## Job Chapter 33

###### Job 33:1
[Job 33:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Job/r/33:1)

וְֽאוּלָ֗ם שְׁמַֽע־נָ֣א אִיּ֣וֹב מִלָּ֑י וְֽכׇל־דְּבָרַ֥י הַאֲזִֽינָה׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
But now, Iyyov, I pray thee, hear my speeches, and hearken to all my words.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
But hear my words, Iyyov, and listen to all that I say.


###### Job 33:2
[Job 33:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Job/r/33:2)

הִנֵּה־נָ֭א פָּתַ֣חְתִּי פִ֑י דִּבְּרָ֖ה לְשׁוֹנִ֣י בְחִכִּֽי׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Behold, now I have opened my mouth, my tongue has spoken in my mouth.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
I will now open my mouth, and my tongue will speak upon my palate.


###### Job 33:3
[Job 33:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Job/r/33:3)

יֹשֶׁר־לִבִּ֥י אֲמָרָ֑י וְדַ֥עַת שְׂ֝פָתַ֗י בָּר֥וּר מִלֵּֽלוּ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
My words shall be of the uprightness of my heart: and my lips shall utter knowledge in purity.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
My words are [from] the uprightness of my heart, and my lips will speak clear knowledge.


###### Job 33:4
[Job 33:4](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Job/r/33:4)

רֽוּחַ־אֵ֥ל עָשָׂ֑תְנִי וְנִשְׁמַ֖ת שַׁדַּ֣י תְּחַיֵּֽנִי׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
The spirit of God has made me, and the breath of the Almighty has given me life.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
The will of G d made me [(and I am not stronger than you)], and the breath of the Almighty will sustain me.


###### Job 33:5
[Job 33:5](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Job/r/33:5)

אִם־תּוּכַ֥ל הֲשִׁיבֵ֑נִי עֶרְכָ֥הֿ לְ֝פָנַ֗י הִתְיַצָּֽבָה׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
If thou canst, answer me; set thy words in order before me; stand up.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
If you can, answer me. Prepare your case and stand up against me.


###### Job 33:6
[Job 33:6](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Job/r/33:6)

הֵן־אֲנִ֣י כְפִ֣יךָ לָאֵ֑ל מֵ֝חֹ֗מֶר קֹרַ֥צְתִּי גַם־אָֽנִי׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Behold, I am towards God as thou art: I also am formed out of the clay.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
Here am I, as you requested, to argue G d's case [(without your being confounded by Him [viz. 13:21])]. I, too, have been hewn from clay.


###### Job 33:7
[Job 33:7](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Job/r/33:7)

הִנֵּ֣ה אֵ֭מָתִי לֹ֣א תְבַעֲתֶ֑ךָּ וְ֝אַכְפִּ֗י עָלֶ֥יךָ לֹֽא־יִכְבָּֽד׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Behold, my terror shall not make thee afraid, nor shall my pressure be heavy upon thee.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
Fear of me will not confound you, and my compulsion will not bear down upon you.


###### Job 33:8
[Job 33:8](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Job/r/33:8)

אַ֭ךְ אָמַ֣רְתָּ בְאׇזְנָ֑י וְק֖וֹל מִלִּ֣ין אֶשְׁמָֽע׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Surely thou hast spoken in my hearing, and I have heard the voice of thy words, saying,

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
But what you said came to my ears, and I heard [only] the sound [(not the senses)] of words:


###### Job 33:9
[Job 33:9](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Job/r/33:9)

זַ֥ךְ אֲנִ֗י בְּֽלִ֫י־פָ֥שַׁע חַ֥ף אָנֹכִ֑י וְלֹ֖א עָוֺ֣ן לִֽי׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
I am clean without transgression, I am innocent; neither is there iniquity in me.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
"I am pure, without offense; I am clean, without transgression."


###### Job 33:10
[Job 33:10](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Job/r/33:10)

הֵ֣ן תְּ֭נוּאוֹת עָלַ֣י יִמְצָ֑א יַחְשְׁבֵ֖נִי לְאוֹיֵ֣ב לֽוֹ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Behold, he finds occasions against me, he counts me for his enemy.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
"He has found pretexts against me; He reckons me His foe."


###### Job 33:11
[Job 33:11](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Job/r/33:11)

יָשֵׂ֣ם בַּסַּ֣ד רַגְלָ֑י יִ֝שְׁמֹ֗ר כׇּל־אׇרְחֹתָֽי׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
He puts my feet in the stocks, he marks all my paths.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
"He has put my feet in stocks; He guards all my ways."


###### Job 33:12
[Job 33:12](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Job/r/33:12)

הֶן־זֹ֣את לֹא־צָדַ֣קְתָּ אֶעֱנֶ֑ךָּ כִּי־יִרְבֶּ֥ה אֱ֝ל֗וֹהַּ מֵאֱנֽוֹשׁ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Behold, in this thou art not right: I will answer thee, that God is greater than man.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
Only this shall I answer you: that G d is [far] more righteous than man [(and He is not overly severe with you)].


