## Job Chapter 9

###### Job 9:1
[Job 9:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Job/r/9:1)

וַיַּ֥עַן אִיּ֗וֹב וַיֹּאמַֽר׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Then Iyyov answered and said,

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


###### Job 9:2
[Job 9:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Job/r/9:2)

אׇ֭מְנָם יָדַ֣עְתִּי כִי־כֵ֑ן וּמַה־יִּצְדַּ֖ק אֱנ֣וֹשׁ עִם־אֵֽל׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Truly I know it is so: but how should a man be just before God?

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
Indeed, I, too, know that it is so. And how would a man be right with G d?


###### Job 9:3
[Job 9:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Job/r/9:3)

אִם־יַ֭חְפֹּץ לָרִ֣יב עִמּ֑וֹ לֹֽא־יַ֝עֲנֶ֗נּוּ אַחַ֥ת מִנִּי־אָֽלֶף׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
If one will contend with him, he cannot answer him one of a thousand.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
If He chooses to dispute with him, he could not give Him even one answer to a thousand questions.


###### Job 9:4
[Job 9:4](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Job/r/9:4)

חֲכַ֣ם לֵ֭בָב וְאַמִּ֣יץ כֹּ֑חַ מִֽי־הִקְשָׁ֥ה אֵ֝לָ֗יו וַיִּשְׁלָֽם׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
He is wise in heart, and mighty in strength: who has hardened himself against him, and prospered?

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
[Who is] wise of heart [to dispute] and grand in strength [to exact punishment]? Who ever hardened [his heart] against Him and remained whole?


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

הַמַּעְתִּ֣יק הָ֭רִים וְלֹ֣א יָדָ֑עוּ אֲשֶׁ֖ר הֲפָכָ֣ם בְּאַפּֽוֹ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
he who removes mountains, and they know not: when he overturns them in his anger:

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
He moves mountains, but they [the people] do not know until He overturns them in His wrath.


###### Job 9:6
[Job 9:6](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Job/r/9:6)

הַמַּרְגִּ֣יז אֶ֭רֶץ מִמְּקוֹמָ֑הּ וְ֝עַמּוּדֶ֗יהָ יִתְפַּלָּצֽוּן׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
who shakes the earth out of her place, and its pillars tremble:

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
He shakes the earth from its place [(by looking at it)] and its pillars quake.


###### Job 9:7
[Job 9:7](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Job/r/9:7)

הָאֹמֵ֣ר לַ֭חֶרֶס וְלֹ֣א יִזְרָ֑ח וּבְעַ֖ד כּוֹכָבִ֣ים יַחְתֹּֽם׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
who commands the sun, and it rises not; and seals up the stars.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
He commands the sun and it does not shine, and He seals up [the light of] the stars.


###### Job 9:8
[Job 9:8](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Job/r/9:8)

נֹטֶ֣ה שָׁמַ֣יִם לְבַדּ֑וֹ וְ֝דוֹרֵ֗ךְ עַל־בָּ֥מֳתֵי יָֽם׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
He alone spreads out the heavens, and treads upon the waves of the sea:

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
He stretches out the heavens alone and treads down the breakers of the sea.


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

עֹֽשֶׂה־עָ֭שׁ כְּסִ֥יל וְכִימָ֗ה וְחַדְרֵ֥י תֵמָֽן׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
who makes the Bear, Orion, and Pleiades, and the chambers of the south wind:

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
He makes the Bear, Orion, and Pleiades, and the chamber of the south wind.


###### Job 9:10
[Job 9:10](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Job/r/9:10)

עֹשֶׂ֣ה גְ֭דֹלוֹת עַד־אֵ֣ין חֵ֑קֶר וְ֝נִפְלָא֗וֹת עַד־אֵ֥ין מִסְפָּֽר׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
who does great things past finding out; yea, and wonders without number.

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


###### Job 9:11
[Job 9:11](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Job/r/9:11)

הֵ֤ן יַעֲבֹ֣ר עָ֭לַי וְלֹ֣א אֶרְאֶ֑ה וְ֝יַחֲלֹ֗ף וְֽלֹא־אָבִ֥ין לֽוֹ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Lo, he goes by me, and I see him not: he passes on also, but I perceive him not.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
Were He to pass before me, I would not see Him. He would pass by and I would not perceive Him.


###### Job 9:12
[Job 9:12](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Job/r/9:12)

הֵ֣ן יַ֭חְתֹּף מִ֣י יְשִׁיבֶ֑נּוּ מִי־יֹאמַ֥ר אֵ֝לָ֗יו מַֽה־תַּעֲשֶֽׂה׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Behold, he snatches away, who can hinder him? who will say to him, What doest Thou?

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
He [smites] suddenly. Who can turn Him back? Who can say to Him: "What are You doing?"


