## Job Chapter 22

###### Job 22:1
[Job 22:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Job/r/22:1)

וַ֭יַּעַן אֱלִיפַ֥ז הַֽתֵּמָנִ֗י וַיֹּאמַֽר׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Then Elifaz the Temanite answered and said,

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
Then Elifaz the Temanite raised his voice and said:


###### Job 22:2
[Job 22:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Job/r/22:2)

הַלְאֵ֥ל יִסְכׇּן־גָּ֑בֶר כִּֽי־יִסְכֹּ֖ן עָלֵ֣ימוֹ מַשְׂכִּֽיל׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Can a man be profitable to God? Surely he that is wise is profitable to himself!

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
Does a man benefit G d when he teaches wisdom concerning them [(men)]?


###### Job 22:3
[Job 22:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Job/r/22:3)

הַחֵ֣פֶץ לְ֭שַׁדַּי כִּ֣י תִצְדָּ֑ק וְאִם־בֶּ֝֗צַע כִּֽי־תַתֵּ֥ם דְּרָכֶֽיךָ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Is it any pleasure to the Almighty, that thou art righteous? or is it gain to him, that thou makest thy ways perfect?

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
Does the Almighty need your vindication [(in dispute with Him)]? Does He profit in the perfection of your ways?


###### Job 22:4
[Job 22:4](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Job/r/22:4)

הֲֽ֭מִיִּרְאָ֣תְךָ יֹכִיחֶ֑ךָ יָב֥וֹא עִ֝מְּךָ֗ בַּמִּשְׁפָּֽט׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
will he reprove thee for fear of thee? will he enter with thee into judgment?

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
Is it from fear of you that He should debate you, that He should enter into judgment with you?


###### Job 22:5
[Job 22:5](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Job/r/22:5)

הֲלֹ֣א רָעָתְךָ֣ רַבָּ֑ה וְאֵֽין־קֵ֝֗ץ לַעֲוֺנֹתֶֽיךָ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Is not thy wickedness great? and thy iniquities infinite?

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
Does He not [know that] your evil is great, that there is no end to your sins?


###### Job 22:6
[Job 22:6](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Job/r/22:6)

כִּֽי־תַחְבֹּ֣ל אַחֶ֣יךָ חִנָּ֑ם וּבִגְדֵ֖י עֲרוּמִּ֣ים תַּפְשִֽׁיט׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
For thou hast taken pledges from thy brother for nought, and stripped the naked of their clothing.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
For you have demanded security of your brothers — for nought — and you have stripped the naked of their clothing [i.e., you have taken their only garment so that they are naked].


###### Job 22:7
[Job 22:7](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Job/r/22:7)

לֹא־מַ֭יִם עָיֵ֣ף תַּשְׁקֶ֑ה וּ֝מֵרָעֵ֗ב תִּֽמְנַֽע־לָֽחֶם׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Thou has not given water to the weary to drink, and thou hast withheld bread from the hungry.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
You did not give water to the weary, and you withheld bread from the hungry.


###### Job 22:8
[Job 22:8](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Job/r/22:8)

וְאִ֣ישׁ זְ֭רוֹעַ ל֣וֹ הָאָ֑רֶץ וּנְשׂ֥וּא פָ֝נִ֗ים יֵ֣שֶׁב בָּֽהּ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
But like the mighty man, who has the earth; and the honourable man who dwells in it,

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
Should a [(once)] mighty man [(i.e., you)] inherit the earth? Should a [(former)] dignitary endure in it?


###### Job 22:9
[Job 22:9](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Job/r/22:9)

אַ֭לְמָנוֹת שִׁלַּ֣חְתָּ רֵיקָ֑ם וּזְרֹע֖וֹת יְתֹמִ֣ים יְדֻכָּֽא׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
thou hast sent widows away empty, and the arms of the fatherless have been broken.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
You drove out widows empty-handed and you [(thus)] crushed the arms of the orphans.


###### Job 22:10
[Job 22:10](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Job/r/22:10)

עַל־כֵּ֭ן סְבִיבוֹתֶ֣יךָ פַחִ֑ים וִ֝יבַהֶלְךָ֗ פַּ֣חַד פִּתְאֹֽם׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Therefore snares are round about thee, and sudden fear troubles thee;

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
That is why there are traps around you and sudden fear confounds you.


###### Job 22:11
[Job 22:11](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Job/r/22:11)

אוֹ־חֹ֥שֶׁךְ לֹֽא־תִרְאֶ֑ה וְֽשִׁפְעַת־מַ֥יִם תְּכַסֶּֽךָּ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
or darkness, that thou canst not see; and abundance of waters cover thee.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
Or [would you think that your deeds were done] in darkness [(and not observed by G d)]? Do not see [it so]! Or [would you think that] an abundance of water [(in the heavens)] conceals you?


###### Job 22:12
[Job 22:12](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Job/r/22:12)

הֲֽלֹא־אֱ֭לוֹהַּ גֹּ֣בַהּ שָׁמָ֑יִם וּרְאֵ֤ה רֹ֖אשׁ כּוֹכָבִ֣ים כִּי־רָֽמּוּ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Is not God in the height of heaven? and behold the height of the stars, how high they are!

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
[Would you say:] "Is not G d in the heights of the heavens, viewing the tops of the stars in their height?"


###### Job 22:13
[Job 22:13](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Job/r/22:13)

וְֽ֭אָמַרְתָּ מַה־יָּ֣דַֽע אֵ֑ל הַבְעַ֖ד עֲרָפֶ֣ל יִשְׁפּֽוֹט׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
And thou sayst, What does God know? does he judge through the dark cloud?

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
wherefore you say: "What can G d know [of what transpires below]?


###### Job 22:14
[Job 22:14](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Job/r/22:14)

עָבִ֣ים סֵֽתֶר־ל֭וֹ וְלֹ֣א יִרְאֶ֑ה וְח֥וּג שָׁ֝מַ֗יִם יִתְהַלָּֽךְ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Thick clouds are a covering to him, so that he sees not; and he walks in the circuit of heaven.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
"Do the clouds not hide things from Him and keep Him from seeing? Does He not walk upon the arc of the heavens?"


###### Job 22:15
[Job 22:15](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Job/r/22:15)

הַאֹ֣רַח עוֹלָ֣ם תִּשְׁמ֑וֹר אֲשֶׁ֖ר דָּרְכ֣וּ מְתֵי־אָֽוֶן׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Hast thou marked the old way which wicked men have trodden?

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
Do you remember the way of yore trodden by men of iniquity,


###### Job 22:16
[Job 22:16](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Job/r/22:16)

אֲשֶֽׁר־קֻמְּט֥וּ וְלֹא־עֵ֑ת נָ֝הָ֗ר יוּצַ֥ק יְסוֹדָֽם׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
who were cut down out of time, whose foundation was overflown with a flood:

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
who were cut off [from the world] before their time, a flood [(that of Noach or the fire and brimstone of Sodom)] inundating their foundations,


###### Job 22:17
[Job 22:17](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Job/r/22:17)

הָאֹמְרִ֣ים לָ֭אֵל ס֣וּר מִמֶּ֑נּוּ וּמַה־יִּפְעַ֖ל שַׁדַּ֣י לָֽמוֹ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
who said to God, Depart from us: and what can the Almighty do for them?

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
who said of G d: "He has removed Himself from us," and [(who questioned)] what the Almighty could do to them?


###### Job 22:18
[Job 22:18](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Job/r/22:18)

וְה֤וּא מִלֵּ֣א בָתֵּיהֶ֣ם ט֑וֹב וַעֲצַ֥ת רְ֝שָׁעִ֗ים רָ֣חֲקָה מֶֽנִּי׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Yet he filled their houses with good things: but the counsel of the wicked is far from me.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
— when He had filled their houses with good! — But the counsel of the wicked is far from me.


###### Job 22:19
[Job 22:19](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Job/r/22:19)

יִרְא֣וּ צַדִּיקִ֣ים וְיִשְׂמָ֑חוּ וְ֝נָקִ֗י יִלְעַג־לָֽמוֹ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
The righteous see it, and are glad: and the innocent laugh them to scorn, saying,

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
Let the righteous see [the downfall of the wicked] and rejoice, and let the clean one mock them.


###### Job 22:20
[Job 22:20](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Job/r/22:20)

אִם־לֹ֣א נִכְחַ֣ד קִימָ֑נוּ וְ֝יִתְרָ֗ם אָ֣כְלָה אֵֽשׁ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Surely our adversaries are cut off, and the remnant of them the fire consumes.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
[(reversion to verse 15)] Was its [(that generation's)] height not cut off and their pride consumed in fire?


