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

6Traders do not buy it at the market. They do not cut it up to sell it. 7Job, can you throw spears into Leviathan's body to kill it? Can you shoot arrows into its head? If you try to take hold of it, you will never forget the fight! You will never try to do that again! 9If anyone hopes to catch it, he is deceiving himself. As soon as he sees it, he no longer feels so brave! 10No one is brave enough to wake it. So is anyone brave enough to argue against me?

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 replied, ‘Tell King Ben-Hadad, “Do not boast when you are preparing for a battle. Wait until the battle has finished and you know that you have won.” ’
• 2 Kings 10:4But the letter made the officers in Samaria very afraid. They said, ‘Even two kings could not win against Jehu. So we can never fight against him and win!’
• Luke 14:31Then Jesus gave them another example. ‘Perhaps a king wants to fight a war against another king. But before he goes to fight, he sits down. He thinks to himself. “Can I win this war? My army is large, with 10,000 men. But the other king has twice as many soldiers in his army.

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