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New American Standard Bible (1995)

Job 41:8

"Lay your hand on him; Remember the battle; you will not do it again!

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

Christian Standard Bible®
Lay a hand on him.You will remember the battleand never repeat it!
Hebrew Names Version
Lay your hand on him. Remember the battle, and do so no more.
King James Version
Lay thine hand upon him, remember the battle, do no more.
English Standard Version
Lay your hands 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!
New English Translation
If you lay your hand on it, you will remember the fight, and you will never do it again!
Amplified Bible
"Lay your hand on him; Remember the battle [with him]; you will not do such [an ill-advised thing] again!
New American Standard Bible
"Lay your hand on him. Remember the battle; you will not do it again!
World English Bible
Lay your hand on him. Remember the battle, and do so no more.
Geneva Bible (1587)
Lay thine hand vpon him: remember the battel, and do no more so.
Legacy Standard Bible
Place your hand on it;Remember the battle; you will not do that again!
Berean Standard Bible
If you lay a hand on him, you will remember the battle and never repeat it!
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;
Darby Translation
Lay thy hand upon him; remember the battle,—do no more!
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!
George Lamsa Translation
Try to capture him; such a battle you will have! You will never forget it.
Good News Translation
Touch him once and you'll never try it again; you'll never forget the fight!
Lexham English Bible
Lay your hands on it; think about the battle—you will not do it again!
Literal Translation
Put your hand on him; remember the battle; you will not do it again!
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!
JPS Old Testament (1917)
One is so near to another, that no air can come between them.
King James Version (1611)
Lay thine hand vpon him, remember the battell: doe no more.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
Laye thyne hande vpon him, remember the battaile, and do no more so.
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.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Schalt thou putte thin hond on hym? haue thou mynde of the batel, and adde no more to speke.
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 King James Version
Lay your hand on him; Remember the battle-- Never do it again!
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!
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.
Revised Standard Version
Lay hands on him; think of the battle; you will not do it again!
Young's Literal Translation
Place on him thy hand, Remember the battle -- do not add!

Contextual Overview

1 "Can you draw out Leviathan with a fishhook? Or press down his tongue with a cord? 2 "Can you put a rope in his nose Or pierce his jaw with a hook? 3 "Will he make many supplications to you, Or will he speak to you soft words? 4 "Will he make a covenant with you? Will you take him for a servant forever? 5 "Will you play with him as with a bird, Or will you bind him for your maidens? 6 "Will the traders bargain over him? Will they divide him among the merchants? 7 "Can you fill his skin with harpoons, Or his head with fishing spears? 8 "Lay your hand on him; Remember the battle; you will not do it again!9 "Behold, your expectation is false; Will you be laid low even at the sight of him? 10 "No one is so fierce that he dares to arouse him; Who then is he that can 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
When Joseph came to them in the morning and observed them, behold, they were dejected.
Genesis 40:8
Then they said to him, "We have had a dream and there is no one to interpret it." Then Joseph said to them, "Do not interpretations belong to God? Tell it to me, please."
Genesis 41:1
Now it happened at the end of two full years that Pharaoh had a dream, and behold, he was standing by the Nile.
Genesis 41:6
Then behold, seven ears, thin and scorched by the east wind, sprouted up after them.
Genesis 41:8
Now in the morning his spirit was troubled, so he sent and called for all the magicians of Egypt, and all its wise men. And Pharaoh told them his dreams, but there was no one who could interpret them to Pharaoh.
Genesis 41:9
Then the chief cupbearer spoke to Pharaoh, saying, "I would make mention today of my own offenses.
Genesis 41:11
"We had a dream on the same night, he and I; each of us dreamed according to the interpretation of his own dream.
Genesis 41:12
"Now a Hebrew youth was with us there, a servant of the captain of the bodyguard, and we related them to him, and he interpreted our dreams for us. To each one he interpreted according to his own dream.
Genesis 41:13
"And just as he interpreted for us, so it happened; he restored me in my office, but he hanged him."
Genesis 41:14
Then Pharaoh sent and called for Joseph, and they hurriedly brought him out of the dungeon; and when he had shaved himself and changed his clothes, he came to 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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