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

הַסְכֶּן־נָ֣א עִמּ֣וֹ וּשְׁלָ֑ם בָּ֝הֶ֗ם תְּֽבוֹאַתְךָ֥ טוֹבָֽה׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Acquaint now thyself with him, and be at peace: thereby good shall come to thee.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
Learn, then, [to be wholehearted] with Him, and you will be at peace. Through them [(these things)] good will come to you.


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

קַח־נָ֣א מִפִּ֣יו תּוֹרָ֑ה וְשִׂ֥ים אֲ֝מָרָ֗יו בִּלְבָבֶֽךָ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Receive, I pray thee, Tora from his mouth, and lay up his words in thy heart.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
Take, now, Torah from His mouth, and place His words in your heart.


###### Job 22:23
[Job 22:23](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Job/r/22:23)

אִם־תָּשׁ֣וּב עַד־שַׁ֭דַּי תִּבָּנֶ֑ה תַּֽרְחִ֥יק עַ֝וְלָ֗ה מֵאׇהֳלֶֽךָ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
If thou return to the Almighty, thou shalt be built up, thou shalt put away iniquity far from thy tent.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
When you return to the Almighty you will be rebuilt — but remove iniquity from your tents.


###### Job 22:24
[Job 22:24](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Job/r/22:24)

וְשִׁית־עַל־עָפָ֥ר בָּ֑צֶר וּכְצ֖וּר נְחָלִ֣ים אוֹפִֽיר׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
And thou shalt hold gold as dust, and the gold of Ofir as the stones of the brooks.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And you will store up [wealth] upon the earth, and in the valley-rock [the gold of] Ophir.


###### Job 22:25
[Job 22:25](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Job/r/22:25)

וְהָיָ֣ה שַׁדַּ֣י בְּצָרֶ֑יךָ וְכֶ֖סֶף תּוֹעָפ֣וֹת לָֽךְ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Yea, the Almighty shall be thy gold, and precious silver to thee.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And your stored-up wealth will be great, and hoards of silver will be yours.


###### Job 22:26
[Job 22:26](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Job/r/22:26)

כִּי־אָ֭ז עַל־שַׁדַּ֣י תִּתְעַנָּ֑ג וְתִשָּׂ֖א אֶל־אֱל֣וֹהַּ פָּנֶֽיךָ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
For then shalt thou have thy delight in the Almighty, and shall lift up thy face to God.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
Then you will find pleasure in the Almighty and you will lift your face [(without shame) in supplication] to the L rd.


###### Job 22:27
[Job 22:27](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Job/r/22:27)

תַּעְתִּ֣יר אֵ֭לָיו וְיִשְׁמָעֶ֑ךָּ וּנְדָרֶ֥יךָ תְשַׁלֵּֽם׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Thou shalt make thy prayer to him, and he shall hear thee, and thou shalt pay thy vows.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
You will pray to Him and He will hear you, and you will pay your vows [(i.e., your offerings in fulfillment of your vows will be acceptable to Him.)]


###### Job 22:28
[Job 22:28](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Job/r/22:28)

וְֽתִגְזַר־אֹ֭מֶר וְיָ֣קׇם־לָ֑ךְ וְעַל־דְּ֝רָכֶ֗יךָ נָ֣גַהּ אֽוֹר׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Thou shalt also decree a thing, and it shall be established unto thee: and the light shall shine upon thy ways.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And you will make a resolution and it will avail you, and on your ways light will shine.


###### Job 22:29
[Job 22:29](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Job/r/22:29)

כִּֽי־הִ֭שְׁפִּילוּ וַתֹּ֣אמֶר גֵּוָ֑ה וְשַׁ֖ח עֵינַ֣יִם יוֹשִֽׁעַ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
When men have humbled thee, and thou sayst, There is lifting up, then he shall save the humble person.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
If they [(the men of your generation)] are lowly, by your word [they will be] upraised, and one whose eyes are lowered [in suffering for his sin], He will save [by your intercession].


###### Job 22:30
[Job 22:30](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Job/r/22:30)

יְמַלֵּ֥ט אִֽי־נָקִ֑י וְ֝נִמְלַ֗ט בְּבֹ֣ר כַּפֶּֽיךָ׃{פ}

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
He delivers the innocent man: and thou shalt be delivered by the pureness of thy hands.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
He will deliver him who is unclean, and he will be saved, through the cleanliness of your hands.