## Job Chapter 34

###### Job 34:1
[Job 34:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Job/r/34:1)

וַיַּ֥עַן אֱלִיה֗וּא וַיֹּאמַֽר׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Furthermore, Elihu answered and said,

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


###### Job 34:2
[Job 34:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Job/r/34:2)

שִׁמְע֣וּ חֲכָמִ֣ים מִלָּ֑י וְ֝יֹדְעִ֗ים הַאֲזִ֥ינוּ לִֽי׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Hear my words, O wise men; and give ear to me, you who have knowledge.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
Listen, you wise ones, to my words; you knowing ones, give ear to me,


###### Job 34:3
[Job 34:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Job/r/34:3)

כִּי־אֹ֭זֶן מִלִּ֣ין תִּבְחָ֑ן וְ֝חֵ֗ךְ יִטְעַ֥ם לֶאֱכֹֽל׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
For the ear tries words, as the palate tastes food.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
as the ear discriminates words, and as the palate tastes food.


###### Job 34:4
[Job 34:4](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Job/r/34:4)

מִשְׁפָּ֥ט נִבְחֲרָה־לָּ֑נוּ נֵדְעָ֖ה בֵינֵ֣ינוּ מַה־טּֽוֹב׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Let us choose what is right: let us know among ourselves what is good.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
Let us choose a criterion for ourselves. Let us know among ourselves what is good.


###### Job 34:5
[Job 34:5](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Job/r/34:5)

כִּֽי־אָמַ֣ר אִיּ֣וֹב צָדַ֑קְתִּי וְ֝אֵ֗ל הֵסִ֥יר מִשְׁפָּטִֽי׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
For Iyyov has said, I am righteous: and God has taken away my right:

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
For Iyyov has said: "I am just, and G d has removed my plea.


###### Job 34:6
[Job 34:6](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Job/r/34:6)

עַל־מִשְׁפָּטִ֥י אֲכַזֵּ֑ב אָנ֖וּשׁ חִצִּ֣י בְלִי־פָֽשַׁע׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
notwithstanding my right I am counted a liar; my wound is incurable, though I am without transgression.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
As to my judgment, I must belie [my Judge (for He has not judged me truly)]. My wound is grievous, without offense."


###### Job 34:7
[Job 34:7](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Job/r/34:7)

מִי־גֶ֥בֶר כְּאִיּ֑וֹב יִֽשְׁתֶּה־לַּ֥עַג כַּמָּֽיִם׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
What man is like Iyyov, who drinks up scorning like water?

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
Is there another man like Iyyov, who drinks mockery as [one would drink] water?


###### Job 34:8
[Job 34:8](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Job/r/34:8)

וְאָרַ֣ח לְ֭חֶבְרָה עִם־פֹּ֣עֲלֵי אָ֑וֶן וְ֝לָלֶ֗כֶת עִם־אַנְשֵׁי־רֶֽשַׁע׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
who goes in company with the workers of iniquity, and walks with wicked men.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
Who walks the path to join with workers of iniquity and to go with men of evil?


###### Job 34:9
[Job 34:9](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Job/r/34:9)

כִּֽי־אָ֭מַר לֹ֣א יִסְכׇּן־גָּ֑בֶר בִּ֝רְצֹת֗וֹ עִם־אֱלֹהִֽים׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
For he has said, It profits a man nothing that he should be in accord with God.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
Who says it profits not a man to desire [to go] with G d?


###### Job 34:10
[Job 34:10](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Job/r/34:10)

לָכֵ֤ן**׀** אַ֥נְשֵׁ֥י לֵבָ֗ב שִׁמְע֫וּ־לִ֥י חָלִ֖לָה לָאֵ֥ל מֵרֶ֗שַׁע וְשַׁדַּ֥י מֵעָֽוֶל׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Therefore hearken to me, you men of understanding: far be it from God, that he should do wickedness; and from the Almighty, that he should commit iniquity.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
Therefore, men of wisdom, listen to me. Far be it from G d to do evil, and for the Almighty to do wrong.


###### Job 34:11
[Job 34:11](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Job/r/34:11)

כִּ֤י פֹ֣עַל אָ֭דָם יְשַׁלֶּם־ל֑וֹ וּֽכְאֹ֥רַח אִ֝֗ישׁ יַמְצִאֶֽנּוּ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
For the work of a man shall he pay back to him, and according to his ways will he cause to befall every man.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
For [according to] a man's work He will pay him, and according to a man's way He will provide for him.


