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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Gill's ExpositionBaptist theologian, 1697–1771
When he raiseth up himself,.... Not out of the waters, but above the surface of them, so as that his large bulk, his…
Barnes' NotesPresbyterian pastor, 1798–1870
His heart is as firm as a stone - As hard; as solid. Bochart remarks that the word “heart” here is not to be regarded as…
Adam ClarkeMethodist theologian, 1762–1832
Hard as a piece of the nether millstone - Which is required to be harder than that which runs above.
Matthew HenryNonconformist minister, 1662–1714Job 41:11-34
God, having in the foregoing verses shown Job how unable he was to deal with the leviathan, here sets forth his own…
Cambridge BibleAcademic commentary, 1882–1921
The second clause reads,
Yea, firm as the nether millstone.
Gen. "as hard as the nether millstone." The term "firm,"…