Job 41 · Verse 8

Job 41:8

Lay thine hand upon him, remember the battle, do no more.
Job 41:8, King James Version

Job 41:8 in other translations

BSBIf you lay a hand on him, you will remember the battle and never repeat it!
WEBLay your hand on him. Remember the battle, and do so no more.
ASVLay thy hand upon him; Remember the battle, and do so no more.
YLTPlace on him thy hand, Remember the battle--do not add!
DARBYLay thy hand upon him; remember the battle, — do no more!
BBEOnly put your hand on him, and see what a fight you will have; you will not do it again!
WebsterLay thy hand upon him, remember the battle, do no more.

What does Job 41:8 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
8. If thou lay ... thou wilt have reason ever to remember ... and thou wilt never try it again.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 8 Lay 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.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Job 41:8 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

שִׂים\־sim-putH7760
עָלָ֥יו'a.Lavon itH5921
כַּפֶּ֑ךָka.Pe.khahands yourH3709
זְכֹ֥רze.KhorrememberH2142
מִ֝לְחָמָ֗הmil.cha.Mah[the] battleH4421
אַל\־'al-may notH408
תּוֹסַֽף\׃to.Safyou repeatH3254

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Job 41:8

  • 1 Kings 20:11

    And 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.

  • Luke 14:31-32

    Or 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? Or else, while the other is yet a great way off, he sendeth an ambassage, and desireth conditions of peace.

  • 2 Kings 10:4

    But they were exceedingly afraid, and said, Behold, two kings stood not before him: how then shall we stand?

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
1Ki 20:11; 2Ki 10:4; Lu 14:31,32

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • Job 41:7

    Canst thou fill his skin with barbed irons? or his head with fish spears?

  • Job 41:8

    Lay thine hand upon him, remember the battle, do no more.

  • Job 41:9

    Behold, the hope of him is in vain: shall not one be cast down even at the sight of him?

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Job 41:8 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Pon tu mano sobre él; te acordarás de la batalla, y nunca más tornarás.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		L’un touche à l’autre, et le vent ne pénétrerait pas entre eux;
German
Elberfelder 1871		Stück an Stück hangen sie fest zusammen, greifen ineinander und trennen sich nicht.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Una alteri adhærebit, et tenentes se nequaquam separabuntur.