###### Job 34:12
[Job 34:12](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Job/r/34:12)

אַף־אׇמְנָ֗ם אֵ֥ל לֹֽא־יַרְשִׁ֑יעַ וְ֝שַׁדַּ֗י לֹא־יְעַוֵּ֥ת מִשְׁפָּֽט׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Yea, surely God will not do wickedly, nor will the Almighty pervert justice.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
Much more so will G d do no evil and the Almighty not pervert judgment.


###### Job 34:13
[Job 34:13](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Job/r/34:13)

מִֽי־פָקַ֣ד עָלָ֣יו אָ֑רְצָה וּמִ֥י שָׂ֝֗ם תֵּבֵ֥ל כֻּלָּֽהּ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Who has given him a charge over the earth? or who has disposed the whole world?

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
Who made Him his deputy over the earth [(and responsible to him for an accounting)]? Who [but He] made the entire world?


###### Job 34:14
[Job 34:14](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Job/r/34:14)

אִם־יָשִׂ֣ים אֵלָ֣יו לִבּ֑וֹ רוּח֥וֹ וְ֝נִשְׁמָת֗וֹ אֵלָ֥יו יֶאֱסֹֽף׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
If he set his heart upon man, if he gather to himself his spirit and his breath;

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
If He set His heart against him [(man) to destroy him], He could gather back his spirit and his soul [(just as He gave it to him)].


###### Job 34:15
[Job 34:15](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Job/r/34:15)

יִגְוַ֣ע כׇּל־בָּשָׂ֣ר יָ֑חַד וְ֝אָדָ֗ם עַל־עָפָ֥ר יָשֽׁוּב׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
all flesh shall perish together, and man shall return to dust.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
Then all flesh would perish together, and man would return to dust.


###### Job 34:16
[Job 34:16](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Job/r/34:16)

וְאִם־בִּ֥ינָה שִׁמְעָה־זֹּ֑את הַ֝אֲזִ֗ינָה לְק֣וֹל מִלָּֽי׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
If now thou hast understanding, hear this: hearken to the voice of my words.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
Now, if [you wish], understand; hear this. Listen to the voice of my words.


###### Job 34:17
[Job 34:17](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Job/r/34:17)

הַאַ֬ף שׂוֹנֵ֣א מִשְׁפָּ֣ט יַחֲב֑וֹשׁ וְאִם־צַדִּ֖יק כַּבִּ֣יר תַּרְשִֽׁיעַ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Shall even one that hates right govern? and wilt thou condemn him that is most just?

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
Will He heal even the hater of [His] justice? [(And if you say that what He has done is not justice)], would you [thus] egregiously incriminate the Righteous One?


###### Job 34:18
[Job 34:18](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Job/r/34:18)

הַאֲמֹ֣ר לְמֶ֣לֶךְ בְּלִיָּ֑עַל רָ֝שָׁ֗ע אֶל־נְדִיבִֽים׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Is it fit to say to a king, Thou art base? and to princes, You are wicked?

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
Would one call the king "worthless," or the nobles "wicked"?


###### Job 34:19
[Job 34:19](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Job/r/34:19)

אֲשֶׁ֤ר לֹֽא־נָשָׂ֨א**׀** פְּנֵ֥י שָׂרִ֗ים וְלֹ֣א נִכַּר־שׁ֭וֹעַ לִפְנֵי־דָ֑ל כִּֽי־מַעֲשֵׂ֖ה יָדָ֣יו כֻּלָּֽם׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
How much less to him who does not respect the persons of princes, nor regards the rich more than the poor? for they all are the work of his hands.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
[(Would you thus speak of the King of the world)] who does not favor the face of princes, and [before whom] the lord is not recognized above the pauper, all of them being His handiwork?


