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Job 41:23–24

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41:23The folds34 of its flesh are tightly joined;

they are firm on it, immovable.35

41:24Its heart36 is hard as rock,

hard as a lower millstone.

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Footnotes

  1. 34 Heb “fallings.”
  2. 35 The last clause says “it cannot be moved.” But this part will function adverbially in the sentence.
  3. 36 The description of his heart being “hard” means that he is cruel and fearless. The word for “hard” is the word encountered before for molten or cast metal.

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

The folds of his flesh stick together,

firmly cast on him and immovable.

His heart is hard as a stone,

hard as the lower millstone.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

The folds of its flesh are tightly joined;

they are firm and immovable.

Its chest is hard as rock,

hard as a lower millstone.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

The folds of his flesh are joined together,

solid as metal and immovable.

His heart is as hard as a rock,

as hard as a lower millstone!

NLTNew Living Translation

Its flesh is hard and firm

and cannot be penetrated.

Its heart is hard as rock,

hard as a millstone.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

Its flesh’s folds of skin cling together;

it is cast on it—it will not be moved.

Its heart is cast as stone;

yes, it is cast as the lower millstone.

KJV 1900King James Version

The flakes of his flesh are joined together:

They are firm in themselves; they cannot be moved.

His heart is as firm as a stone;

Yea, as hard as a piece of the nether millstone.