Parallel Verses

New American Standard Bible

“That with an iron stylus and lead
They were engraved in the rock forever!

King James Version

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

Holman Bible

or were inscribed in stone forever
by an iron stylus and lead!

International Standard Version

using an iron stylus with lead for ink! Then they'd be engraved in rock forever.

A Conservative Version

that they were engraved in the rock forever with an iron pen and lead!

American Standard Version

That with an iron pen and lead They were graven in the rock for ever!

Amplified


“That with an iron stylus and [molten] lead
They were engraved in the rock forever!

Bible in Basic English

And with an iron pen and lead be cut into the rock for ever!

Darby Translation

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

Julia Smith Translation

They shall be cut in the rock with a style of iron and lead, forever.

King James 2000

That they were engraved with an iron pen and lead in the rock forever!

Lexham Expanded Bible

[That] with a pen of iron and [with] lead they might be engraved on a rock forever!

Modern King James verseion

Oh that they were cut with an iron pen and lead in the rock forever!

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

would God they were graven with an iron pen in lead or in stone.

NET Bible

that with an iron chisel and with lead they were engraved in a rock forever!

New Heart English Bible

That with an iron pen and lead they were engraved in the rock forever.

The Emphasized Bible

That, with a stylus of iron and with lead, for all time - in the rock, they could be graven!

Webster

That they were graven with an iron pen in lead, in the rock for ever!

World English Bible

That with an iron pen and lead they were engraved in the rock forever!

Youngs Literal Translation

With a pen of iron and lead -- For ever in a rock they may be hewn.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
חצב חצב 
Chatsab 
Usage: 25

with an iron
בּרזל 
Barzel 
Usage: 76

pen
עט 
`et 
pen
Usage: 4

and lead
עפרת עופרת 
`owphereth 
Usage: 9

in the rock
צר צוּר 
Tsuwr 
Usage: 76

References

Context Readings

I Am Forgotten

23 “Oh that my words were written!
Oh that they were inscribed in a book!
24 “That with an iron stylus and lead
They were engraved in the rock forever!
25 “As for me, I know that my Redeemer lives,
And at the last He will take His stand on the earth.

Cross References

Jeremiah 17:1

The sin of Judah is written down with an iron stylus;
With a diamond point it is engraved upon the tablet of their heart
And on the horns of their altars,

Exodus 28:11-12

As a jeweler engraves a signet, you shall engrave the two stones according to the names of the sons of Israel; you shall set them in filigree settings of gold.

Exodus 28:21

The stones shall be according to the names of the sons of Israel: twelve, according to their names; they shall be like the engravings of a seal, each according to his name for the twelve tribes.

Exodus 32:16

The tablets were God’s work, and the writing was God’s writing engraved on the tablets.

Deuteronomy 27:2-3

So it shall be on the day when you cross the Jordan to the land which the Lord your God gives you, that you shall set up for yourself large stones and coat them with lime

Deuteronomy 27:8

You shall write on the stones all the words of this law very distinctly.”

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