###### Job 33:13
[Job 33:13](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Job/r/33:13)

מַ֭דּוּעַ אֵלָ֣יו רִיב֑וֹתָ כִּ֥י כׇל־דְּ֝בָרָ֗יו לֹ֣א יַעֲנֶֽה׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Why dost thou strive against him, seeing that none of his words will answer you.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
Why did you argue against Him that He does not answer for all of His ways?


###### Job 33:14
[Job 33:14](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Job/r/33:14)

כִּֽי־בְאַחַ֥ת יְדַבֶּר־אֵ֑ל וּ֝בִשְׁתַּ֗יִם לֹ֣א יְשׁוּרֶֽנָּה׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Surely God speaks once, yea twice, yet man perceives it not.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
For G d speaks in one way — and in a second, for him who does not see [the first].


###### Job 33:15
[Job 33:15](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Job/r/33:15)

בַּחֲל֤וֹם**׀** חֶזְי֬וֹן לַ֗יְלָה בִּנְפֹ֣ל תַּ֭רְדֵּמָה עַל־אֲנָשִׁ֑ים בִּ֝תְנוּמ֗וֹת עֲלֵ֣י מִשְׁכָּֽב׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
In a dream, in a vision of the night, when deep sleep falls upon men, in slumberings upon the bed,

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
In a dream, a vision of the night, when deep sleep falls upon men, or when they slumber upon their couch,


###### Job 33:16
[Job 33:16](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Job/r/33:16)

אָ֣ז יִ֭גְלֶה אֹ֣זֶן אֲנָשִׁ֑ים וּבְמֹ֖סָרָ֣ם יַחְתֹּֽם׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
then he opens the ears of men, and with discipline seals their instruction,

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
then He uncovers the ear of men [(as in the instance of Avimelech [viz. Genesis 20])], and in their afflictions He seals [them].


###### Job 33:17
[Job 33:17](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Job/r/33:17)

לְ֭הָסִיר אָדָ֣ם מַעֲשֶׂ֑ה וְגֵוָ֖ה מִגֶּ֣בֶר יְכַסֶּֽה׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
that he may withdraw man from his purpose, and hide pride from man.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
To remove a man from his [contemplated] deed and to conceal [i.e., to remove] haughtiness from a man [(and so spare him from death)].


###### Job 33:18
[Job 33:18](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Job/r/33:18)

יַחְשֹׂ֣ךְ נַ֭פְשׁוֹ מִנִּי־שָׁ֑חַת וְ֝חַיָּת֗וֹ מֵעֲבֹ֥ר בַּשָּֽׁלַח׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
He keeps back his soul from the pit, and his life from perishing by the sword.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
He [thus] saves his soul from the pit, and his life from passing [under] the sword [(of the Angel of Death)].


###### Job 33:19
[Job 33:19](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Job/r/33:19)

וְהוּכַ֣ח בְּ֭מַכְאוֹב עַל־מִשְׁכָּב֑וֹ (וריב) [וְר֖וֹב] עֲצָמָ֣יו אֵתָֽן׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
He is chastened also with pain upon his bed, and the multitude of his bones with strong pain:

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
He is chastised with pain upon his couch [when] most of his bones are [yet] strong.


###### Job 33:20
[Job 33:20](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Job/r/33:20)

וְזִהֲמַ֣תּוּ חַיָּת֣וֹ לָ֑חֶם וְ֝נַפְשׁ֗וֹ מַאֲכַ֥ל תַּאֲוָֽה׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
so that his life abhors bread, and his soul dainty food.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
Then his soul abhors bread, and his spirit, [all] savory food.


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

יִ֣כֶל בְּשָׂר֣וֹ מֵרֹ֑אִי (ושפי) [וְשֻׁפּ֥וּ] עַ֝צְמֹתָ֗יו לֹ֣א רֻאּֽוּ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
His flesh is consumed away, that it cannot be seen; and his bones that were not seen stick out.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
His flesh dwindles from sight, and his bones slip [(from their sockets) until] they are no [longer] visible.


###### Job 33:22
[Job 33:22](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Job/r/33:22)

וַתִּקְרַ֣ב לַשַּׁ֣חַת נַפְשׁ֑וֹ וְ֝חַיָּת֗וֹ לַֽמְמִתִֽים׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
For his soul draws near to the pit, and his life to the destroyers.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And then his spirit draws near to the pit, and his soul [draws near] to the killers [(the messengers of the Angel of Death)].


