## Job Chapter 5

###### Job 5:1
[Job 5:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Job/r/5:1)

קְֽרָא־נָ֭א הֲיֵ֣שׁ עוֹנֶ֑ךָּ וְאֶל־מִ֖י מִקְּדֹשִׁ֣ים תִּפְנֶֽה׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Call now, is there any that will answer thee? and to which of the holy ones wilt thou turn?

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
[(reversion to the reproof [after the prophecy])] Cry out now. Will anyone answer you? And to which of the holy ones [(who decreed this upon you)] will you turn [to war with]?


###### Job 5:2
[Job 5:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Job/r/5:2)

כִּֽי־לֶ֭אֱוִיל יַהֲרׇג־כָּ֑עַשׂ וּ֝פֹתֶ֗ה תָּמִ֥ית קִנְאָֽה׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
For anger kills the foolish man, and envy slays the simpleton.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
For anger kills a fool [(like you. [Had you kept quiet, the attribute of mercy might have "returned" to you.])], and wrath slays the simpleton.


###### Job 5:3
[Job 5:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Job/r/5:3)

אֲֽנִי־רָ֭אִיתִי אֱוִ֣יל מַשְׁרִ֑ישׁ וָאֶקּ֖וֹב נָוֵ֣הוּ פִתְאֹֽם׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
I have seen the foolish taking root: and suddenly I cursed his dwelling, saying,

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
[When] I saw the [wicked] fool take root, I cursed his abode at once:


###### Job 5:4
[Job 5:4](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Job/r/5:4)

יִרְחֲק֣וּ בָנָ֣יו מִיֶּ֑שַׁע וְיִֽדַּכְּא֥וּ בַ֝שַּׁ֗עַר וְאֵ֣ין מַצִּֽיל׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Let his children be far from safety, and let them be crushed in the gate, with none to rescue them.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
"Let his children be far from help; let them be ground in the gate, with none to come to the rescue."


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

אֲשֶׁ֤ר קְצִיר֨וֹ**׀** רָ֘עֵ֤ב יֹאכֵ֗ל וְאֶֽל־מִצִּנִּ֥ים יִקָּחֵ֑הוּ וְשָׁאַ֖ף צַמִּ֣ים חֵילָֽם׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Let the hungry eat up his harvest, and take it to the thorn hedges, and let the thirsty swallow up their substance.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
[When the wicked one dies,] the hungry one [(who was despoiled by him in his lifetime)] will eat his harvest, and he [(the judge)] will take it for [the survivors] of his weapons, and the thirsty [i.e., the despoiled] will recover their wealth.


###### Job 5:6
[Job 5:6](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Job/r/5:6)

כִּ֤י**׀** לֹא־יֵצֵ֣א מֵעָפָ֣ר אָ֑וֶן וּ֝מֵאֲדָמָ֗ה לֹא־יִצְמַ֥ח עָמָֽל׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
For affliction does not come out of the dust, nor does trouble spring out of the ground;

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
For affliction does not spring from the dust [i.e., in vain] and distress does not sprout from the earth.


###### Job 5:7
[Job 5:7](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Job/r/5:7)

כִּֽי־אָ֭דָם לְעָמָ֣ל יוּלָּ֑ד וּבְנֵי־רֶ֝֗שֶׁף יַגְבִּ֥יהוּ עֽוּף׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
but man is born to trouble, as the sparks fly upward.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
For man is born to [suffer] distress [for his sins], [unlike] the flaming ones [(the angels)], who fly on high [(above such things)].


###### Job 5:8
[Job 5:8](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Job/r/5:8)

אוּלָ֗ם אֲ֭נִי אֶדְרֹ֣שׁ אֶל־אֵ֑ל וְאֶל־אֱ֝לֹהִ֗ים אָשִׂ֥ים דִּבְרָתִֽי׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
But I would seek to God, and to God I would commit my cause:

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
But [(were I in your position)], I would beseech the L rd and I would place my words [of supplication] with G d,


###### Job 5:9
[Job 5:9](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Job/r/5:9)

עֹשֶׂ֣ה גְ֭דֹלוֹת וְאֵ֣ין חֵ֑קֶר נִ֝פְלָא֗וֹת עַד־אֵ֥ין מִסְפָּֽר׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
who does great things and unsearchable; marvellous things without number:

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
who does great things which cannot be fathomed; wonders without end.


