Job 19:24

What does Job 19:24 mean?

A plain-English look at Job 19:24 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

That with an iron pen and lead They were graven in the rock for ever!

KJV

King James Version · 1611

That they were graven with an iron pen and lead in the rock for ever!

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

That with an iron pen and lead They were graven in the rock for ever!

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

And with an iron pen and lead be cut into the rock for ever!

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

With a pen of iron and lead--For ever in a rock they may be hewn.

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

With an iron pen and in a plate of lead, or else be graven with an instrument in flint stone?

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

That with an iron style and lead they were graven in the rock for ever!

Context

v.23Oh that my words were now written! Oh that they were inscribed in a book!

v.24This passage

v.25But as for me I know that my Redeemer liveth, And at last he will stand up upon the earth:

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Exodus 28:11

    With the work of an engraver in stone, like the engravings of a signet, shalt thou engrave the two stones, according to the names of the children of Israel: thou shalt make them to be inclosed in settings of gold.

  • Exodus 28:21

    And the stones shall be according to the names of the children of Israel, twelve, according to their names; like the engravings of a signet, every one according to his name, they shall be for the twelve tribes.

  • Exodus 32:16

    And the tables were the work of God, and the writing was the writing of God, graven upon the tables.

  • Deuteronomy 27:2

    And it shall be on the day when ye shall pass over the Jordan unto the land which Jehovah thy God giveth thee, that thou shalt set thee up great stones, and plaster them with plaster:

  • Jeremiah 17:1

    The sin of Judah is written with a pen of iron, andwith the point of a diamond: it is graven upon the tablet of their heart, and upon the horns of your altars;

  • Deuteronomy 27:8

    And thou shalt write upon the stones all the words of this law very plainly.

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