King James Version
Job 41:8 in the King James Version says “Lay thine hand upon him, remember the battle, do no more.” — study this verse from Job chapter 41 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“Lay thine hand upon him, remember the battle, do no more.”
Job 41:8 · KJV
Shall the companions make a banquet of him? shall they part him among the merchants?
Canst thou fill his skin with barbed irons? or his head with fish spears?
Lay thine hand upon him, remember the battle, do no more.
Behold, the hope of him is in vain: shall not one be cast down even at the sight of him?
None is so fierce that dare stir him up : who then is able to stand before me?
KJV Study — Public Domain
“Lay”
H7760to put (used in a great variety of applications, literal, figurative, inferentially, and elliptically)
above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
“thine hand”
H3709the hollow hand or palm (so of the paw of an animal, of the sole, and even of the bowl of a dish or sling, the handle of a bolt, the leaves of a palm-
“upon him remember”
H2142properly, to mark (so as to be recognized), i.e., to remember; by implication, to mention; to be male
not (the qualified negation, used as a deprecative); once (job 24:25) as a noun, nothing
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