###### Job 9:13
[Job 9:13](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Job/r/9:13)

אֱ֭לוֹהַּ לֹא־יָשִׁ֣יב אַפּ֑וֹ תַּחְתָּ֥ו שָׁ֝חֲח֗וּ עֹ֣זְרֵי רָֽהַב׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
God will not withdraw his anger: the helpers of Rahav stoop under him.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
G d does not turn back His wrath [before any man]. Beneath Him are bowed down the [would-be] helpers of the proud [(Egypt)].


###### Job 9:14
[Job 9:14](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Job/r/9:14)

אַ֭ף כִּֽי־אָנֹכִ֣י אֶעֱנֶ֑נּוּ אֶבְחֲרָ֖ה דְבָרַ֣י עִמּֽוֹ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
How much less shall I answer him, and choose out my words to reason with him?

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
How much less, then, can one such as I remonstrate with Him! [How can] I choose [to place] my words before Him?


###### Job 9:15
[Job 9:15](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Job/r/9:15)

אֲשֶׁ֣ר אִם־צָ֭דַקְתִּי לֹ֣א אֶעֱנֶ֑ה לִ֝מְשֹׁפְטִ֗י אֶתְחַנָּֽן׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Whom, though I were righteous, yet would I not answer, but I would make supplication to him who contends with me.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
Even if I am right, I cannot remonstrate with Him. Can I appeal to Him who has passed judgment upon me?


###### Job 9:16
[Job 9:16](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Job/r/9:16)

אִם־קָרָ֥אתִי וַֽיַּעֲנֵ֑נִי לֹֽא־אַ֝אֲמִ֗ין כִּֽי־יַאֲזִ֥ין קוֹלִֽי׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
If I had called, and he had answered me, yet would I not believe that he had hearkened to my voice.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
Even if I call [Him] and He answer me, I cannot believe [(in my great fear of Him)] that He will hearken to my voice.


###### Job 9:17
[Job 9:17](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Job/r/9:17)

אֲשֶׁר־בִּשְׂעָרָ֥ה יְשׁוּפֵ֑נִי וְהִרְבָּ֖ה פְצָעַ֣י חִנָּֽם׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
For he crushes me with a tempest, and multiplies my wounds without cause:

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
He crushes me in the tempest and multiplies my wounds without cause.


###### Job 9:18
[Job 9:18](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Job/r/9:18)

לֹֽא־יִ֭תְּנֵנִי הָשֵׁ֣ב רוּחִ֑י כִּ֥י יַ֝שְׂבִּעַ֗נִי מַמְּרֹרִֽים׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
he will not let me take my breath, but fills me with bitterness.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
He does not allow me to restore my spirit, for He sates me with bitterness.


###### Job 9:19
[Job 9:19](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Job/r/9:19)

אִם־לְכֹ֣חַ אַמִּ֣יץ הִנֵּ֑ה וְאִם־לְ֝מִשְׁפָּ֗ט מִ֣י יוֹעִידֵֽנִי׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
If I speak of strength, lo, he is strong: and if of judgment, who shall set me a time to plead?

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
If [He comes against me] with strength, He is [all-] powerful, and if with judgment, who will represent me before Him?


###### Job 9:20
[Job 9:20](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Job/r/9:20)

אִם־אֶ֭צְדָּק פִּ֣י יַרְשִׁיעֵ֑נִי תׇּֽם־אָ֝֗נִי וַֽיַּעְקְשֵֽׁנִי׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Though I were just, my own mouth would condemn me: though I were innocent, he would prove me perverse.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
[Even] if I am right, my mouth will incriminate me; I am innocent and my mouth will make me crooked.


###### Job 9:21
[Job 9:21](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Job/r/9:21)

תׇּֽם־אָ֭נִי לֹֽא־אֵדַ֥ע נַפְשִׁ֗י אֶמְאַ֥ס חַיָּֽי׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Though I were innocent, yet would I not know myself: I would despise my life.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
I am innocent, but I do not know how to find rest. I despise my life.


###### Job 9:22
[Job 9:22](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Job/r/9:22)

אַחַ֗ת הִ֥֫יא עַל־כֵּ֥ן אָמַ֑רְתִּי תָּ֥ם וְ֝רָשָׁ֗ע ה֣וּא מְכַלֶּֽה׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Therefore I said, It is all one: he destroys the innocent and the wicked.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
There is [only] one [(thing in the world — the Satan's scourge)]; that is why I have said He destroys the innocent and the wicked alike.


###### Job 9:23
[Job 9:23](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Job/r/9:23)

אִם־שׁ֭וֹט יָמִ֣ית פִּתְאֹ֑ם לְמַסַּ֖ת נְקִיִּ֣ם יִלְעָֽג׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
If the scourge slay suddenly, he would mock at the trial of the innocent.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
If the scourge [(of Satan's tongue)] kills [the righteous one] suddenly, he [Satan] will mock the melting of the clean [(that he has slain)].


