Job 41:8

8 If you so much as lay a hand on him, you won't live to tell the story.

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 you put him on display in the market and have shoppers haggle over the price?

7 Could you shoot him full of arrows like a pin cushion, or drive harpoons into his huge head?

8 If you so much as lay a hand on him, you won't live to tell the story.

9 What hope would you have with such a creature? Why, one look at him would do you in!

10 If you can't hold your own against his glowering visage, how, then, do you expect to stand up to me?