## Job Chapter 32

###### Job 32:1
[Job 32:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Job/r/32:1)

וַֽיִּשְׁבְּת֡וּ שְׁלֹ֤שֶׁת הָאֲנָשִׁ֣ים הָ֭אֵלֶּה מֵעֲנ֣וֹת אֶת־אִיּ֑וֹב כִּ֤י ה֖וּא צַדִּ֣יק בְּעֵינָֽיו׃{פ}

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
So these three men ceased to answer Iyyov, because he was righteous in his own eyes.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
Then the three men ceased answering Iyyov because he was righteous in his own eyes.


###### Job 32:2
[Job 32:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Job/r/32:2)

וַיִּ֤חַר אַ֨ף**׀** אֱלִיה֣וּא בֶן־בַּרַכְאֵ֣ל הַבּוּזִי֮ מִמִּשְׁפַּ֢חַ֫ת רָ֥ם בְּ֭אִיּוֹב חָרָ֣ה אַפּ֑וֹ עַֽל־צַדְּק֥וֹ נַ֝פְשׁ֗וֹ מֵאֱלֹהִֽים׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Then the wrath of Elihu the son of Barakh᾽el the Buzite, of the family of Ram burned: against Iyyov his anger burned, because he justified himself rather than God.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And Elihu, the son of Berachel the Buzite, from the family of Ram [(Abraham)], was angered at Iyyov. His wrath burned [against Iyyov] because he had made himself more righteous than G d.


###### Job 32:3
[Job 32:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Job/r/32:3)

וּבִשְׁלֹ֣שֶׁת רֵעָיו֮ חָרָ֢ה אַ֫פּ֥וֹ עַ֤ל אֲשֶׁ֣ר לֹא־מָצְא֣וּ מַעֲנֶ֑ה וַ֝יַּרְשִׁ֗יעוּ אֶת־אִיּֽוֹב׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Also against his three friends did his anger burn, because they had found no answer, and yet had condemned Iyyov.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And his wrath burned against his three friends because they had found no answer and had [thus] condemned "Iyyov" [(euphemism for "G d")].


###### Job 32:4
[Job 32:4](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Job/r/32:4)

וֶאֱלִיה֗וּ חִכָּ֣ה אֶת־אִ֭יּוֹב בִּדְבָרִ֑ים כִּ֤י זְֽקֵנִים־הֵ֖מָּה מִמֶּ֣נּוּ לְיָמִֽים׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Now Elihu had waited to speak to Iyyov because they were older than he.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And Elihu had held back his words against Iyyov, for they [(the three)] were older than he in days.


###### Job 32:5
[Job 32:5](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Job/r/32:5)

וַיַּ֤רְא אֱלִיה֗וּא כִּ֘י־אֵ֤ין מַעֲנֶ֗ה בְּ֭פִי שְׁלֹ֥שֶׁת הָאֲנָשִׁ֗ים וַיִּ֥חַר אַפּֽוֹ׃{פ}

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
When Elihu saw that there was no answer in the mouth of these three men, then his anger burned.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
But when Elihu saw that the three men had no answer, he was angered.


###### Job 32:6
[Job 32:6](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Job/r/32:6)

וַיַּ֤עַן**׀** אֱלִיה֖וּא בֶן־בַּרַכְאֵ֥ל הַבּוּזִ֗י וַיֹּ֫אמַ֥ר צָ֘עִ֤יר אֲנִ֣י לְ֭יָמִים וְאַתֶּ֣ם יְשִׁישִׁ֑ים עַל־כֵּ֖ן זָחַ֥לְתִּי וָאִירָ֓א**׀** מֵחַוֺּ֖ת דֵּעִ֣י אֶתְכֶֽם׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
And Elihu the son of Barakh᾽el the Buzite answered and said, I am young, and you are very old; therefore I was afraid, and durst not declare my opinion to you.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And Elihu, the son of Berachel the Buzite, answered, saying: I am young in days, and you are old. That is why I was apprehensive and feared expressing my views together with yours.


###### Job 32:7
[Job 32:7](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Job/r/32:7)

אָ֭מַרְתִּי יָמִ֣ים יְדַבֵּ֑רוּ וְרֹ֥ב שָׁ֝נִ֗ים יֹדִ֥יעוּ חׇכְמָֽה׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
I said, Days should speak, and multitude of years should teach wisdom.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
I said [to myself]: ["Just as the passage of] days [teaches one to] speak, [so the passage of] many years [must] teach [one] wisdom."


###### Job 32:8
[Job 32:8](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Job/r/32:8)

אָ֭כֵן רוּחַ־הִ֣יא בֶאֱנ֑וֹשׁ וְנִשְׁמַ֖ת שַׁדַּ֣י תְּבִינֵֽם׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
But there is a spirit in man: and the breath of the Almighty gives them understanding.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
But [I see now that] it is a spirit [(the spirit of G d)] in man [which teaches wisdom] and the soul [bequeathed them by] the Almighty [which makes] them understand.


###### Job 32:9
[Job 32:9](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Job/r/32:9)

לֹא־רַבִּ֥ים יֶחְכָּ֑מוּ וּ֝זְקֵנִ֗ים יָבִ֥ינוּ מִשְׁפָּֽט׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
The old are not always wise: nor do the aged understand judgment.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
[Therefore,] not many are wise, and the elderly [do not necessarily] understand judgment.


