8 If you lay a hand on it, you will remember the struggle and never do it again!
8 Lay thine hand upon him, remember the battle, do no more.
8 Lay your hands on him; remember the battle--you will not do it again!
8 If you so much as lay a hand on him, you won't live to tell the story.
8 Lay your hand on him; Remember the battle-- Never do it again!
8 If you lay a hand on it, you will certainly remember the battle that follows. You won't try that again!
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Job 41:8
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Concerning Leviathan.
The description of the Leviathan, is yet further to convince Job of his own weakness, and of God's almighty power. Whether this Leviathan be a whale or a crocodile, is disputed. The Lord, having showed Job how unable he was to deal with the Leviathan, sets forth his own power in that mighty creature. If such language describes the terrible force of Leviathan, what words can express the power of God's wrath? Under a humbling sense of our own vileness, let us revere the Divine Majesty; take and fill our allotted place, cease from our own wisdom, and give all glory to our gracious God and Saviour. Remembering from whom every good gift cometh, and for what end it was given, let us walk humbly with the Lord.