Tree of Life Version
Job 41:24
24He leaves a shining wake behind him; one would think the deep had white hair.
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
22“His undersides are jagged potsherds, leaving a trail like a threshing sledge in mud. 23He makes the deep boil like a cauldron and stirs up the sea like a pot of ointment. He leaves a shining wake behind him; one would think the deep had white hair. 25Nothing on dry land is his equal— a creature without fear. 26He sees every haughty thing; he is king over all who are proud.”
Read all of Job 41Job 41:24 word by word
לִ֭בּוֹ יָצ֣וּק כְּמוֹ־אָ֑בֶן וְ֝יָצ֗וּק כְּפֶ֣לַח תַּחְתִּֽית׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Job 41:24
- Isaiah 48:4For I know that you are obstinate, and your neck is iron sinew, and your forehead bronze.
- Jeremiah 5:3Adonai, do Your eyes not look for faithfulness? You struck them, but they did not grieve. You disciplined them, but they refused correction. They made their faces harder than stone. They refused to return.
- Zechariah 7:12Indeed, they made their hearts as hard as flint preventing them from hearing the Torah or the words that Adonai-Tzva’ot sent by His Ruach through the former prophets. Consequently, great wrath came from Adonai-Tzva’ot.
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
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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
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