Job 41:8

Job 41:8 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Lay thine hand upon him, remember the battle, do no more.
• New International Version (NIV)If you lay a hand on it, you will remember the struggle and never do it again!
• English Standard Version (ESV)Lay your hands on him; remember the battle—you will not do it again!
• New King James Version (NKJV)Lay your hand on him; Remember the battle— Never do it again!

Context of Job 41:8

6Will traders bargain over him? Will they divide him up among the merchants? 7Can you fill his skin with harpoons, Or his head with fishing spears? Lay your hand on him; Remember the battle [with him]; you will not do such [an ill-advised thing] again! 9Behold, his [assailant’s] hope and expectation [of defeating Leviathan] is false; Will not one be overwhelmed even at the sight of him? 10No one is so fierce [and foolhardy] that he dares to stir up Leviathan; Who then is he who can stand before Me [or dares to contend with Me, the beast’s creator]?

Job 41:8 word by word

שִׂים־עָלָ֥יו כַּפֶּ֑ךָ זְכֹ֥ר מִ֝לְחָמָ֗ה אַל־תּוֹסַֽף׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Layשׂוּםώûm ώîym · to set: putH7760
• thine handכַּףkaph · palmH3709
• upon him, rememberזָכַרzâkar · to rememberH2142
• the battleמִלְחָמָהmilchâmâh · battleH4421
• do no moreיָסַףyâsaph · to add: againH3254

Cross-references for Job 41:8

• 1 Kings 20:11The king of Israel answered, “Tell him, ‘A man who puts on [his armor to go to battle] should not boast like the man who takes it off [after the battle has been won].’ ”
• 2 Kings 10:4But they were extremely afraid and said, “Look, the two kings did not stand before Jehu; so how can we stand?”
• Luke 14:31Or what king, when he sets out to meet another king in battle, will not first sit down and consider whether he is strong enough with ten thousand men to encounter the one who is coming against him with twenty thousand?

Commentaries on Job 41:8

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 8Lay thine hand upon him? - Mr. Heath translates, "Be sure thou strike home. Mind thy blow: rely not upon a second stroke." Mr. Good translates: - "Make ready thy hand against him. Dare the contest: be firm." He is a dangerous animal; when thou attackest him, be sure of thy advantage; if thou miss, thou art ruined. Depend not on other advantages, if thou miss the first. Kill him at once, or he will kill thee.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 8Lay thine hand upon him - Prof. Lee renders this, very improperly, as it seems to me, “Lay thine hand on thy mouth respecting him,” supposing it means that he should be awed into silence by dread of the animal referred to. But the meaning of the passage evidently is, “Endeavor to seize him by laying the hand on him, and you will soon desist from the fearful conflict, and will not renew it.” Remember the battle - Remember what a fearful conflict will…Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 88. If thou lay ... thou wilt have reason ever to remember ... and thou wilt never try it again.Read the comment

Topics related to Job 41:8

• God

In the dictionaries

• Comely
• Iron
• Lay
• Leap
• Leviathan
• Night-Monster

Commentaries on Job 41

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary