## Job Chapter 21

###### Job 21:1
[Job 21:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Job/r/21:1)

וַיַּ֥עַן אִיּ֗וֹב וַיֹּאמַֽר׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Then Iyyov answered and said,

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
Then Iyyov raised his voice and said:


###### Job 21:2
[Job 21:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Job/r/21:2)

שִׁמְע֣וּ שָׁ֭מוֹעַ מִלָּתִ֑י וּתְהִי־זֹ֝֗את תַּנְח֥וּמֹֽתֵיכֶֽם׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Hear diligently my speech, and let this be your consolations.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
Hear, now, my words, and let this [(your listening)] be your consolation [to me].


###### Job 21:3
[Job 21:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Job/r/21:3)

שָׂ֭אוּנִי וְאָנֹכִ֣י אֲדַבֵּ֑ר וְאַחַ֖ר דַּבְּרִ֣י תַלְעִֽיג׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Suffer me that I may speak; and after I have spoken, mock on.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
Bear with me, and I will speak; and after I speak, you may mock.


###### Job 21:4
[Job 21:4](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Job/r/21:4)

הֶ֭אָנֹכִי לְאָדָ֣ם שִׂיחִ֑י וְאִם־מַ֝דּ֗וּעַ לֹֽא־תִקְצַ֥ר רוּחִֽי׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
As for me, is my complaint to man? why should I not be impatient?

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
Is it to a man [like myself] that I am speaking [(that he should hear my plaint)]? Why, then, should my spirit not be short [(from crying out in my affliction)]?


###### Job 21:5
[Job 21:5](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Job/r/21:5)

פְּנוּ־אֵלַ֥י וְהָשַׁ֑מּוּ וְשִׂ֖ימוּ יָ֣ד עַל־פֶּֽה׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Turn to me, and be astonished, and lay your hand upon your mouth.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
Turn to me [to hear] and be amazed, and put your hand upon your mouth [(for you will not be able to answer)].


###### Job 21:6
[Job 21:6](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Job/r/21:6)

וְאִם־זָכַ֥רְתִּי וְנִבְהָ֑לְתִּי וְאָחַ֥ז בְּ֝שָׂרִ֗י פַּלָּצֽוּת׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Even when I remember, I am afraid, and trembling takes holds of my flesh.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
Now that I remember [what] I wish to ask viz. verse 7)], I am confounded, and my flesh is seized with trembling.


###### Job 21:7
[Job 21:7](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Job/r/21:7)

מַ֭דּוּעַ רְשָׁעִ֣ים יִֽחְי֑וּ עָ֝תְק֗וּ גַּם־גָּ֥בְרוּ חָֽיִל׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Why do the wicked live, become old, yea, grow mighty in power?

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
Why should the wicked live, grow old, and increase their wealth?


###### Job 21:8
[Job 21:8](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Job/r/21:8)

זַרְעָ֤ם נָכ֣וֹן לִפְנֵיהֶ֣ם עִמָּ֑ם וְ֝צֶאֱצָאֵיהֶ֗ם לְעֵינֵיהֶֽם׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Their seed is established in their sight with them, and their offspring before their eyes.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
Their children are well established before them, together with them, and their offspring before their eyes.


###### Job 21:9
[Job 21:9](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Job/r/21:9)

בָּתֵּיהֶ֣ם שָׁל֣וֹם מִפָּ֑חַד וְלֹ֤א שֵׁ֖בֶט אֱל֣וֹהַּ עֲלֵיהֶֽם׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Their houses are safe without fear, nor is the rod of God upon them.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
Their houses are at peace from fear and the rod of the L rd has not come against them.


###### Job 21:10
[Job 21:10](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Job/r/21:10)

שׁוֹר֣וֹ עִ֭בַּר וְלֹ֣א יַגְעִ֑ל תְּפַלֵּ֥ט פָּ֝רָת֗וֹ וְלֹ֣א תְשַׁכֵּֽל׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Their bull genders, and does not fail; their cow calves, and does not cast her calf.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
His bull inseminates [the cow] and there is no rejection [(of the sperm without conception)]; his cow emits [the fetus] and does not miscarry.


###### Job 21:11
[Job 21:11](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Job/r/21:11)

יְשַׁלְּח֣וּ כַ֭צֹּאן עֲוִילֵיהֶ֑ם וְ֝יַלְדֵיהֶ֗ם יְרַקֵּדֽוּן׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
They send forth their little ones like a flock, and their children dance.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
They send their young ones forth like sheep, and their children dance about.


###### Job 21:12
[Job 21:12](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Job/r/21:12)

יִ֭שְׂאוּ כְּתֹ֣ף וְכִנּ֑וֹר וְ֝יִשְׂמְח֗וּ לְק֣וֹל עוּגָֽב׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
They take the timbrel and lyre, and rejoice at the sound of the pipe.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
They sound the timbrel and the lyre and they rejoice to the sound of the pipe.


