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 Living Translation (NLT)Its heart is hard as rock, hard as a millstone.

Context of Job 41:24

22Strength dwells in his neck, And sorrow dances before him. 23The folds of his flesh are joined together; They are firm on him and cannot be moved. His heart is as hard as stone, Even as hard as the lower millstone. 25When he raises himself up, the mighty are afraid; Because of his crashings they are beside themselves. 26Though the sword reaches him, it cannot avail; Nor does spear, dart, or javelin.

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 48:4Because I knew that you were obstinate, And your neck was an iron sinew, And your brow bronze,
• Jeremiah 5:3O Lord, are not Your eyes on the truth? You have stricken them, But they have not grieved; You have consumed them, But they have refused to receive correction. They have made their faces harder than rock; They have refused to return.
• Zechariah 7:12Yes, they made their hearts like flint, refusing to hear the law and the words which the Lord of hosts had sent by His Spirit through the former prophets. Thus great wrath came from the Lord of hosts.

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