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Job 41:23–24

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23†The flakes of his flesh are ujoined together:

They are firm in themselves; they cannot be moved.

24His heart is as firm as a stone;

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

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Footnotes

  1. †Heb. The fallings. Amos 8:6 (Heb.).
  2. uch. 38:38 (Heb.). So ver. 23.

Cross references

  1. cJudg. 9:53. 2 Sam. 11:21.

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.