Job 19:24

That they were graven with an iron pen and lead in the rock for ever!

That they were graven {H2672} with an iron {H1270} pen {H5842} and lead {H5777} in the rock {H6697} for ever {H5703}!

that, engraved with iron and filled with lead, they were cut into rock forever!

by an iron stylus on lead, or chiseled in stone forever.

That with an iron pen and lead They were graven in the rock for ever!

Commentary

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Cross-References

  • Jeremiah 17:1 (3 votes)

    ¶ The sin of Judah [is] written with a pen of iron, [and] with the point of a diamond: [it is] graven upon the table of their heart, and upon the horns of your altars;

  • Deuteronomy 27:2 (2 votes)

    And it shall be on the day when ye shall pass over Jordan unto the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee, that thou shalt set thee up great stones, and plaister them with plaister:

  • Deuteronomy 27:3 (2 votes)

    And thou shalt write upon them all the words of this law, when thou art passed over, that thou mayest go in unto the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee, a land that floweth with milk and honey; as the LORD God of thy fathers hath promised thee.

  • Exodus 28:11 (2 votes)

    With the work of an engraver in stone, [like] the engravings of a signet, shalt thou engrave the two stones with the names of the children of Israel: thou shalt make them to be set in ouches of gold.

  • Exodus 28:12 (2 votes)

    And thou shalt put the two stones upon the shoulders of the ephod [for] stones of memorial unto the children of Israel: and Aaron shall bear their names before the LORD upon his two shoulders for a memorial.

  • Exodus 28:21 (2 votes)

    And the stones shall be with the names of the children of Israel, twelve, according to their names, [like] the engravings of a signet; every one with his name shall they be according to the twelve tribes.

  • Exodus 32:16 (2 votes)

    And the tables [were] the work of God, and the writing [was] the writing of God, graven upon the tables.