Job 41:8

8 Lay your hands on it; think about [the] battle--you will not do [it] again!

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 guildsmen bargain over it? Will they divide it between tradesmen?

7 Can you fill its kin with harpoons or its head with fish spears?

8 Lay your hands on it; think about [the] battle--you will not do [it] again!

9 "Look, {the hope of capturing it} is false. Will one be hurled down even at its sight?

10 [Is] it not fierce when somebody stirs it? Who [then] [is] he [who] would stand {before it}?