###### Job 34:20
[Job 34:20](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Job/r/34:20)

רֶ֤גַע**׀** יָמֻתוּ֮ וַחֲצ֢וֹת לָ֥֫יְלָה יְגֹעֲשׁ֣וּ עָ֣ם וְיַעֲבֹ֑רוּ וְיָסִ֥ירוּ אַ֝בִּ֗יר לֹ֣א בְיָֽד׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
In a moment they die, at midnight the people are shaken, and pass away; for they are removed and spirited away without hands.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
[If He so wishes,] in an instant they die, and at midnight a nation [Egypt] quakes and passes on, their strength departed, gone from [their] hand.


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

כִּֽי־עֵ֭ינָיו עַל־דַּרְכֵי־אִ֑ישׁ וְֽכׇל־צְעָדָ֥יו יִרְאֶֽה׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
For his eyes are upon the ways of man, and he sees all his goings.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
For His eyes are on the ways of man, and He sees all of his steps.


###### Job 34:22
[Job 34:22](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Job/r/34:22)

אֵֽין־חֹ֭שֶׁךְ וְאֵ֣ין צַלְמָ֑וֶת לְהִסָּ֥תֶר שָׁ֝֗ם פֹּ֣עֲלֵי אָֽוֶן׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
There is no darkness, nor deep gloom, where the workers of iniquity may hide themselves.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
There is no darkness, no shadow of death, in which the workers of iniquity can be concealed.


###### Job 34:23
[Job 34:23](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Job/r/34:23)

כִּ֤י לֹ֣א עַל־אִ֭ישׁ יָשִׂ֣ים ע֑וֹד לַהֲלֹ֥ךְ אֶל־אֵ֝֗ל בַּמִּשְׁפָּֽט׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
For he will not lay upon man anything more, that he should enter into judgment with God.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
For it is not for a man to constantly set [his heart] to contend with G d in judgment [(for it is not His way to dispute with His creations) but]


###### Job 34:24
[Job 34:24](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Job/r/34:24)

יָרֹ֣עַ כַּבִּירִ֣ים לֹא־חֵ֑קֶר וַיַּעֲמֵ֖ד אֲחֵרִ֣ים תַּחְתָּֽם׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
He shall break in pieces mighty men without number, and set others in their stead.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
He breaks the mighty beyond a trace, and establishes others in their place.


###### Job 34:25
[Job 34:25](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Job/r/34:25)

לָכֵ֗ן יַ֭כִּיר מַעְבָּדֵיהֶ֑ם וְהָ֥פַךְ לַ֝֗יְלָה וְיִדַּכָּֽאוּ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Surely he knows their works, and he overturns them in the night, so that they are destroyed.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
For He knows their deeds [(and He requires no disputation)]. And He turns night [i.e., affliction (upon them)], and they are crushed.


###### Job 34:26
[Job 34:26](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Job/r/34:26)

תַּֽחַת־רְשָׁעִ֥ים סְפָקָ֗ם בִּמְק֥וֹם רֹאִֽים׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
He strikes them as wicked men in the open sight of others;

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
In the place of the wicked He smites them [(the men of Sodom)], in a place of onlookers [i.e., in view of all].


###### Job 34:27
[Job 34:27](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Job/r/34:27)

אֲשֶׁ֣ר עַל־כֵּ֭ן סָ֣רוּ מֵאַחֲרָ֑יו וְכׇל־דְּ֝רָכָ֗יו לֹ֣א הִשְׂכִּֽילוּ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
because they turned back from following him, and would not have regard to any of his ways:

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
Because they strayed from Him and did not know all [i.e., any one] of His ways.


###### Job 34:28
[Job 34:28](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Job/r/34:28)

לְהָבִ֣יא עָ֭לָיו צַעֲקַת־דָּ֑ל וְצַעֲקַ֖ת עֲנִיִּ֣ים יִשְׁמָֽע׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
so that they cause the cry of the poor to come to him, and he hears the cry of the afflicted.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
[the men of Sodom, in their cruelty,] bringing before Him the outcry of the poor man and [causing Him] to hear the outcry of the afflicted ones.


###### Job 34:29
[Job 34:29](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Job/r/34:29)

וְה֤וּא יַשְׁקִ֨ט**׀** וּמִ֥י יַרְשִׁ֗עַ וְיַסְתֵּ֣ר פָּ֭נִים וּמִ֣י יְשׁוּרֶ֑נּוּ וְעַל־גּ֖וֹי וְעַל־אָדָ֣ם יָֽחַד׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
When he gives quietness, who then can condemn? and when he hides his face, who then can behold him? Whether against a nation, or against a man alike:

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And when He quiets [(i.e., relieves) the poor from those who oppress them)], who will wrong [them further]? And when He conceals [His face], who will see Him? [And this "quieting" and "concealing" holds for] nation and individual alike.


