## Job Chapter 26

###### Job 26:1
[Job 26:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Job/r/26:1)

וַיַּ֥עַן אִיּ֗וֹב וַיֹּאמַֽר׃

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

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


###### Job 26:2
[Job 26:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Job/r/26:2)

מֶה־עָזַ֥רְתָּ לְלֹא־כֹ֑חַ ה֝וֹשַׁ֗עְתָּ זְר֣וֹעַ לֹא־עֹֽז׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
How hast thou helped him that is without power? how hast thou saved the arm that has no strength?

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
How have you helped him who has no strength? [How have] you helped him who has no power [in his] arm?


###### Job 26:3
[Job 26:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Job/r/26:3)

מַה־יָּ֭עַצְתָּ לְלֹ֣א חׇכְמָ֑ה וְ֝תֻשִׁיָּ֗ה לָרֹ֥ב הוֹדָֽעְתָּ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
How hast thou counselled him that has no wisdom? and how hast thou plentifully declared sound wisdom?

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
What have you counseled without wisdom? Have you imparted an abundance of knowledge?


###### Job 26:4
[Job 26:4](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Job/r/26:4)

אֶת־מִ֭י הִגַּ֣דְתָּ מִלִּ֑ין וְנִשְׁמַת־מִ֝֗י יָצְאָ֥ה מִמֶּֽךָּ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
To whom hast thou uttered words? and whose spirit came from thee?

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
To whom have you told [these] things, and whose breath has issued forth from you? [i.e., Doesn't everybody know this?]


###### Job 26:5
[Job 26:5](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Job/r/26:5)

הָרְפָאִ֥ים יְחוֹלָ֑לוּ מִתַּ֥חַת מַ֝֗יִם וְשֹׁכְנֵיהֶֽם׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
The shades tremble; the waters beneath with the inhabitants thereof.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
The shades [i.e., Gehinnom (with seven hollows)] which were hollowed out [in the depths], water beneath [them], and their dwellers


###### Job 26:6
[Job 26:6](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Job/r/26:6)

עָר֣וֹם שְׁא֣וֹל נֶגְדּ֑וֹ וְאֵ֥ין כְּ֝ס֗וּת לָאֲבַדּֽוֹן׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
She᾽ol is naked before him, and Avaddon has no covering.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
— Sheol is bared before Him, and there is no covering to hell.


###### Job 26:7
[Job 26:7](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Job/r/26:7)

נֹטֶ֣ה צָפ֣וֹן עַל־תֹּ֑הוּ תֹּ֥לֶה אֶ֝֗רֶץ עַל־בְּלִי־מָֽה׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
He stretches out the north over the empty place, and hangs the earth upon nothing.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
He props the north on a void; He suspends the earth on nothingness.


###### Job 26:8
[Job 26:8](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Job/r/26:8)

צֹרֵֽר־מַ֥יִם בְּעָבָ֑יו וְלֹֽא־נִבְקַ֖ע עָנָ֣ן תַּחְתָּֽם׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
He binds up the waters in his thick clouds; and the cloud is not rent under them.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
He ties the waters in His thick clouds, and the clouds do not burst beneath them.


###### Job 26:9
[Job 26:9](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Job/r/26:9)

מְאַחֵ֥ז פְּנֵֽי־כִסֵּ֑ה פַּרְשֵׁ֖ז עָלָ֣יו עֲנָנֽוֹ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
He closes in the face of his throne, and spreads his cloud upon it.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
He closes in [(with partitions)] the face of His throne, and spreads His cloud upon it [viz. Ezekiel 1:22]


###### Job 26:10
[Job 26:10](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Job/r/26:10)

חֹֽק־חָ֭ג עַל־פְּנֵי־מָ֑יִם עַד־תַּכְלִ֖ית א֣וֹר עִם־חֹֽשֶׁךְ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
He has compassed the waters with bounds, at the boundary between light and darkness.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
He has circumscribed a statute [(the sand)] around the face of the waters, [to endure] until the end of light and darkness.


###### Job 26:11
[Job 26:11](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Job/r/26:11)

עַמּוּדֵ֣י שָׁמַ֣יִם יְרוֹפָ֑פוּ וְ֝יִתְמְה֗וּ מִגַּעֲרָתֽוֹ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
The pillars of heaven tremble and are astonished at his reproof.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
The pillars of heaven trembled [(at the creation)], and they were stunned [still] by His shout.


###### Job 26:12
[Job 26:12](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Job/r/26:12)

בְּ֭כֹחוֹ רָגַ֣ע הַיָּ֑ם (ובתובנתו) [וּ֝בִתְבוּנָת֗וֹ] מָ֣חַץ רָֽהַב׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
He stirs up the sea with his power, and by his understanding he smites through Rahav.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
In His strength He split the sea, and in His understanding He smote the [Egyptian] host.


###### Job 26:13
[Job 26:13](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Job/r/26:13)

בְּ֭רוּחוֹ שָׁמַ֣יִם שִׁפְרָ֑ה חֹלְלָ֥ה יָ֝ד֗וֹ נָחָ֥שׁ בָּרִֽחַ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
By his wind the heavens were made fair; his hand slew the slant serpent.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
He tented the heavens with His breath, and His hand formed the [sea-] spanning Leviathan [(Pharaoh)].


###### Job 26:14
[Job 26:14](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Job/r/26:14)

הֶן־אֵ֤לֶּה**׀** קְצ֬וֹת דְּרָכָ֗ו וּמַה־שֵּׁ֣מֶץ דָּ֭בָר נִשְׁמַע־בּ֑וֹ וְרַ֥עַם גְּ֝בוּרֹתָ֗ו מִ֣י יִתְבּוֹנָֽן׃{פ}

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Lo, these are parts of his ways, and how terrifying is the thing that is heard of him; but the thunder of his power who can understand?

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
These are but a few of His deeds. And what vestige of a thing [can a man] understand of it? Who, then, will comprehend the thunder of His mighty [deeds]?