KJV King James Version
His heart is as firm as a stone; yea, as hard as a piece of the nether [millstone].
VERSE STUDY • KJV
Job 41:24
His heart is as firm as a stone; yea, as hard as a piece of the nether [millstone].
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
His chest is as hard as a rock, as hard as a lower millstone!
WEB World English Bible
His heart is as firm as a stone, yes, firm as the lower millstone.
ASV American Standard Version
His heart is as firm as a stone; Yea, firm as the nether millstone.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
His heart is firm as a stone, Yea, firm as the lower piece.
Surrounding context — Job 41
21 His breath kindleth coals, and a flame goeth out of his mouth.
22 In his neck remaineth strength, and sorrow is turned into joy before him.
23 The flakes of his flesh are joined together: they are firm in themselves; they cannot be moved.
24 His heart is as firm as a stone; yea, as hard as a piece of the nether [millstone].
25 When he raiseth up himself, the mighty are afraid: by reason of breakings they purify themselves.
26 The sword of him that layeth at him cannot hold: the spear, the dart, nor the habergeon.
27 He esteemeth iron as straw, [and] brass as rotten wood.
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Zechariah 7:12Yea, 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.Isaiah 48:4Because I knew that thou [art] obstinate, and thy neck [is] an iron sinew, and thy brow brass;Jeremiah 5:3O 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.
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