Job 19:24 (DBY)

Passage

That with an iron style and lead they were graven in the rock for ever!

Nearby Context

Job 19:22 Why do ye persecute me as God, and are not satisfied with my flesh?

Job 19:23 Oh would that my words were written! oh that they were inscribed in a book!

Job 19:24 That with an iron style and lead they were graven in the rock for ever!

Job 19:25 And [as for] me, I know that my Redeemer liveth, and the Last, he shall stand upon the earth;

Job 19:26 And [if] after my skin this shall be destroyed, yet from out of my flesh shall I see God;

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "iron", "style", "lead", "graven", "rock", and "ever". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "iron" and "style", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 23's "Oh would that my words were written..." into verse 25's "And as for me I know that...", so "iron" and "style" belong inside that flow. In Job context, the local focus is covenant, worship, and faithfulness.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "iron" and "style" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.