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That with an iron pen and lead They were engraved in the rock forever!
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Ancient Permanent Ink
Commentators explain that Job is describing the most permanent form of writing known in his time. An 'iron pen' was a stylus used to carve letters deep into a rock face. Molten lead was then often poured into the carvings to make the inscription stand out and last 'for ever,' creating a lasting public monument.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
That they were engraved — cut in, or sculptured, as is done on stones — so that they might become a permanent record.
With an iron…
19th Century
Baptist
Inscriptions have been found, engraved in the rocks, that may have been made in the time of Job, and it was common, in ancient times, to write on t…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
That they were graven with an iron pen and lead in the rock for ever ! Or "that they …
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The Spirit of God, at this time, seems to have powerfully worked on the mind of Job. Here he witnessed a good confession, declared the soundness of…
13th Century
Catholic
Job had said above that his hope had been taken away, "like an uprooted tree" (Job 19:10). He certainly said this in reference to the h…
