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Job 41:8

Lay thine hand upon him, remember the battle, do no more.

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In the Hebrew text this line is Job 40:32.

שִׂיםsimputשׂוּםverb, qal, imperative, 2nd person, masculine, singular — “put”, a commandH7760to put (used in a great variety of applications, literal, figurative, inferentially, and elliptically)[idiom] any wise, appoint, bring, call (a name), care, cast in, change, charge, commit, consider, convey, determine, [phrase] disguise, dispose, do, get, give, heap up, hold, impute, lay (down, up), leave, look, make (out), mark, [phrase]…עָלָ֥יוalayvaboveעַלpreposition, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “above”H5921above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applicationsabove, according to(-ly), after, (as) against, among, and, [idiom] as, at, because of, beside (the rest of), between, beyond the time, [idiom] both and, by (reason of), [idiom] had the charge of, concerning for, in (that), (forth, out) of,…כַּפֶּ֑ךָkapekhahand , -dle,כַּףnoun, common, feminine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 2nd person, masculine, singular — “hand , -dle,”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH3709the 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-tree); figuratively, powerbranch, [phrase] foot, hand((-ful), -dle, (-led)), hollow, middle, palm, paw, power, sole, spoon.זְכֹ֥רzekhorbe maleזָכַרverb, qal, imperative, 2nd person, masculine, singular — “be male”, a commandH2142properly, to mark (so as to be recognized), i.e. to remember; by implication, to mention; to be male[idiom] burn (incense), [idiom] earnestly, be male, (make) mention (of), be mindful, recount, record(-er), remember, make to be remembered, bring (call, come, keep, put) to (in) remembrance, [idiom] still, think on, [idiom] well.מִ֝לְחָמָ֗הmilchamahbattleמִלְחָמָהnoun, common, feminine, singular, absolute — “battle”, the ordinary formH4421a battle (i.e. the engagement); generally, war (i.e. warfare)battle, fight(-ing), war(-rior).אַלalnotאַלparticle, negative — “not”H408not (the qualified negation, used as a deprecative); once (Job 24:25) as a noun, nothingnay, neither, [phrase] never, no, nor, not, nothing (worth), rather than.תּוֹסַֽףtosafaddיָסַףverb, hiphil, jussive, 2nd person, masculine, singular — “add”, a wish or indirect commandH3254to add or augment (often adverbial, to continue to do a thing)add, [idiom] again, [idiom] any more, [idiom] cease, [idiom] come more, [phrase] conceive again, continue, exceed, [idiom] further, [idiom] gather together, get more, give more-over, [idiom] henceforth, increase (more and more), join, [idi…

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

(40-32) Lay thy hand upon him; think upon the battle, thou wilt do so no more.

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American Standard Version (1901)

Lay thy hand upon him; Remember the battle, and do so no more.

Young’s Literal Translation

Place on him thy hand, Remember the battle — do not add!

World English Bible

Lay your hand on him. Remember the battle, and do so no more.

Darby Translation

Lay thy hand upon him; remember the battle, — do no more!

Douay-Rheims

They stick one to another and they hold one another fast, and shall not be separated.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

(40-32) Lay thy hand upon him; think upon the battle, thou wilt do so no more.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

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.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Ἐπιθήσεις δὲ αὐτῷ χεῖρα, μνησθεὶς πόλεμον τὸν γινόμενον ἐν στόματι αὐτοῦ, καὶ μηκέτι γινέσθω.