Job 19:24

Job 19:24

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

a. NLT: carved with an iron chisel and filled with lead, engraved forever in the rock.

b. NIV: that they were inscribed with an iron tool on lead, or engraved in rock forever!

c. Amplified Bible: That with an iron pen and [molten] lead they were graven in the rock forever!

d. Septuagint: with an iron pen and lead, or graven in the rocks!

1. “That they were graven with an iron pen…”

a. graven [2672 * chatsab][Strong: a primitive root ; to cut or carve (wood), stone or other material); by implication, to hew, split, square, quarry, engrave:--cut, dig, divide, grave, hew (out, -er), made, mason.]

b. iron [1270 * barzel][Strong: iron (as cutting); by extension, an iron implement:--(ax) head, iron.]

c. pen [5842 * ‘et][Strong: from 5860 (contracted) in the sense of swooping, i.e. side-long stroke; a stylus or marking stick:--pen.]

2. “…and lead in the rock forever!”

a. lead [5777 * ‘owphereth][Strong: feminine participle active of 6080; lead (from its dusty color):--lead.]

1). Graven with an iron pen and graven with lead in rock.

b. rock [6697 * tsurwr][Strong: properly, a cliff (or sharp rock, as compressed); generally, a rock or boulder; figuratively, a refuge; also an edge (as precipitous):--edge, X (mighty) God (one), rock, X sharp, stone, X strength, X strong.]

c. forever [5703 * ‘ad][Strong: properly, a (peremptory) terminus, i.e. (by implication) duration, in the sense of advance or perpetuity (substantially as a noun, either with or without a preposition):--eternity, ever(- lasting, -more), old, perpetually, + world without end.]

d. The words he declares in the next few verses are certainly prophetic. It certainly appears he had a revelation of resurrection or a resurrection body as the rest of the passage reveals.