“ Lay thine hand upon him, remember the battle, do no more. ”
Lay thine hand upon him - Prof. Lee renders this, very improperly, as it seems to me, “Lay thine hand on thy mouth respecting him,” supposing it means that he should be awed into silence by dread...
Lay thine hand upon him, remember (o) the battle, do no more. (o) If you once consider the danger, you will not meddle with him.
Job 41. Leviathan. The author regards the crocodile as impossible of capture. In Job 41:1 b perhaps the meaning is that when caught the crocodile cannot be led about by a rope round his tongue an...
Lay thine hand upon him, remember the battle, do no more. Lay thine hand upon him? - Mr. Heath translates, "Be sure thou strike home. Mind thy blow: rely not upon a second stroke." Mr. Good translate...
Lay thine hand upon him, &c.— Be sure thou strikest home; mind thy blow; rely not on a second stroke, Job 41:9 . See, he is deceived in his expectation: will he also faint away at the sight...
Lay thine hand upon him, remember the battle, do no more. If thou lay, etc., thou wilt have reason ever to REMEMBER the battle, how severe it was, and thou wilt never try, it again.
The Second Speech of the Almighty (concluded) The second great creature, the Crocodile (with which the 'leviathan' is generally identified) is now described. If Job cannot control the crocodile, d...
Remember the battle. — “Bear in mind what thou dost attempt, and thou wilt not do it again.”
XXVIII. THE RECONCILIATION Job 38:1 - Job 42:6 THE main argument of the address ascribed to the Almighty is contained in Chapter s 38 and 39 and in the opening verses of chapter 42. Job make...
the Parable of the Crocodile Job 41:1-34 The last paragraph described the hippopotamus; the whole of this chapter is devoted to the crocodile. In a series of striking questions the voice of the...
Leviathan is almost certainly the crocodile, and there is the playfulness of a great tenderness in the suggestions Jehovah makes to Job about these fierce creations. Can Job catch him with a rope or...
(1) В¶ Canst thou draw out leviathan with an hook? or his tongue with a cord which thou lettest down? (2) Canst thou put an hook into his nose? or bore his jaw through with a thorn? (3) Will he make...
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 fi...
Lay thine hand upon him, remember the battle, do no more. Ver. 8. Lay thy hand upon him ] Stroke him, clap him on the back, and see if that way thou canst win upon him, since by force thou canst n...
Canst thou fill his skin with barbed irons? A whale's skin you may; but the skin of a crocodile is so hard that an iron, or spear, will not pierce it. It may, however, be understood also of the wha...
LEVIATHAN (vv.1-34) Leviathan was a water creature, and appears to be the crocodile, the most fearsome of all aquatic beasts, unless it was another similar animal, now extinct. Job could use a h...
Description of Leviathan. B. C. 1520. 1 Canst thou draw out leviathan with a hook? or hi...
Lay thine hand upon him; either, 1. In a familiar and friendly manner, that thou mayst catch him by deceit, when thou canst not do it by force. Or rather, 2. In way of hostility, seize upon him...
Notes Job 41:1 . “ Canst thou draw out Leviathan with a hook .” The term “Leviathan” (לִוְיָתָן) rendered here by the SEPTUAGINT, SYRIAC, and ARABIC, “the dragon.” The VULGATE and TARGUM leave it...
Job 41:1 . Canst thou draw out leviathan? This word is rendered by the LXX, “dragon.” It occurs in Isaiah 27:1 , and is rendered whale, dragon, and serpent. Men are now satisfied that it is n...
Canst thou draw out Leviathan? Behemoth and leviathan The description of the “behemoth” in the preceding chapter and the “leviathan” here suggests a few moral reflections. I. The prodigality...
EXPOSITION Job 41:1-18 The crowning description of a natural marvel—the "leviathan," or crocodile—is now given, and with an elaboration to which there is no parallel in the rest of Scriptur...
Job's Weakness when Compared with the Strength of the Crocodile
1 Kings 20:11 ; 2 Kings 10:4 ; Luke 14:31 ; Luke 14:32
Lay — Seize upon him, if thou darest. Battle — But ere thou attempt it consider what thou art doing, and with whom, thou art going to fight. Do no more — Proceed no farther, draw back thy hand.