King James Version

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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In the Hebrew text this line is Job 41:16.

לִ֭בּוֹlibvocomfortablyלֵבnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “comfortably”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH3820the 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]…יָצ֣וּקyatsuqcastיָצַקverb, qal, passive participle, absolute — “cast”, a verb used as a describing wordH3332properly, to pour out (transitive or intransitive); by implication, to melt or cast as metal; by extension, to place firmly, to stiffen or grow hardcast, cleave fast, be (as) firm, grow, be hard, lay out, molten, overflow, pour (out), run out, set down, stedfast.כְּמוֹkemvothusכְּמוֹpreposition — “thus”H3644a form of the prefix 'k-', but used separately as, thus, soaccording to, (such) as (it were, well as), in comparison of, like (as, to, unto), thus, when, worth.אָ֑בֶןavenstoneאֶבֶןnoun, common, feminine, singular, absolute — “stone”, the ordinary formH68a stone[phrase] carbuncle, [phrase] mason, [phrase] plummet, (chalk-, hail-, head-, sling-) stone(-ny), (divers) weight(-s).וְ֝יָצ֗וּקveyatsuqand castיָצַקconjunction, verb, qal, passive participle, absolute — “and cast”, a verb used as a describing wordH3332properly, to pour out (transitive or intransitive); by implication, to melt or cast as metal; by extension, to place firmly, to stiffen or grow hardcast, cleave fast, be (as) firm, grow, be hard, lay out, molten, overflow, pour (out), run out, set down, stedfast.כְּפֶ֣לַחkefelachas pieceפֶּלַחpreposition, noun, common, feminine, singular, absolute — “as piece”, the ordinary formH6400a slicepiece.תַּחְתִּֽיתtachtitnetherתַּחְתִּיadjective, adjective, feminine, singular, absolute — “nether”, the ordinary formH8482lowermost; as noun (feminine plural) the depths (figuratively, a pit, the womb)low (parts, -er, -er parts, -est), nether (part).

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

(41-16) His heart is as firm as a stone; yea, firm as the nether millstone.

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American Standard Version (1901)

His heart is as firm as a stone; Yea, firm as the nether millstone.

Young’s Literal Translation

His heart [is] firm as a stone, Yea, firm as the lower piece.

World English Bible

His heart is as firm as a stone, yes, firm as the lower millstone.

Darby Translation

His heart is firm as a stone, yea, firm as the nether [millstone].

Douay-Rheims

There is no power upon earth that can be compared with him who was made to fear no one.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

(41-16) His heart is as firm as a stone; yea, firm as the nether millstone.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

His heart is firm as a stone, and it stands like an unyielding anvil.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Ἡ καρδία αὐτοῦ πέπηγεν ὡς λίθος, ἕστηκε δὲ ὥσπερ ἄκμων ἀνήλατος.