###### Job 33:23
[Job 33:23](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Job/r/33:23)

אִם־יֵ֤שׁ עָלָ֨יו**׀** מַלְאָ֗ךְ מֵלִ֗יץ אֶחָ֥ד מִנִּי־אָ֑לֶף לְהַגִּ֖יד לְאָדָ֣ם יׇשְׁרֽוֹ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
If there be an angel over him, an interpreter, one among a thousand, to declare to man what is right:

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
If there be for him one defending angel among a thousand [accusers] to speak of a man's righteousness,


###### Job 33:24
[Job 33:24](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Job/r/33:24)

וַיְחֻנֶּ֗נּוּ וַיֹּ֗אמֶר פְּ֭דָעֵהוּ מֵרֶ֥דֶת שָׁ֗חַת מָצָ֥אתִי כֹֽפֶר׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
then he is gracious to him, and says, Deliver him from going down to the pit: I have found a ransom.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
then He is gracious to him and says: "Redeem him from descending to the pit; I have found atonement."


###### Job 33:25
[Job 33:25](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Job/r/33:25)

רֻֽטְפַ֣שׁ בְּשָׂר֣וֹ מִנֹּ֑עַר יָ֝שׁ֗וּב לִימֵ֥י עֲלוּמָֽיו׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
His flesh shall be smoother than a child’s: he shall return to the days of his youth:

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
His flesh will cease from its convulsions. He will return to the days of his youth.


###### Job 33:26
[Job 33:26](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Job/r/33:26)

יֶעְתַּ֤ר אֶל־אֱל֨וֹהַּ**׀** וַיִּרְצֵ֗הוּ וַיַּ֣רְא פָּ֭נָיו בִּתְרוּעָ֑ה וַיָּ֥שֶׁב לֶ֝אֱנ֗וֹשׁ צִדְקָתֽוֹ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
he shall pray to God, and he will be favourable to him: and he shall see his face with joy: for he will render to man his righteousness.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And when he entreats G d and courts His favor and beholds His face with prayer, then He will return to [i.e., accord to] the man [reward for] his righteousness.


###### Job 33:27
[Job 33:27](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Job/r/33:27)

יָשֹׁ֤ר**׀** עַל־אֲנָשִׁ֗ים וַיֹּ֗אמֶר חָ֭טָאתִי וְיָשָׁ֥ר הֶעֱוֵ֗יתִי וְלֹא־שָׁ֥וָה לִֽי׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
He should then assemble a row of men, and say, I have sinned, and perverted that which was right, and it profited me not.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
[(And when upon recovery from his illness)] he makes rows of men [(and passes through them)] saying: "I have sinned and have perverted what is just and have not profited by it,"


###### Job 33:28
[Job 33:28](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Job/r/33:28)

פָּדָ֣ה (נפשי) [נַ֭פְשׁוֹ] מֵעֲבֹ֣ר בַּשָּׁ֑חַת (וחיתי) [וְ֝חַיָּת֗וֹ] בָּא֥וֹר תִּרְאֶֽה׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Thus he will redeem his soul from going into the pit, and his life shall see the light.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
He will save his spirit from passing to the pit, and his soul will see the light.


###### Job 33:29
[Job 33:29](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Job/r/33:29)

הֶן־כׇּל־אֵ֭לֶּה יִפְעַל־אֵ֑ל פַּעֲמַ֖יִם שָׁל֣וֹשׁ עִם־גָּֽבֶר׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Lo, God does all these things twice or three times with a man,

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
All of this G d will do two or three times with a man.


###### Job 33:30
[Job 33:30](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Job/r/33:30)

לְהָשִׁ֣יב נַ֭פְשׁוֹ מִנִּי־שָׁ֑חַת לֵ֝א֗וֹר בְּא֣וֹר הַחַיִּֽים׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
to bring back his soul from the pit, to be enlightened with the light of the living.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
To turn his soul from the pit to be illumined in the light of life.


###### Job 33:31
[Job 33:31](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Job/r/33:31)

הַקְשֵׁ֖ב אִיּ֥וֹב שְֽׁמַֽע־לִ֑י הַ֝חֲרֵ֗שׁ וְאָנֹכִ֥י אֲדַבֵּֽר׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Mark well, O Iyyov, hearken to me: hold thy peace, and I will speak.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
Listen, Iyyov, hear me. Be still and I will speak.


###### Job 33:32
[Job 33:32](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Job/r/33:32)

אִם־יֵשׁ־מִלִּ֥ין הֲשִׁיבֵ֑נִי דַּ֝בֵּ֗ר כִּֽי־חָפַ֥צְתִּי צַדְּקֶֽךָּ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
If thou hast anything to say, answer me: speak, for I desire to justify thee.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
If you have words, answer me; for I desire to vindicate you.


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

אִם־אַ֭יִן אַתָּ֥ה שְֽׁמַֽע־לִ֑י הַ֝חֲרֵ֗שׁ וַאֲאַלֶּפְךָ֥ חׇכְמָֽה׃{פ}

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
If not, hearken to me: hold thy peace, and I shall teach thee wisdom.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
If not, then you listen to me. Be still, and I will teach you wisdom.