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Job 19:24

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

KJV

stylo ferreo et plumbi lamina, vel celte sculpantur in silice ?

Vulgate

ἐν γραφίῳ σιδηρῷ καὶ μολίβῳ;

LXX

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

ASV

בְּ/עֵט בַּרְזֶ֥ל וְ/עֹפָ֑רֶת לָ֝/עַ֗ד בַּ/צּ֥וּר יֵחָצְבֽוּ/ן

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

6 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

בַּרְזֶל֙
brzl
noun · 76×
חֹצֵ֣ב
chtsb
verb · 24×
עֵ֖ט
't
noun · 4×
עֶֽד
'd
noun · 47×
עוֹפֶ֔רֶת
'vprt
noun · 9×
צ֥וּר
tsvr
noun · 75×

Historic Christian voices

2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • Jer 17:1 — 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;