###### Job 9:24
[Job 9:24](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Job/r/9:24)

אֶ֤רֶץ**׀** נִתְּנָ֬ה בְֽיַד־רָשָׁ֗ע פְּנֵֽי־שֹׁפְטֶ֥יהָ יְכַסֶּ֑ה אִם־לֹ֖א אֵפ֣וֹא מִי־הֽוּא׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
The earth is given into the hand of the wicked: he covers the faces of its judges; if not he, then who is it?

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
The earth has been given into the hands of the wicked one [(Satan)]. He covers the face of its judges [(from perceiving the truth)]. And if it is not [as I say], who is it [that destroys the innocent]?


###### Job 9:25
[Job 9:25](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Job/r/9:25)

וְיָמַ֣י קַ֭לּוּ מִנִּי־רָ֑ץ בָּ֝רְח֗וּ לֹא־רָא֥וּ טוֹבָֽה׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Now my days are swifter than a runner: they flee away, they see no good.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And my days [(along with those of the other innocent ones)] have been quicker than the runner. They have fled. They have seen no good.


###### Job 9:26
[Job 9:26](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Job/r/9:26)

חָ֭לְפוּ עִם־אֳנִיּ֣וֹת אֵבֶ֑ה כְּ֝נֶ֗שֶׁר יָט֥וּשׂ עֲלֵי־אֹֽכֶל׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
They pass away like the swift ships: like the vulture that swoops on the prey.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
They have sped on with the boats of Eveh, as an eagle that swoops down upon its prey.


###### Job 9:27
[Job 9:27](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Job/r/9:27)

אִם־אׇ֭מְרִי אֶשְׁכְּחָ֣ה שִׂיחִ֑י אֶעֶזְבָ֖ה פָנַ֣י וְאַבְלִֽיגָה׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
If I say, I will forget my complaint, I will leave off my sad countenance, and comfort myself:

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
If I say: I will forget my plaint, I will abandon my anger, I will contain myself,


###### Job 9:28
[Job 9:28](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Job/r/9:28)

יָגֹ֥רְתִּי כׇל־עַצְּבֹתָ֑י יָ֝דַ֗עְתִּי כִּי־לֹ֥א תְנַקֵּֽנִי׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
I am afraid of all my pains, I know that Thou wilt not hold me innocent.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
I will collect all of my grief [within myself and not cry out] — [even then] I know that You will not acquit me.


###### Job 9:29
[Job 9:29](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Job/r/9:29)

אָנֹכִ֥י אֶרְשָׁ֑ע לָמָּה־זֶּ֝֗ה הֶ֣בֶל אִיגָֽע׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
I shall be condemned; why then do I labour in vain?

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
I would be incriminated. Why, then, should I toil in vain?


###### Job 9:30
[Job 9:30](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Job/r/9:30)

אִם־הִתְרָחַ֥צְתִּי (במו) [בְמֵי־]שָׁ֑לֶג וַ֝הֲזִכּ֗וֹתִי בְּבֹ֣ר כַּפָּֽי׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
If I wash myself with snow water, and make my hands never so clean;

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
Though I washed in waters of snow and cleansed my palms in purity,


###### Job 9:31
[Job 9:31](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Job/r/9:31)

אָ֭ז בַּשַּׁ֣חַת תִּטְבְּלֵ֑נִי וְ֝תִעֲב֗וּנִי שַׂלְמוֹתָֽי׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
yet shalt Thou plunge me in the ditch, and my own clothes shall abhor me.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
You would plunge me into the pit [of filth] (i.e., guilt)], and my [very] clothes would despise me.


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

כִּֽי־לֹא־אִ֣ישׁ כָּמ֣וֹנִי אֶעֱנֶ֑נּוּ נָב֥וֹא יַ֝חְדָּ֗ו בַּמִּשְׁפָּֽט׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
For he is not a man, as I am, that I should answer him, and we should come together in judgment.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
For He is not a man as I am that I can answer Him: "Let us come together in disputation."


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

לֹ֣א יֵשׁ־בֵּינֵ֣ינוּ מוֹכִ֑יחַ יָשֵׁ֖ת יָד֣וֹ עַל־שְׁנֵֽינוּ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
There is no umpire between us, who might lay his hand upon us both.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
There is no arbiter between us to lay his hand [(i.e., to impose his decision)] upon us both in disputation.


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

יָסֵ֣ר מֵעָלַ֣י שִׁבְט֑וֹ וְ֝אֵמָת֗וֹ אַֽל־תְּבַעֲתַֽנִּי׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Let him take his rod away from me, and let not his fear terrify me:

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
If He removed His rod from me, and His terror would not confound me,


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

אֲֽ֭דַבְּרָה וְלֹ֣א אִירָאֶ֑נּוּ כִּ֥י לֹא־כֵ֥ן אָ֝נֹכִ֗י עִמָּדִֽי׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
for then I would speak, and not fear him; for I am not so in myself.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
I would speak and not fear Him, for I am not so [(i.e., I am not guilty)] in my eyes.