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The LORD’s Power Shown in Leviathan

Job 41:8

In 11 translations

BSB
If you lay a hand on him, you will remember the battle and never repeat it!
KJV
Lay thine hand upon him, remember the battle, do no more.
WEB
Lay your hand on him. Remember the battle, and do so no more.
ASV
Lay thy hand upon him; Remember the battle, and do so no more.
LSV
Place your hand on him, || Remember the battle—do not add!
YLT
Place on him thy hand, Remember the battle — do not add!
DBY
Lay thy hand upon him; remember the battle, — do no more!
DRC40:27
Lay thy hand upon him: remember the battle, and speak no more.
GNV40:27
Lay thine hand vpon him: remember the battel, and do no more so.
JPS40:32
Lay thy hand upon him; think upon the battle, thou wilt do so no more.
LXXE40:32
But thou shalt lay thy hand upon him once, remembering the war that is waged by his mouth; and let it not be done any more.

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Original-language editions

WLC40:32
שִׂים־עָלָ֥יו כַּפֶּ֑ךָ זְכֹ֥ר מִ֝לְחָמָ֗ה אַל־תּוֹסַֽף׃KJV:Job.41.8
LXX-Br40:32
Ἐπιθήσεις δὲ αὐτῷ χεῖρα, μνησθεὶς πόλεμον τὸν γινόμενον ἐν στόματι αὐτοῦ, καὶ μηκέτι γινέσθω.

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Cross-references most cited first

  • 2 Kings 10:4But they were terrified and reasoned, “If two kings could not stand against him, how can we?”
  • 1 Kings 20:11And the king of Israel replied, “Tell him: ‘The one putting on his armor should not boast like one taking it off.’”
  • Luke 14:31–32Or what king on his way to war with another king will not first sit down and consider whether he can engage with ten thousand men the one coming against him with twenty thousand? And if he is unable, he will send a…

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  • 40:32 in some Bibles
  • 41:8 in most Bibles

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