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 persecute me as God does, And are not satisfied with my flesh? 23“Oh that my words were written! Oh that they were recorded in a book! That with an iron stylus and lead They were engraved in the rock forever! 25Yet as for me, I know that my Redeemer lives, And at the last, He will take His stand on the earth. 26Even after my skin is destroyed, Yet from my flesh I will see God,

Job 19:24 word by word

בְּעֵט־בַּרְזֶ֥ל וְעֹפָ֑רֶת לָ֝עַ֗ד בַּצּ֥וּר יֵחָצְבֽוּן׃Read the interlinear

• That with an ironבַּרְזֶלbarzel · ironH1270
• stylusעֵט‛êţ · stylusH5842
• and leadעֹפֶרֶת‛ôphereth ‛ôphereth · leadH5777
• They were engravedחָצַבchâtsab châtsêb · to hewH2672
• in the rockצוּרtsûr tsûr · rockH6697
• foreverעַד‛ad · perpetuityH5703

Cross-references for Job 19:24

• Exodus 28:11As a jeweler engraves a signet, you shall engrave the two stones according to the names of the sons of Israel; you shall set them in filigree settings of gold.
• Exodus 32:16The tablets were God’s work, and the writing was God’s writing engraved on the tablets.
• Deuteronomy 27:2So it shall be on the day when you cross the Jordan to the land which the Lord your God is giving you, that you shall set up for yourself large stones and coat them with lime
• Jeremiah 17:1The sin of Judah is written with an iron stylus; With a diamond point it is engraved 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