Job 19:24

Job 19:24 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)That they were graven with an iron pen and lead in the rock for ever!
• New International Version (NIV)that they were inscribed with an iron tool on lead, or engraved in rock forever!
• English Standard Version (ESV)Oh that with an iron pen and lead they were engraved in the rock forever!
• New King James Version (NKJV)That they were engraved on a rock With an iron pen and lead, forever!

Context of Job 19:24

22Why do you pursue me as God does? Why are you never satisfied with my flesh? 23“I wish now my words were written. I wish they were inscribed on a scroll. I wish they were forever engraved on a rock with an iron stylus and lead. 25But I know that my defender lives, and afterwards, he will rise on the earth. 26Even after my skin has been stripped off my body, I will see God in my own flesh.

Job 19:24 word by word

בְּעֵט־בַּרְזֶ֥ל וְעֹפָ֑רֶת לָ֝עַ֗ד בַּצּ֥וּר יֵחָצְבֽוּן׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• That they were gravenחָצַבchâtsab châtsêb · to hewH2672
• with an ironבַּרְזֶלbarzel · ironH1270
• penעֵט‛êţ · stylusH5842
• and leadעֹפֶרֶת‛ôphereth ‛ôphereth · leadH5777
• in the rockצוּרtsûr tsûr · rockH6697
• for everעַד‛ad · perpetuityH5703

Cross-references for Job 19:24

• Exodus 28:11Engrave the names of the sons of Israel on the two stones the same way a jeweler engraves a signet ring. Mount them in gold settings,
• Exodus 32:16The tablets were the work of God, and the writing was God’s writing inscribed on the tablets.
• Deuteronomy 27:2“The day you cross the Jordan River and enter the land that the Lord your God is giving you, set up some large stones and cover them with plaster.
• Jeremiah 17:1⌞The Lord says,⌟ “Judah’s sin is written with an iron pen. It is engraved with a diamond point on the tablet of their hearts and on the horns of their altars.

Commentaries on Job 19:24

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 24Iron pen and lead - Some suppose that the meaning of this place is this: the iron pen is the chisel by which the letters were to be deeply cut in the stone or rock; and the lead was melted into those cavities in order to preserve the engraving distinct. But this is not so natural a supposition as what is stated above; that Job refers to the different kinds of writing or perpetuating public events, used in his time: and the quotations from Pliny and…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 24That they were graven - Cut in, or sculptured - as is done on stones. That they might become thus a permanent record. With an iron pen - A stylus, or an engraving tool - for so the word (עט ‛êṭ ) means. The instrument formerly used for writing or engraying was a small, sharp-pointed piece of iron or steel, that was employed to mark on lead or stone - somewhat in the form of small graying tools now. When the writing was on wax, the instrument was made…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 23-29Verses 23-29 The Spirit of God, at this time, seems to have powerfully wrought on the mind of Job. Here he witnessed a good confession; declared the soundness of his faith, and the assurance of his hope. Here is much of Christ and heaven; and he that said such things are these, declared plainly that he sought the better country, that is, the heavenly. Job was taught of God to believe in a living Redeemer; to look for the resurrection of the dead, and the…Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2424. pen--graver. lead--poured into the engraven characters, to make them better seen [Umbreit]. Not on leaden plates; for it was "in the rock" that they were engraved. Perhaps it was the hammer that was of "lead," as sculptors find more delicate incisions are made by it, than by a harder hammer. FOSTER (One Primeval Language) has shown that the inscriptions on the rocks in Wady-Mokatta, along Israel's route through the desert, record the journeys of that…Read the comment

Topics related to Job 19:24

• Lead
• Pen

In the dictionaries

• Acquaintance
• Fence
• Graving
• Mouth
• Net
• Book
• Iron (1)
• Libraries
• Pen
• Rock

Commentaries on Job 19

• 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
• EGW Writings