###### Job 5:10
[Job 5:10](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Job/r/5:10)

הַנֹּתֵ֣ן מָ֭טָר עַל־פְּנֵי־אָ֑רֶץ וְשֹׁ֥לֵֽחַ מַ֝֗יִם עַל־פְּנֵ֥י חוּצֽוֹת׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
who gives rain upon the earth, and sends water upon the fields:

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
He bestows rain upon the earth [(Eretz Yisrael)] and sends water [(through an intermediary)] to the outlying regions,


###### Job 5:11
[Job 5:11](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Job/r/5:11)

לָשׂ֣וּם שְׁפָלִ֣ים לְמָר֑וֹם וְ֝קֹדְרִ֗ים שָׂ֣גְבוּ יֶֽשַׁע׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
to set up on high those who are low; that those who mourn may be exalted to safety.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
to place the lowly on high [(against the intrigues of the price-gougers)]. And those [whose faces were] darkened [by hunger] have taken strength [in His] salvation.


###### Job 5:12
[Job 5:12](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Job/r/5:12)

מֵ֭פֵר מַחְשְׁב֣וֹת עֲרוּמִ֑ים וְֽלֹא־תַעֲשֶׂ֥נָה יְ֝דֵיהֶ֗ם תֻּֽשִׁיָּֽה׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
He frustrates the devices of the crafty, so that their hands cannot perform their policy.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
He sets to nought the thoughts of the subtle ones, and their hands do not execute their counsels.


###### Job 5:13
[Job 5:13](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Job/r/5:13)

לֹכֵ֣ד חֲכָמִ֣ים בְּעׇרְמָ֑ם וַעֲצַ֖ת נִפְתָּלִ֣ים נִמְהָֽרָה׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
He catches the wise in their own craftiness; and the rash counsel of the crooked.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
He ensnares the wise in their [own] subtleties, and the counsel of the perverse hastens [to their destruction].


###### Job 5:14
[Job 5:14](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Job/r/5:14)

יוֹמָ֥ם יְפַגְּשׁוּ־חֹ֑שֶׁךְ וְ֝כַלַּ֗יְלָה יְֽמַשְׁשׁ֥וּ בַֽצׇּהֳרָֽיִם׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
They meet with darkness in the daytime, and grope in the noonday as in the night.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
In the light of day, they will encounter darkness [(the foiling of their plans)], and, as in the night, they will feel about in the afternoon.


###### Job 5:15
[Job 5:15](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Job/r/5:15)

וַיֹּ֣שַׁע מֵ֭חֶרֶב מִפִּיהֶ֑ם וּמִיַּ֖ד חָזָ֣ק אֶבְיֽוֹן׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
But he saves from the sword, from the enemy’s mouth; and the poor from the hand of the mighty.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And He will rescue [(their intended victims)] from the sword — from their mouths [(which sought to swallow them)] — and the lowly one from the hand of the strong.


###### Job 5:16
[Job 5:16](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Job/r/5:16)

וַתְּהִ֣י לַדַּ֣ל תִּקְוָ֑ה וְ֝עֹלָ֗תָה קָ֣פְצָה פִּֽיהָ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
So the poor has hope, and iniquity stops her mouth.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And the poor one shall realize [his] hope, and wrongdoing shall close its mouth.


###### Job 5:17
[Job 5:17](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Job/r/5:17)

הִנֵּ֤ה אַשְׁרֵ֣י אֱ֭נוֹשׁ יוֹכִחֶ֣נּוּ אֱל֑וֹהַּ וּמוּסַ֥ר שַׁ֝דַּ֗י אַל־תִּמְאָֽס׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Behold, happy is the man whom God corrects: therefore do not despise the chastening of the Almighty:

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
Happy is the man whom G d chastises [(and whom He thus heals), so] do not spurn the reproof of the Almighty.


###### Job 5:18
[Job 5:18](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Job/r/5:18)

כִּ֤י ה֣וּא יַכְאִ֣יב וְיֶחְבָּ֑שׁ יִ֝מְחַ֗ץ וְיָדָ֥ו תִּרְפֶּֽינָה׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
for he makes sore, and binds up: he wounds, but his hands make whole.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
For [wherewith] He wounds, He binds up, and with the hands He strikes with He heals.