###### Job 34:30
[Job 34:30](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Job/r/34:30)

מִ֭מְּלֹךְ אָדָ֥ם חָנֵ֗ף מִמֹּ֥קְשֵׁי עָֽם׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
that the hypocrite reign not, lest the people be ensnared.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
[And He quiets the poor] from [there further] ruling [over them] a flatterer, [(who had previously ruled over them)] because of the snares [i.e., the sins] of the people. [And you should not have aspersed such a G d.]


###### Job 34:31
[Job 34:31](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Job/r/34:31)

כִּֽי־אֶל־אֵ֭ל הֶאָמַ֥ר נָשָׂ֗אתִי לֹ֣א אֶחְבֹּֽל׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
For surely it is fitting to say to God, I suffer, I will no more offend:

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
For to [such] a G d [it is fitting] to be said: "I have borne [and accept Your punishment and] I shall not do harm [to myself."]


###### Job 34:32
[Job 34:32](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Job/r/34:32)

בִּלְעֲדֵ֣י אֶ֭חֱזֶה אַתָּ֣ה הֹרֵ֑נִי אִֽם־עָ֥וֶל פָּ֝עַ֗לְתִּי לֹ֣א אֹסִֽיף׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
that which I do not see teach me: if I have done iniquity, I will do no more.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
[And it further befits him to say:] "Aside from what I see [and understand of Your ways], You teach me [and] if I have done wrong, I will do so no more."


###### Job 34:33
[Job 34:33](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Job/r/34:33)

הֲֽמֵעִמְּךָ֬ יְשַׁלְּמֶ֨נָּה**׀** כִּֽי־מָאַ֗סְתָּ כִּֽי־אַתָּ֣ה תִבְחַ֣ר וְלֹא־אָ֑נִי וּֽמַה־יָּדַ֥עְתָּ דַבֵּֽר׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Shall he recompense it according to thy mind, when thou refusest his judgment? shall he say, Thou shalt choose, and not I; and speak what thou knowst.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
[(Elihu speaking for G d:)] Should [I have consulted] with you as to the exaction of payment [for your sins] that you have despised [your life (viz. 7:16 and 6:9)]? Should you choose [your punishment] and not I? Speak what you know.


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

אַנְשֵׁ֣י לֵ֭בָב יֹ֣אמְרוּ לִ֑י וְגֶ֥בֶר חָ֝כָ֗ם שֹׁמֵ֥עַֽ לִֽי׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Men of understanding will tell me, and the wise man who hears me will say,

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
[Elihu continues:] Men of heart will say to me and the wise man will concur with me [that]


###### Job 34:35
[Job 34:35](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Job/r/34:35)

אִ֭יּוֹב לֹא־בְדַ֣עַת יְדַבֵּ֑ר וּ֝דְבָרָ֗יו לֹ֣א בְהַשְׂכֵּֽיל׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Iyyov has spoken without knowledge, and his words were without wisdom.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
Iyyov does not speak with knowledge, and his words are not wise.


###### Job 34:36
[Job 34:36](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Job/r/34:36)

אָבִ֗י יִבָּחֵ֣ן אִיּ֣וֹב עַד־נֶ֑צַח עַל־תְּ֝שֻׁבֹ֗ת בְּאַנְשֵׁי־אָֽוֶן׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Would that Iyyov may be tried to the end because he answers like wicked men.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
My Father, would that Iyyov were tried eternally, so that men of iniquity would repent!


###### Job 34:37
[Job 34:37](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Job/r/34:37)

כִּ֥י־יֹ֘סִ֤יף עַֽל־חַטָּאת֣וֹ פֶ֭שַׁע בֵּינֵ֣ינוּ יִשְׂפּ֑וֹק וְיֶ֖רֶב אֲמָרָ֣יו לָאֵֽל׃{פ}

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
For he adds rebellion to his sin; he strikes his fist among us, and multiplies his words against God.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
For he compounds his sin with offense. In our presence he rants and he multiplies his words against G d.