###### Job 21:13
[Job 21:13](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Job/r/21:13)

(יבלו) [יְכַלּ֣וּ] בַטּ֣וֹב יְמֵיהֶ֑ם וּ֝בְרֶ֗גַע שְׁא֣וֹל יֵחָֽתּוּ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
They spend their days in wealth, and in a moment go down to She᾽ol.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
They spend their days in good, and [(when their day of death arrives)], in a moment they descend to the pit [(without afflictions)].


###### Job 21:14
[Job 21:14](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Job/r/21:14)

וַיֹּאמְר֣וּ לָ֭אֵל ס֣וּר מִמֶּ֑נּוּ וְדַ֥עַת דְּ֝רָכֶ֗יךָ לֹ֣א חָפָֽצְנוּ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Therefore they say to God, Depart from us; for we desire not the knowledge of Thy ways.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And they say to G d: "Get away from us; we do not want to know Your ways."


###### Job 21:15
[Job 21:15](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Job/r/21:15)

מַה־שַּׁדַּ֥י כִּֽי־נַעַבְדֶ֑נּוּ וּמַה־נּ֝וֹעִ֗יל כִּ֣י נִפְגַּע־בּֽוֹ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
What is the Almighty, that we should serve him? and what profit should we have, if we pray to him?

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
"What is the Almighty that we should serve Him, and what will it avail us if we pray to Him?" [i.e., we have no need of Him]


###### Job 21:16
[Job 21:16](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Job/r/21:16)

הֵ֤ן לֹ֣א בְיָדָ֣ם טוּבָ֑ם עֲצַ֥ת רְ֝שָׁעִ֗ים רָ֣חֲקָה מֶֽנִּי׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Lo, is their good not in their hand? let the counsel of the wicked be far from me.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
Is their good not in their hands? — But the counsel of the wicked is far from me [(and I will not emulate their ways!)]


###### Job 21:17
[Job 21:17](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Job/r/21:17)

כַּמָּ֤ה**׀** נֵר־רְשָׁ֘עִ֤ים יִדְעָ֗ךְ וְיָבֹ֣א עָלֵ֣ימוֹ אֵידָ֑ם חֲ֝בָלִ֗ים יְחַלֵּ֥ק בְּאַפּֽוֹ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
How often is the candle of the wicked put out? and when does their calamity come upon them? does he distribute sorrows to them in his anger?

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
[(reversion to verse 7)] How long [will this persist]? Let the lamp of the wicked be quenched and their doom come down upon them! Let Him give them [their] lot in His wrath!


###### Job 21:18
[Job 21:18](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Job/r/21:18)

יִֽהְי֗וּ כְּתֶ֥בֶן לִפְנֵי־ר֑וּחַ וּ֝כְמֹ֗ץ גְּנָבַ֥תּוּ סוּפָֽה׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
are they as stubble before the wind, and as chaff that the storm carries away?

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
Let them be as stubble in the wind and as chaff stolen by the tempest.


###### Job 21:19
[Job 21:19](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Job/r/21:19)

אֱל֗וֹהַּ יִצְפֹּן־לְבָנָ֥יו אוֹנ֑וֹ יְשַׁלֵּ֖ם אֵלָ֣יו וְיֵדָֽע׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
God lays up his iniquity for the children: let him rather reward him, that he may know it!

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
Should G d lay away [punishment for] his wickedness with his sons [(and he die in peace?)] Let it [(his punishment)] be paid to him [directly], and let [the world] know [that G d judges men].


###### Job 21:20
[Job 21:20](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Job/r/21:20)

יִרְא֣וּ עֵינָ֣ו כִּיד֑וֹ וּמֵחֲמַ֖ת שַׁדַּ֣י יִשְׁתֶּֽה׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Let his eyes see his own destruction, and let him drink of the wrath of the Almighty!

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
Let his eyes see his [own] destruction, and let him [(himself)] drink of the fury of the Almighty!


###### Job 21:21
[Job 21:21](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Job/r/21:21)

כִּ֤י מַה־חֶפְצ֣וֹ בְּבֵית֣וֹ אַחֲרָ֑יו וּמִסְפַּ֖ר חֳדָשָׁ֣יו חֻצָּֽצוּ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
For what pleasure has he in his house after him, when the number of his months is already complete?

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
For what care should he take of his household after him, seeing that the allotment of his months has been realized [i.e., seeing that he has lived his full life span]?


###### Job 21:22
[Job 21:22](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Job/r/21:22)

הַלְאֵ֥ל יְלַמֶּד־דָּ֑עַת וְ֝ה֗וּא רָמִ֥ים יִשְׁפּֽוֹט׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Shall any teach God knowledge? seeing he judges those who are high.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
Should one [(i.e., should I)] teach G d knowledge [(to judge truly)]? — But He judges [in His] exaltedness [(and pays no heed to "mundane" considerations)].


###### Job 21:23
[Job 21:23](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Job/r/21:23)

זֶ֗ה יָ֭מוּת בְּעֶ֣צֶם תֻּמּ֑וֹ כֻּ֝לּ֗וֹ שַׁלְאֲנַ֥ן וְשָׁלֵֽיו׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
One dies in his full strength, being wholly at ease and quiet.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
This [wicked one] dies at the height of fulfillment, all calm and peaceful.


