Job 41:8

Job 41:8 in other versions

• 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!
• New Living Translation (NLT)If you lay a hand on it, you will certainly remember the battle that follows. You won’t try that again!

Context of Job 41:8

6Shall the companions make a banquet of him? shall they part him among the merchants? 7Canst thou fill his skin with barbed irons? or his head with fish spears? Lay thine hand upon him, remember the battle, do no more. 9Behold, the hope of him is in vain: shall not one be cast down even at the sight of him? 10None is so fierce that dare stir him up: who then is able to stand before me?

Job 41:8 word by word

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

• 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 20:11And the king of Israel answered and said, Tell him, Let not him that girdeth on his harness boast himself as he that putteth it off.
• 2 Kings 10:4But they were exceedingly afraid, and said, Behold, two kings stood not before him: how then shall we stand?
• Luke 14:31Or what king, going to make war against another king, sitteth not down first, and consulteth whether he be able with ten thousand to meet him that cometh 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

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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