###### Job 5:19
[Job 5:19](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Job/r/5:19)

בְּשֵׁ֣שׁ צָ֭רוֹת יַצִּילֶ֑ךָּ וּבְשֶׁ֓בַע**׀** לֹֽא־יִגַּ֖ע בְּךָ֣ רָֽע׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
He will deliver thee in six troubles: and in seven no evil shall touch thee.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
From [(the following)] six woes He shall save you [(by the afflictions which you have suffered)], and in the seventh, evil shall not reach you.


###### Job 5:20
[Job 5:20](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Job/r/5:20)

בְּֽ֭רָעָב פָּדְךָ֣ מִמָּ֑וֶת וּ֝בְמִלְחָמָ֗ה מִ֣ידֵי חָֽרֶב׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
In famine he will redeem thee from death: and in war from the power of the sword.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
In hunger he will redeem you from death, and in war, from the hands of the sword.


###### Job 5:21
[Job 5:21](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Job/r/5:21)

בְּשׁ֣וֹט לָ֭שׁוֹן תֵּחָבֵ֑א וְֽלֹא־תִירָ֥א מִ֝שֹּׁ֗ד כִּ֣י יָבֽוֹא׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Thou shalt be hid from the scourge of the tongue: nor shalt thou be afraid of destruction when it comes.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
When the tongue [of slander] is unleashed, you will be hidden, and you will not fear destruction when it comes.


###### Job 5:22
[Job 5:22](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Job/r/5:22)

לְשֹׁ֣ד וּלְכָפָ֣ן תִּשְׂחָ֑ק וּֽמֵחַיַּ֥ת הָ֝אָ֗רֶץ אַל־תִּירָֽא׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
At destruction and famine thou shalt laugh: nor shalt thou be afraid of the beasts of the earth.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
You will laugh at despoiling and hoarding, and you will not fear the "beasts of the earth" [(robbers)].


###### Job 5:23
[Job 5:23](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Job/r/5:23)

כִּ֤י עִם־אַבְנֵ֣י הַשָּׂדֶ֣ה בְרִיתֶ֑ךָ וְחַיַּ֥ת הַ֝שָּׂדֶ֗ה הׇשְׁלְמָה־לָּֽךְ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
For thou shalt be in league with the stones of the field: and the wild beasts shall be at peace with thee.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
But with the avnei hasadeh [(a man-like creature)] will be your covenant, and the chayath hasadeh [(a kind of creature)] will be at peace with you.


###### Job 5:24
[Job 5:24](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Job/r/5:24)

וְֽ֭יָדַעְתָּ כִּֽי־שָׁל֣וֹם אׇהֳלֶ֑ךָ וּֽפָקַדְתָּ֥ נָ֝וְךָ֗ וְלֹ֣א תֶחֱטָֽא׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
And thou shalt know that thy tent is at peace; and thou shalt visit thy habitation, and shalt miss nothing.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And [(wherever you are)] you will know that there is peace in your tent, and you will survey your abode and find nothing lacking [(this being "the seventh" [verse 19])].


###### Job 5:25
[Job 5:25](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Job/r/5:25)

וְֽ֭יָדַעְתָּ כִּֽי־רַ֣ב זַרְעֶ֑ךָ וְ֝צֶאֱצָאֶ֗יךָ כְּעֵ֣שֶׂב הָאָֽרֶץ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Thou shalt know also that thy seed shall be great, and thy offspring as the grass of the earth.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And you will know that your children will be many, and your offspring as the grass of the earth.


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

תָּב֣וֹא בְכֶ֣לַח אֱלֵי־קָ֑בֶר כַּעֲל֖וֹת גָּדִ֣ישׁ בְּעִתּֽוֹ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Thou shalt come to thy grave with a rich harvest, like a full sheaf of corn which comes up in its season.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
You will come to the grave in a ripe old age, as the harvest is taken up in its time.


###### Job 5:27
[Job 5:27](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Job/r/5:27)

הִנֵּה־זֹ֖את חֲקַרְנ֥וּהָ כֶּֽן־הִ֑יא שְׁ֝מָעֶ֗נָּה וְאַתָּ֥ה דַֽע־לָֽךְ׃{פ}

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Lo this, we have searched it, so it is; hear it, and know it, for thy good.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
We have proved this. It is true. Pay heed to it. And you, know what you have to do.