## Rashi on Job Chapter 13

###### Rashi on Job 13:3:1
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**אוּלָם אֲנִי.** אֵינִי מְבַקֵּשׁ אֶלָּא לְדַבֵּר אֵלָיו, וּלְהִתְוַכֵּחַ עִמּוֹ **אֶחְפָּץ**:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**But I would speak** I wish only to speak to Him and I wish to debate with Him.


###### Rashi on Job 13:4:1
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**טוֹפְלֵי שָׁקֶר.** מְחַבְּרֵי דִּבְרֵי שֶׁקֶר:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**combine lies** Heb. טפלי שקר,combine false words of falsehood.


###### Rashi on Job 13:4:2
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**רוֹפְאֵי אֱלִיל כֻּלְּכֶם.** כָּל אֱלִיל שֶׁבַּמִּקְרָא לְשׁוֹן אַל. וְרַבּוֹתֵינוּ פֵּרְשׁוּ (חולין קכא.): זֶה גִּיד הַצַּוָּאר, שֶׁאֵין לוֹ רְפוּאָה, וּשְׁמוֹ אֱלָל:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**all of you are quacks** Heb. רפאי אלל. Every אֱלִיל in Scripture is an expression of אַל, nought. Our Sages, however, explained that this is the cervical ligament, which [if damaged] has no cure, and it is called אֱלָל.


###### Rashi on Job 13:6:1
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**וְרִיבוֹת.** הוֹכָחוֹת:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**the contentions** The proofs.


###### Rashi on Job 13:7:1
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**הֲלָאֵל תְּדַבְּרוּ עַוְלָה.** אַחֲרֵי אֲשֶׁר תַּחַת אֵל בָּאתֶם לָרִיב, לֹא טוֹב שֶׁתְּדַבְּרוּ עַוְלָה:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Will you speak unjustly for God** Since you come to contend in the place of God, it is not good that you should speak unjustly.


###### Rashi on Job 13:7:2
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**וְלוֹ תְּדַבְּרוּ רְמִיָּה.** בַּעֲבוּרוֹ תְּדַבְּרוּ רְמִיָּה, כְּמוֹ ״הֵן אֲנִי כְפִיךָ לָאֵל״ (איוב לג:ו), וּכְמוֹ ״אֶל הָאָרֶץ אֲשֶׁר דִּבֶּר לָהֶם״ (דברים ט:כח) – לְצָרְכָם, וּכְמוֹ ״יִלָּחֵם לָכֶם״ (שמות יד:יד); ״הַאַתֶּם תְּרִיבוּן לַבַּעַל״ (שופטים ו:לא). הֻקְשָׁה בְּעֵינַי לְדַמּוֹתוֹ כָּאן, וְהוּא דֻּגְמַת ״בְּיַד מֹשֶׁה לוֹ״ – עַל קֹרַח (במדבר יז:ה):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and will you speak deceitfully for Him?** Heb. ולו [usually “to him”]. For His sake will you speak deceitfully? As in (below 33:6), “Behold I am like your mouth for God (לאל),” and like (Deut. 9:28), “to the land that He spoke for them (להם),” for their benefit, and like (Exod. 14:14), “will fight for you (לכם)”; (Jud. 6:31), “Will you contend for the Baal (לבעל)?” (I find it difficult to compare these instances to here [this verse]. Rather, this is analogous to [Num. 17: 5], “through Moses concerning him [לו],” concerning Korah.)


###### Rashi on Job 13:8:1
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**הֲפָנָיו תִּשָּׂאוּן.** וְכִי לְהַחֲנִיף לוֹ בִּשְׂאֵת פָּנִים בָּאתֶם?

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Will you show Him favor?** Have you come to flatter Him by being partial to Him?


###### Rashi on Job 13:8:2
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**אִם לָאֵל.** בִּשְׁבִילוֹ תִּתְוַוּכְחוּן עַל רְמִיָּה?

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**for God** will you debate deceitfully?


###### Rashi on Job 13:9:1
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**הֲטוֹב כִּי יַחְקֹר אֶתְכֶם.** וְתִמָּצְאוּ שְׁקָרִים?

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Will it be good when He searches you out** and you are found to be liars?


###### Rashi on Job 13:9:2
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**אִם כְּהָתֵל בֶּאֱנוֹשׁ תְּהָתֵלּוּ בוֹ.** לוֹמַר: לִכְבוֹדְךָ עָשִׂינוּ עַצְמֵינוּ שְׁקָרִים?

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Will you mock him as one mocks a mortal** by saying, “We made liars of ourselves for Your honor”?


###### Rashi on Job 13:10:1
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**הוֹכֵחַ יוֹכִיחַ אֶתְכֶם.** הֲלֹא יוֹדִיעַ לָכֶם דִּבַּתְכֶם?

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**He will surely reprove you** Will He not let you know your speech?


###### Rashi on Job 13:10:2
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**אִם בַּסֵּתֶר.** וְכִי בַּסֵּתֶר שֶׁתַּעַמְדוּ לְפָנָיו בַּדִּין, **פָּנִים תִּשָּׂאוּ לוֹ**, לוֹמַר: שָׁם נָשָׂאנוּ פָנֶיךָ?!

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
When you stand before Him in judgment, will you secretly show Him partiality, saying there. “We showed You partiality”?


###### Rashi on Job 13:11:1
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**הