Verse Comparison: Job 19:24
American Standard Version
That with an iron pen and lead They were graven in the rock for ever!
Amplified® Bible
That with an iron pen and [molten] lead they were graven in the rock forever!
Contemporary English Version
or chiseled into rock.
Darby English Version
That with an iron style and lead they were graven in the rock for ever!
Good News Bible
Or with a chisel carve my words in stone and write them so that they would last forever.
King James Version
That they were graven with an iron pen and lead in the rock for ever!
New American Standard Bible
"That with an iron stylus and lead They were engraved in the rock forever!
New International Version
that they were inscribed with an iron tool on lead,
or engraved in rock forever!
New King James Version
That they were engraved on a rock
With an iron pen and lead, forever!
N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
"That with an iron stylus and lead I could engrave them in the rock forever!
Revised Standard Version
Oh that with an iron pen and lead they were graven in the rock for ever!
Young's Literal Translation
With a pen of iron and lead -- For ever in a rock they may be hewn.