dust and ashes.
Job 9:28-29
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28I am afraid of all my sorrows, I know that thou wilt not hold me innocent.
29I shall be condemned; Why then do I labor in vain?
Job 13:18-19
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18Behold now, I have set my cause in order; I know that I am righteous.
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Job 31:33
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Ps 26:11
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Jer 10:19
69%
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Jer 31:19
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Job 13:15
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2 Sam 19:19
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Job 33:27
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