Job 41:24

Job 41:24 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)His heart is as firm as a stone; yea, as hard as a piece of the nether millstone.
• New International Version (NIV)Its chest is hard as rock, hard as a lower millstone.
• English Standard Version (ESV)His heart is hard as a stone, hard as the lower millstone.
• New King James Version (NKJV)His heart is as hard as stone, Even as hard as the lower millstone.

Context of Job 41:24

22Its neck is very strong. Wherever it goes, people shake with fear. 23There are no weak places in its skin. Its skin is as hard as iron. It is cruel and it has no fear. Its heart is as hard as stone. 25Even the bravest people are afraid when Leviathan appears. They run away when it starts to move. 26If you hit it with a sword, you will not hurt it. Spears, arrows and knives will be useless.

Job 41:24 word by word

לִ֭בּוֹ יָצ֣וּק כְּמוֹ־אָ֑בֶן וְ֝יָצ֗וּק כְּפֶ֣לַח תַּחְתִּֽית׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• His heartלֵבlêb · heartH3820
• is as firmיָצַקyâtsaq · to pour: firmH3332
• as a stoneאֶ֫בֶן'eben · stoneH68
• as a pieceפֶּ֫לַחpelach · millstoneH6400
• of the netherתַּחְתִּיtachtîy · lowerH8482

Cross-references for Job 41:24

• Isaiah 48:4I did it because I know what you are like. You refuse to obey me. You do not want to change the way that you live. Your neck is like iron and it will not bend! Your head is as hard as bronze!
• Jeremiah 5:3Lord, you want people to be honest and true. You have punished your people, but they did not feel any pain. You nearly destroyed them, but they still refuse to change. Their minds have become as hard as rock. They refuse to turn back to you.
• Zechariah 7:12They decided that they would not listen to God's rules or to the messages from the prophets. But the Lord Almighty had sent those messages by His Spirit. So I, the Lord Almighty, was very angry.

Commentaries on Job 41:24

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 24Hard as a piece of the nether millstone - Which is required to be harder than that which runs above.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 24His heart is as firm as a stone - As hard; as solid. Bochart remarks that the word “heart” here is not to be regarded as denoting the “courage” of the animal, as it sometimes does, but the heart literally. The statement occurs in the description of the various parts of the animal, and the object is to show that there was special firmness or solidity in every one of his members. There is special firmness or strength needed in the “hearts” of all animals…Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2424. heart--"In large beasts which are less acute in feeling, there is great firmness of the heart, and slower motion" [Bochart]. The nether millstone, on which the upper turns, is especially hard.Read the comment

Topics related to Job 41:24

• God
• Mill
• Millstone

In the dictionaries

• Comely
• Iron
• Lay
• Leap
• Leviathan
• Mill
• Hard; Hardiness; Harddiness; Hardly
• Mill; Millstone
• Night-Monster

Commentaries on Job 41

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary