## Job Chapter 35

###### Job 35:1
[Job 35:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Job/r/35:1)

וַיַּ֥עַן אֱלִיה֗וּ וַיֹּאמַֽר׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Then Elihu spoke, and said,

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


###### Job 35:2
[Job 35:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Job/r/35:2)

הֲ֭זֹאת חָשַׁ֣בְתָּ לְמִשְׁפָּ֑ט אָ֝מַ֗רְתָּ צִדְקִ֥י מֵאֵֽל׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Thinkst thou this to be right, that thou dost say, My righteousness is more than God’s?

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
Do you really consider this valid — your saying: "I am more righteous than G d"?


###### Job 35:3
[Job 35:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Job/r/35:3)

כִּֽי־תֹ֭אמַר מַה־יִּסְכׇּן־לָ֑ךְ מָה־אֹ֝עִ֗יל מֵחַטָּאתִֽי׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
For thou dost say, What advantage will it be to thee? and, What profit shall I have, more than if I had sinned?

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
your saying what good does it [(being upright)] do you, or: "How does [righteousness] avail me more than sinning?"


###### Job 35:4
[Job 35:4](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Job/r/35:4)

אֲ֭נִי אֲשִֽׁיבְךָ֣ מִלִּ֑ין וְֽאֶת־רֵעֶ֥יךָ עִמָּֽךְ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
I will answer thee, and thy companions with thee.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
I will answer you, and your friends [(who were silent at your words)] along with you.


###### Job 35:5
[Job 35:5](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Job/r/35:5)

הַבֵּ֣ט שָׁמַ֣יִם וּרְאֵ֑ה וְשׁ֥וּר שְׁ֝חָקִ֗ים גָּבְה֥וּ מִמֶּֽךָּ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Look to the heavens, and see; and behold the clouds which are higher than thou.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
Look to the heavens and see, and look to the heights above you [(See how they dwarf you!)]


###### Job 35:6
[Job 35:6](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Job/r/35:6)

אִם־חָ֭טָאתָ מַה־תִּפְעׇל־בּ֑וֹ וְרַבּ֥וּ פְ֝שָׁעֶ֗יךָ מַה־תַּֽעֲשֶׂה־לּֽוֹ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
If thou hast sinned, what doest thou against him? or if thy transgressions are multiplied, what doest thou for him?

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
If you sin, what can you do to Him? And if your offenses be many, what do you do to Him?


###### Job 35:7
[Job 35:7](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Job/r/35:7)

אִם־צָ֭דַקְתָּ מַה־תִּתֶּן־ל֑וֹ א֥וֹ מַה־מִּיָּדְךָ֥ יִקָּֽח׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
If thou art righteous, what givest thou him? or what does he receive of thy hand?

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
If you are righteous, what do you give Him? Or what does He take from your hand?


###### Job 35:8
[Job 35:8](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Job/r/35:8)

לְאִישׁ־כָּמ֥וֹךָ רִשְׁעֶ֑ךָ וּלְבֶן־אָ֝דָ֗ם צִדְקָתֶֽךָ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Thy wickedness may hurt a man as thou art; and thy righteousness may profit the son of man.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
Your evil injures [only] one such as you, and [only] the son of man is benefited by your righteousness.


###### Job 35:9
[Job 35:9](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Job/r/35:9)

מֵ֭רֹב עֲשׁוּקִ֣ים יַזְעִ֑יקוּ יְשַׁוְּע֖וּ מִזְּר֣וֹעַ רַבִּֽים׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
By reason of the multitude of oppressors the oppressed cry: they cry out by reason of the arm of the mighty.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
[Witness the many wicked ones who] because of the abundance of the oppressed ones [(their victims)] cause [men] to cry out [before Him], to cry out because of the arm of the many [(who oppress them)].


###### Job 35:10
[Job 35:10](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Job/r/35:10)

וְֽלֹא־אָמַ֗ר אַ֭יֵּה אֱל֣וֹהַּ עֹשָׂ֑י נֹתֵ֖ן זְמִר֣וֹת בַּלָּֽיְלָה׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
But none says, Where is God my maker, who gives songs in the night;

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And he [(the wicked one)] did not say [(to place the fear of the L rd before him)]: "Where is the G d that made me, who cuts off [the wicked] at night [e.g., Amrafel and his cohorts, Egypt, and Sancherev],


###### Job 35:11
[Job 35:11](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Job/r/35:11)

מַ֭לְּפֵנוּ מִבַּהֲמ֣וֹת אָ֑רֶץ וּמֵע֖וֹף הַשָּׁמַ֣יִם יְחַכְּמֵֽנוּ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
who teaches us by the beasts of the earth, and makes us wiser by the birds of the sky?

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
who taught us [i.e., who ennobled us] more than the beasts of the earth and made us wiser than the birds of heaven."


###### Job 35:12
[Job 35:12](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Job/r/35:12)

שָׁ֣ם יִ֭צְעֲקוּ וְלֹ֣א יַעֲנֶ֑ה מִ֝פְּנֵ֗י גְּא֣וֹן רָעִֽים׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
There, when they cry he does not answer, because of the pride of evil men.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
[And yet,] there they [(the afflicted ones)] cry out because of the pride of the wicked [(their oppressors)].


###### Job 35:13
[Job 35:13](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Job/r/35:13)

אַךְ־שָׁ֭וְא לֹא־יִשְׁמַ֥ע׀אֵ֑ל וְ֝שַׁדַּ֗י לֹ֣א יְשׁוּרֶֽנָּה׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Surely God will not hear an empty cry, nor will the Almighty regard it.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
But it is in vain — G d will not hear [(immediately)]; the Almighty will not see [(immediately, but He withholds His wrath)].


###### Job 35:14
[Job 35:14](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Job/r/35:14)

אַ֣ף כִּֽי־תֹ֭אמַר לֹ֣א תְשׁוּרֶ֑נּוּ דִּ֥ין לְ֝פָנָ֗יו וּתְח֥וֹלֵֽל לֽוֹ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Although thou sayst, Thou wilt not regard it, yet judgment is before him; therefore trust in him.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
How much more so [will He not hasten to answer you, who He himself afflicts, and who] says [i.e., who complains] that you do not see Him [(to debate with Him)]! [But], present your case before Him [(wherever He may be)] and hope to Him.


###### Job 35:15
[Job 35:15](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Job/r/35:15)

וְעַתָּ֗ה כִּי־אַ֭יִן פָּקַ֣ד אַפּ֑וֹ וְלֹֽא־יָדַ֖ע בַּפַּ֣שׁ מְאֹֽד׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
But now, because his anger does not punish, and he does not heed the multitude of the words,

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And now, [realize] that this visitation of His wrath [upon you] is nothing [compared to what you deserve], and that He [made Himself] "unknowing" of the great proliferation [of your sins].


###### Job 35:16
[Job 35:16](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Job/r/35:16)

וְ֭אִיּוֹב הֶ֣בֶל יִפְצֶה־פִּ֑יהוּ בִּבְלִי־דַ֝֗עַת מִלִּ֥ין יַכְבִּֽר׃{פ}

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
therefore does Iyyov open his mouth in vain, and multiplies words without knowledge.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And Iyyov has opened his mouth in vanity. Without knowledge has he multiplied words.