Job 19:24 (DRB)

Passage

With an iron pen and in a plate of lead, or else be graven with an instrument in flint stone?

Nearby Context

Job 19:22 Why do you persecute me as God, and glut yourselves with my flesh?

Job 19:23 Who will grant me that my words may be written? who will grant me that they may be marked down in a book?

Job 19:24 With an iron pen and in a plate of lead, or else be graven with an instrument in flint stone?

Job 19:25 For I know that my Redeemer liveth, and in the last day I shall rise out of the earth.

Job 19:26 And I shall be clothed again with my skin, and in my flesh I shall see my God.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "iron", "plate", "lead", "else", "graven", "instrument", "flint", and "stone". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "iron" and "plate", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 23's "Who will grant me that my words..." into verse 25's "For I know that my Redeemer liveth...", so "iron" and "plate" 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 "plate" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.