Job 41:24
His heart is as firm as a stone; yea, as hard as a piece of the nether millstone.
His heart is as firme as a stone, yea as hard as a peece of the nether mil-stone.
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- Isaiah 48:4Rank 1 from verse 24
- Jeremiah 5:3Rank 2 from verse 24
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.
3*O LORD, are not thine eyes vpon the trueth? thou hast stricken them, but they haue not grieued; thou hast consumed them, but they haue refused to receiue correction: they haue made their faces harder then a rocke, they haue refused to returne.
- Zechariah 7:12Rank 3 from verse 24
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.
12†Yea, they made their hearts as an adamant stone, lest they should heare the Law, and the wordes which the LORD of hostes hath sent in his spirit by the former Prophets: therefore came a great wrath from the LORD of hostes.
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Job 41:24
Sense 1: The bodily organ. Sense 2: The inward person: the mind, will, affections, conscience, or moral character.
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Fixed, stable, secure, or steadfast; not readily moved or shaken.
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Sense 1: A piece or mass of rock. Sense 2: To strike or kill with stones.
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1. Indeed, marking confirmation, emphasis, addition, continuation, or heightening of what is said; it may also emphasize a question. 2. Yes, expressing an affirmative answer or declaration.
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Firm, difficult, severe, harsh, laborious, forceful, or resistant to pressure.
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Lower, underneath, below, or situated in the lower part, in contrast with upper.
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One of the heavy stones used for grinding grain in a mill.
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23The flakes of his flesh are joined together: they are firm in themselves; they cannot be moved.
23†The flakes of his flesh are ioyned together: they are firme in themselues, they cannot be moued.
24His heart is as firm as a stone; yea, as hard as a piece of the nether millstone.
24His heart is as firme as a stone, yea as hard as a peece of the nether mil-stone.
Selected passage25When he raiseth up himself, the mighty are afraid: by reason of breakings they purify themselves.
25When he rayseth vp himselfe, the mightie are afraid: by reason of breakings they purifie themselues.