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 · 2000That with an iron pen and lead They were graven in the rock for ever!
KJV
King James Version · 1611That they were graven with an iron pen and lead in the rock for ever!
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901That with an iron pen and lead They were graven in the rock for ever!
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949And with an iron pen and lead be cut into the rock for ever!
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862With a pen of iron and lead--For ever in a rock they may be hewn.
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752With an iron pen and in a plate of lead, or else be graven with an instrument in flint stone?
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890That with an iron style and lead they were graven in the rock for ever!
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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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