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Job 41:8

The Pulpit Commentary · Joseph S. Exell and contributors · Public Domain

Lay thine hand upon him, remember the battle, do no more. This is again ironical, like Job 41:3-6. "Only just put forth thy hand against him—bethink thee of war—do it once and no more." The idea is that once will be enough.

A man will not live to do it a second time.

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