Job 41:8

8 If you lay a hand on him, you will remember the battle and never repeat it!

Job 41:8 Meaning and Commentary

Job 41:8

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.

Job 41:8 In-Context

6 Will traders barter for him or divide him among the merchants?

7 Can you fill his hide with harpoons or his head with fishing spears?

8 If you lay a hand on him, you will remember the battle and never repeat it!

9 Surely hope of overcoming him is false. Is not the sight of him overwhelming?

10 No one is so fierce as to rouse Leviathan. Then who is able to stand against Me?