God’s Word Translation
Job 41:8
8Lay your hand on it. Think of the struggle! Don’t do it again!
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 it and divide it among the merchants? 7Can you fill its hide with harpoons or its head with fishing spears? Lay your hand on it. Think of the struggle! Don’t do it again! 9Certainly, any hope ⌞of defeating it⌟ is a false hope. Doesn’t the sight of it overwhelm you? 10No one is brave enough to provoke Leviathan. Then who can stand in front of me?
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שִׂים־עָלָ֥יו כַּפֶּ֑ךָ זְכֹ֥ר מִ֝לְחָמָ֗ה אַל־תּוֹסַֽף׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Job 41:8
- 1 Kings 20:11The king of Israel answered, “The saying goes, ‘Don’t brag about a victory before you have even dressed for battle.’ ”
- 2 Kings 10:4But they panicked. They said, “If two kings couldn’t stand up to him, how can we stand up to him?”
- Luke 14:31“Or suppose a king is going to war against another king. He would first sit down and think things through. Can he and his 10,000 soldiers fight against a king with 20,000 soldiers?
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
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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
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