His chest is as hard as a rock, as hard as a lower millstone!
Parallel translations
- WEB His heart is as firm as a stone, yes, firm as the lower millstone.
- KJV His heart is as firm as a stone; yea, as hard as a piece of the nether millstone.
- NKJV His heart is as hard as stone, Even as hard as the lower millstone.
- NASB “His heart is as firm as a stone, And as firm as a lower millstone.
- NLT Its heart is hard as rock, hard as a millstone.
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Quick answer
Leviathan's heart is as hard as stone, firm as a millstone. His fearless, unshakable nature reflects how God made him.
Overview
The creature's heart is likened to hard stone, even to the lower millstone, conveying utter fearlessness and resolve. Nothing daunts Leviathan. This God-given courage makes the beast all the more terrifying to man. The portrait magnifies the Creator who endowed his creature with such steadfastness, and humbles Job before the One whose own power infinitely surpasses it.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 3
- Jer 5:3O LORD, do not Your eyes look for truth? You struck them, but they felt no pain. You finished them off, but they refused to accept discipline. They have made their faces harder than stone and refused to repent.
- Isa 48:4For I knew that you are stubborn; your neck is iron and your forehead is bronze.
- Zech 7:12They made their hearts like flint and would not listen to the law or to the words that the LORD of Hosts had sent by His Spirit through the earlier prophets. Therefore great anger came from the LORD of Hosts.
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