King James Version:
(The Lord speaking is red text)
His heart is as firm as a stone; yea, as hard as a piece of the nether [millstone].
Complete Jewish Bible:
His heart is as hard as a stone, yes, hard as a lower millstone.
Berean Standard Bible:
His chest is as hard as a rock, as hard as a lower millstone!
American Standard Version:
His heart is as firm as a stone; Yea, firm as the nether millstone.
KJV with Strong’s Numbers:
His heart{H3820} is as firm{H3332} as a stone{H68}; yea, as hard{H3332} as a piece{H6400} of the nether{H8482} millstone.
Cross-References (KJV):
Isaiah 48:4
- Because I knew that thou [art] obstinate, and thy neck [is] an iron sinew, and thy brow brass;
Jeremiah 5:3
- O LORD, [are] not thine eyes upon the truth? thou hast stricken them, but they have not grieved; thou hast consumed them, [but] they have refused to receive correction: they have made their faces harder than a rock; they have refused to return.
Zechariah 7:12
- Yea, they made their hearts [as] an adamant stone, lest they should hear the law, and the words which the LORD of hosts hath sent in his spirit by the former prophets: therefore came a great wrath from the LORD of hosts.
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Commentary for Job 41:24
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Strong's Numbers and Definitions:
Note: H = Hebrew (OT), G = Greek (NT)
- Strong's Number: H3820
There are 550 instances of this translation in the Bible
Lemma: לֵב
Transliteration: lêb
Pronunciation: labe
Description: a form of לֵבָב; the heart; also used (figuratively) very widely for the feelings, the will and even the intellect; likewise for the centre of anything; [phrase] care for, comfortably, consent, [idiom] considered, courag(-eous), friend(-ly), ((broken-), (hard-), (merry-), (stiff-), (stout-), double) heart(-ed), [idiom] heed, [idiom] I, kindly, midst, mind(-ed), [idiom] regard(-ed), [idiom] themselves, [idiom] unawares, understanding, [idiom] well, willingly, wisdom. - Strong's Number: H3332
There are 51 instances of this translation in the Bible
Lemma: יָצַק
Transliteration: yâtsaq
Pronunciation: yaw-tsak'
Description: a primitive root; properly, to pour out (transitive or intransitive); by implication, to melt or cast as metal; by extension, to place firmly, to stiffen or grow hard; cast, cleave fast, be (as) firm, grow, be hard, lay out, molten, overflow, pour (out), run out, set down, stedfast. - Strong's Number: H68
There are 1276 instances of this translation in the Bible
Lemma: אֶבֶן
Transliteration: ʼeben
Pronunciation: eh'-ben
Description: from the root of בָּנָה through the meaning to build; a stone; [phrase] carbuncle, [phrase] mason, [phrase] plummet, (chalk-, hail-, head-, sling-) stone(-ny), (divers) weight(-s). - Strong's Number: H6400
There are 6 instances of this translation in the Bible
Lemma: פֶּלַח
Transliteration: pelach
Pronunciation: peh'-lakh
Description: from פָּלַח; a slice; piece. - Strong's Number: H8482
There are 19 instances of this translation in the Bible
Lemma: תַּחְתִּי
Transliteration: tachtîy
Pronunciation: takh-tee'
Description: from תַּחַת; lowermost; as noun (feminine plural) the depths (figuratively, a pit, the womb); low (parts, -er, -er parts, -est), nether (part).