Job 41:24
His heart is as firm as a stone; yea, as hard as a piece of the nether millstone.
Job 41:24 in other translations
| BSB | His chest is as hard as a rock, as hard as a lower millstone! |
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| WEB | His heart is as firm as a stone, yes, firm as the lower millstone. |
| ASV | His heart is as firm as a stone; Yea, firm as the nether millstone. |
| YLT | His heart is firm as a stone, Yea, firm as the lower piece. |
| DARBY | His heart is firm as a stone, yea, firm as the nether millstone. |
| BBE | His heart is as strong as a stone, hard as the lower crushing-stone. |
| Webster | His heart is as firm as a stone; yes, as hard as a piece of the nether millstone. |
What does Job 41:24 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain
Adam Clarke's Commentary
Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain
Job 41:24 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Job 41:24
- Isaiah 48:4
Because I knew that thou art obstinate, and thy neck is an iron sinew, and thy brow brass;
- Jeremiah 5:3
O Lord, are not thine eyes upon the truth? thou hast stricken them, but they have not grieved; thou hast consumed them, but they have refused to receive correction: they have made their faces harder than a rock; they have refused to return.
- Zechariah 7:12
Yea, they made their hearts as an adamant stone, lest they should hear the law, and the words which the Lord of hosts hath sent in his spirit by the former prophets: therefore came a great wrath from the Lord of hosts.
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Context
- Job 41:23
The flakes of his flesh are joined together: they are firm in themselves; they cannot be moved.
- Job 41:24
His heart is as firm as a stone; yea, as hard as a piece of the nether millstone.
- Job 41:25
When he raiseth up himself, the mighty are afraid: by reason of breakings they purify themselves.
Job 41:24 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Su corazón es firme como una piedra, y fuerte como la muela de abajo. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Il fait briller après lui son sillage; on prendrait l’abîme pour des cheveux gris. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Auf Erden ist keiner ihm gleich, der geschaffen ist ohne Furcht. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Non est super terram potestas quæ comparetur ei, qui factus est ut nullum timeret. |