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King James Version

Job 41:8

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

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - God;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Leviathan;  

Dictionaries:

- Holman Bible Dictionary - Chaos;   Leviathan;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Leviathan;  

Parallel Translations

Legacy Standard Bible
Place your hand on it;Remember the battle; you will not do that again!
New American Standard Bible (1995)
"Lay your hand on him; Remember the battle; you will not do it again!
Bishop's Bible (1568)
Laye thyne hande vpon him, remember the battaile, and do no more so.
Darby Translation
Lay thy hand upon him; remember the battle,—do no more!
New King James Version
Lay your hand on him; Remember the battle-- Never do it again!
Literal Translation
Put your hand on him; remember the battle; you will not do it again!
Easy-to-Read Version
"If you ever lay a hand on Leviathan, you will never do it again! Just think about the battle that would be!
World English Bible
Lay your hand on him. Remember the battle, and do so no more.
King James Version (1611)
Lay thine hand vpon him, remember the battell: doe no more.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Darrest thou laye honde vpon him? It is better for the to considre what harme might happe the there thorow and not to touch him.
American Standard Version
Lay thy hand upon him; Remember the battle, and do so no more.
Bible in Basic English
Only put your hand on him, and see what a fight you will have; you will not do it again!
Update Bible Version
Lay your hand on him; Remember the battle, and do so no more.
Webster's Bible Translation
Lay thy hand upon him, remember the battle, do no more.
New English Translation
If you lay your hand on it, you will remember the fight, and you will never do it again!
Contemporary English Version
Wrestle it just once— that will be the end.
Complete Jewish Bible
one is so close to the next that no air can come between them;
Geneva Bible (1587)
Lay thine hand vpon him: remember the battel, and do no more so.
George Lamsa Translation
Try to capture him; such a battle you will have! You will never forget it.
Amplified Bible
"Lay your hand on him; Remember the battle [with him]; you will not do such [an ill-advised thing] again!
Hebrew Names Version
Lay your hand on him. Remember the battle, and do so no more.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
One is so near to another, that no air can come between them.
New Living Translation
If you lay a hand on it, you will certainly remember the battle that follows. You won't try that again!
New Life Bible
Lay your hand on him, and remember the battle. You will not do it again!
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
They will remain united each to the other: they are closely joined, and cannot be separated.
English Revised Version
Lay thine hand upon him; remember the battle, and do so no more.
Berean Standard Bible
If you lay a hand on him, you will remember the battle and never repeat it!
New Revised Standard
Lay hands on it; think of the battle; you will not do it again!
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Lay thou upon him thy hand, remember the battle - no more!
Douay-Rheims Bible
(40-27) Lay thy hand upon him: remember the battle, and speak no more.
Lexham English Bible
Lay your hands on it; think about the battle—you will not do it again!
English Standard Version
Lay your hands on him; remember the battle—you will not do it again!
New American Standard Bible
"Lay your hand on him. Remember the battle; you will not do it again!
New Century Version
If you put one hand on it, you will never forget the battle, and you will never do it again!
Good News Translation
Touch him once and you'll never try it again; you'll never forget the fight!
Christian Standard Bible®
Lay a hand on him. You will remember the battle and never repeat it!
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Schalt thou putte thin hond on hym? haue thou mynde of the batel, and adde no more to speke.
Young's Literal Translation
Place on him thy hand, Remember the battle -- do not add!
Revised Standard Version
Lay hands on him; think of the battle; you will not do it again!

Contextual Overview

1 Canst thou draw out leviathan with an hook? or his tongue with a cord which thou lettest down? 2 Canst thou put an hook into his nose? or bore his jaw through with a thorn? 3 Will he make many supplications unto thee? will he speak soft words unto thee? 4 Will he make a covenant with thee? wilt thou take him for a servant for ever? 5 Wilt thou play with him as with a bird? or wilt thou bind him for thy maidens? 6 Shall the companions make a banquet of him? shall they part him among the merchants? 7 Canst thou fill his skin with barbed irons? or his head with fish spears? 8 Lay thine hand upon him, remember the battle, do no more. 9 Behold, the hope of him is in vain: shall not one be cast down even at the sight of him? 10 None is so fierce that dare stir him up: who then is able to stand before me?

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

1 Kings 20:11, 2 Kings 10:4, Luke 14:31, Luke 14:32

Cross-References

Genesis 40:6
And Joseph came in unto them in the morning, and looked upon them, and, behold, they were sad.
Genesis 40:8
And they said unto him, We have dreamed a dream, and there is no interpreter of it. And Joseph said unto them, Do not interpretations belong to God? tell me them, I pray you.
Genesis 41:1
And it came to pass at the end of two full years, that Pharaoh dreamed: and, behold, he stood by the river.
Genesis 41:6
And, behold, seven thin ears and blasted with the east wind sprung up after them.
Genesis 41:8
And it came to pass in the morning that his spirit was troubled; and he sent and called for all the magicians of Egypt, and all the wise men thereof: and Pharaoh told them his dream; but there was none that could interpret them unto Pharaoh.
Genesis 41:9
Then spake the chief butler unto Pharaoh, saying, I do remember my faults this day:
Genesis 41:11
And we dreamed a dream in one night, I and he; we dreamed each man according to the interpretation of his dream.
Genesis 41:12
And there was there with us a young man, an Hebrew, servant to the captain of the guard; and we told him, and he interpreted to us our dreams; to each man according to his dream he did interpret.
Genesis 41:13
And it came to pass, as he interpreted to us, so it was; me he restored unto mine office, and him he hanged.
Genesis 41:14
Then Pharaoh sent and called Joseph, and they brought him hastily out of the dungeon: and he shaved himself, and changed his raiment, and came in unto Pharaoh.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Lay thine hand upon him,.... If thou canst or darest. It is dangerous so to do, either to the whale or crocodile;

remember the battle; or "look for war", as Mr. Broughton renders it; expect a fight will ensue, in which thou wilt have no share with this creature:

do no more; if thou canst by any means escape, take care never to do the like again; or thou wilt never do so any more, thou wilt certainly die for it.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Lay 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 ensue. Perhaps there is an allusion to some fact fresh in the mind of Job, where such an attempt had been made to secure the leviathan, attended with fearful disaster to those who had made the attempt.

Do no more - Or, rather, “Thou wilt not do it again.” That is, he would be deterred from ever renewing the attempt, or the conflict would be fatal to him.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Job 41:8. 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.


 
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