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

22Strength resides in its neck, and power dances in front of it. 23The folds of its flesh stick to each other. They are solid and cannot be moved. Its chest is solid like a rock, solid like a millstone. 25“The mighty are afraid when Leviathan rises. Broken down, they draw back. 26A sword may strike it but not pierce it. Neither will a spear, lance, or dart.

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 know that you are stubborn. Like iron, you are hardheaded. Like bronze, nothing gets through your thick skull.
• Jeremiah 5:3Lord, your eyes look for the truth. You strike these people, but they don’t feel it. You crush them, but they refuse to be corrected. They are more stubborn than rocks. They refuse to turn back.
• Zechariah 7:12They made their hearts as hard as flint so that they couldn’t hear the Lord’s teachings, the words that the Lord of Armies had sent by his Spirit through the earlier prophets. So the Lord of Armies became 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
• 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