Job 19:24
“That they were grauen with an iron pen and lead, in the rocke for euer.”
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Job 19:24 Context
22Why doe ye persecute me as God, and are not satisfied with my flesh? 23Oh that my wordes were now written, oh that they were printed in a booke! 24That they were grauen with an iron pen and lead, in the rocke for euer. 25For I know that my Redeemer liueth, and that he shall stand at the latter day, vpon the earth: 26And though after my skin, wormes destroy this body, yet in my flesh shall I see God:
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Other Translations for Job 19:24
That they were graven with an iron pen and lead in the rock for ever!
- King James Version
"That with an iron stylus and lead They were engraved in the rock forever!
- New American Standard Version (1995)
That with an iron pen and lead They were graven in the rock for ever!
- American Standard Version (1901)
And with an iron pen and lead be cut into the rock for ever!
- Basic English Bible
That with an iron style and lead they were graven in the rock for ever!
- Darby Bible
That they were graven with an iron pen in lead, in the rock for ever!
- Webster's Bible
That with an iron pen and lead they were engraved in the rock forever!
- World English Bible
With a pen of iron and lead -- For ever in a rock they may be hewn.
- Youngs Literal Bible
That with an iron pen and lead they were graven in the rock for ever!
- Jewish Publication Society Bible
Wesley's Notes for Job 19:24
19:24 Lead - Anciently they used to grave the letters in a stone with an iron tool, and then to fill up the cuts with lead, that the words might be more plainly seen.