###### Job 32:10
[Job 32:10](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Job/r/32:10)

לָכֵ֣ן אָ֭מַרְתִּי שִׁמְעָה־לִּ֑י אֲחַוֶּ֖ה דֵעִ֣י אַף־אָֽנִי׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Therefore I said, Hearken to me; I also will express my opinion.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
That is why I have said: "Listen to me; I, too, will speak my mind."


###### Job 32:11
[Job 32:11](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Job/r/32:11)

הֵ֤ן הוֹחַ֨לְתִּי**׀** לְֽדִבְרֵיכֶ֗ם אָ֭זִין עַד־תְּב֥וּנֹֽתֵיכֶ֑ם עַֽד־תַּחְקְר֥וּן מִלִּֽין׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Behold, I waited for your words; I gave ear to your reasons, whilst you searched out what to say,

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
I have waited for your words. I have listened until [the end of] your presentations, until [the end of] your probings of words.


###### Job 32:12
[Job 32:12](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Job/r/32:12)

וְעָ֥דֵיכֶ֗ם אֶתְבּ֫וֹנָ֥ן וְהִנֵּ֤ה אֵ֣ין לְאִיּ֣וֹב מוֹכִ֑יחַ עוֹנֶ֖ה אֲמָרָ֣יו מִכֶּֽם׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Yea, I attended unto you, and, behold, there was none of you that convinced Iyyov, or that answered his words.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
I have reflected upon your words, and, behold, there is no reprover of Iyyov. [None] among you answers his words.


###### Job 32:13
[Job 32:13](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Job/r/32:13)

פֶּן־תֹּ֣֭אמְרוּ מָצָ֣אנוּ חׇכְמָ֑ה אֵ֖ל יִדְּפֶ֣נּוּ לֹא־אִֽישׁ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Beware lest you say, We have found out wisdom: God will thrust him down, not man.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
Do not say: "We have found wisdom [in our silence, not to provoke him further]; let G d repel him, not man" [(for you thereby detract from G d's honor)].


###### Job 32:14
[Job 32:14](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Job/r/32:14)

וְלֹא־עָרַ֣ךְ אֵלַ֣י מִלִּ֑ין וּ֝בְאִמְרֵיכֶ֗ם לֹ֣א אֲשִׁיבֶֽנּוּ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Now he has not directed his words against me: so that I will not answer him with your speeches.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
Would that he had argued with me! I would not have answered him with your words.


###### Job 32:15
[Job 32:15](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Job/r/32:15)

חַ֭תּוּ לֹא־עָ֣נוּ ע֑וֹד הֶעְתִּ֖יקוּ מֵהֶ֣ם מִלִּֽים׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
They are amazed, they answer no more: they have left off speaking.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
They [(the friends)] were broken [by Iyyov's rejoinders]. They answered no more. Words departed from them.


###### Job 32:16
[Job 32:16](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Job/r/32:16)

וְ֭הוֹחַלְתִּי כִּי־לֹ֣א יְדַבֵּ֑רוּ כִּ֥י עָ֝מְד֗וּ לֹא־עָ֥נוּ עֽוֹד׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
And shall I wait because they do not speak; because they stand there, and answer no more?

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And I waited until they would speak no more, until they were silent and answered no more.


###### Job 32:17
[Job 32:17](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Job/r/32:17)

אַעֲנֶ֣ה אַף־אֲנִ֣י חֶלְקִ֑י אֲחַוֶּ֖ה דֵעִ֣י אַף־אָֽנִי׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
I also will answer my part, I also will express my opinion.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
[Now,] I, too, will speak my part. I, too, will express my view.


###### Job 32:18
[Job 32:18](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Job/r/32:18)

כִּ֭י מָלֵ֣תִי מִלִּ֑ים הֱ֝צִיקַ֗תְנִי ר֣וּחַ בִּטְנִֽי׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
For I am full of words; the spirit within me constrains me.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
For I am full with words. The swelling of my stomach oppresses me.


###### Job 32:19
[Job 32:19](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Job/r/32:19)

הִנֵּֽה־בִטְנִ֗י כְּיַ֥יִן לֹֽא־יִפָּתֵ֑חַ כְּאֹב֥וֹת חֲ֝דָשִׁ֗ים יִבָּקֵֽעַ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Behold, my belly is like wine which has no vent; it is ready to burst like new wineskins.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
My stomach is [swelling with rejoinders] like an unopened wine [skin], like skins of new [wine], ready to burst.


###### Job 32:20
[Job 32:20](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Job/r/32:20)

אֲדַבְּרָ֥ה וְיִֽרְוַֽח־לִ֑י אֶפְתַּ֖ח שְׂפָתַ֣י וְאֶעֱנֶֽה׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
I will speak, that I may find relief: I will open my lips and answer.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
I will speak and I will be eased; I will open my lips and my answers will come forth.


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

אַל־נָ֭א אֶשָּׂ֣א פְנֵי־אִ֑ישׁ וְאֶל־אָ֝דָ֗ם לֹ֣א אֲכַנֶּֽה׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Let me not, I pray you, respect any man’s person, nor let me give flattering titles to any man.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
I will not now court anyone's favor, and I will refer to no man obliquely [(but directly)].


###### Job 32:22
[Job 32:22](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Job/r/32:22)

כִּ֤י לֹ֣א יָדַ֣עְתִּי אֲכַנֶּ֑ה כִּ֝מְעַ֗ט יִשָּׂאֵ֥נִי עֹשֵֽׂנִי׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
For I do not know how to flatter; or else my maker would soon take me away.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
For I do not know indirection. My Maker would almost remove me [(from the world for it)].