###### Job 21:24
[Job 21:24](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Job/r/21:24)

עֲ֭טִינָיו מָלְא֣וּ חָלָ֑ב וּמֹ֖חַ עַצְמוֹתָ֣יו יְשֻׁקֶּֽה׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
His vessels are full of milk, and his bones are moistened with marrow.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
His receptacles are full of milk and the marrow of his bones [is fully] irrigated.


###### Job 21:25
[Job 21:25](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Job/r/21:25)

וְזֶ֗ה יָ֭מוּת בְּנֶ֣פֶשׁ מָרָ֑ה וְלֹֽא־אָ֝כַ֗ל בַּטּוֹבָֽה׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
And another dies in the bitterness of his soul, and has never eaten of good things.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And this [righteous] one dies with a bitter spirit, never having tasted good.


###### Job 21:26
[Job 21:26](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Job/r/21:26)

יַ֭חַד עַל־עָפָ֣ר יִשְׁכָּ֑בוּ וְ֝רִמָּ֗ה תְּכַסֶּ֥ה עֲלֵיהֶֽם׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
They shall lie down alike in the dust, and the worm shall cover them.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
They lie together in the ground, and the worm covers them up [(and none can tell the difference between them)].


###### Job 21:27
[Job 21:27](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Job/r/21:27)

הֵ֣ן יָ֭דַעְתִּי מַחְשְׁבֽוֹתֵיכֶ֑ם וּ֝מְזִמּ֗וֹת עָלַ֥י תַּחְמֹֽסוּ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Behold, I know your thoughts, and the devices which you wrongfully imagine against me.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
Now I know your thoughts and your evil devisings against me.


###### Job 21:28
[Job 21:28](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Job/r/21:28)

כִּ֤י תֹאמְר֗וּ אַיֵּ֥ה בֵית־נָדִ֑יב וְ֝אַיֵּ֗ה אֹ֤הֶל**׀** מִשְׁכְּנ֬וֹת רְשָׁעִֽים׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
For you say, Where is the house of the prince? and where is the tent in which the wicked dwelt?

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
For you would say: "Where is the house of the [(formerly)] lordly one, [i.e., Iyyov], and where is the tent-dwelling of the wicked?"


###### Job 21:29
[Job 21:29](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Job/r/21:29)

הֲלֹ֣א שְׁ֭אֶלְתֶּם ע֣וֹבְרֵי דָ֑רֶךְ וְ֝אֹתֹתָ֗ם לֹ֣א תְנַכֵּֽרוּ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Have you not asked those who go by the way? and do not falsify their tokens;

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
Have you not inquired of the passers-by, whose signs you do not deny?


###### Job 21:30
[Job 21:30](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Job/r/21:30)

כִּ֤י לְי֣וֹם אֵ֭יד יֵחָ֣שֶׂךְ רָ֑ע לְי֖וֹם עֲבָר֣וֹת יוּבָֽלוּ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
that the wicked man is reserved for the day of destruction; that they shall be led forth to the day of wrath.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
[And have you not been told] that for the day of [his] destruction evil is withheld from the wicked one, for the day when wrath will be brought [down upon him]?


###### Job 21:31
[Job 21:31](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Job/r/21:31)

מִֽי־יַגִּ֣יד עַל־פָּנָ֣יו דַּרְכּ֑וֹ וְהוּא־עָ֝שָׂ֗ה מִ֣י יְשַׁלֶּם־לֽוֹ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
But who shall declare his way to his face? and who shall repay him for what he has done?

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
Who will [dare] tell [i.e., dispute] His way to His face? Once He has done, who shall requite Him,


###### Job 21:32
[Job 21:32](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Job/r/21:32)

וְ֭הוּא לִקְבָר֣וֹת יוּבָ֑ל וְֽעַל־גָּדִ֥ישׁ יִשְׁקֽוֹד׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
For he is brought to the grave, and watch is kept over his tomb.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
when he [(the one who would do so)] will be brought to the grave and will be hastened to the mound?


###### Job 21:33
[Job 21:33](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Job/r/21:33)

מָֽתְקוּ־ל֗וֹ רִגְבֵ֫י־נָ֥חַל וְ֭אַחֲרָיו כׇּל־אָדָ֣ם יִמְשׁ֑וֹךְ וּ֝לְפָנָ֗יו אֵ֣ין מִסְפָּֽר׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
The clods of the valley shall be sweet to him, and every man shall draw after him, and there are innumerable going before him.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
The river clods will be sweet to him, and all men will trail after him [to death] as [all men] before Him, without number.


###### Job 21:34
[Job 21:34](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Job/r/21:34)

וְ֭אֵיךְ תְּנַחֲמ֣וּנִי הָ֑בֶל וּ֝תְשׁ֥וּבֹתֵיכֶ֗ם נִשְׁאַר־מָֽעַל׃{פ}

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Why then do you comfort me in vain, seeing in your answers there remains falsehood?

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And why would you console me with vanity? And your answers remain deceit!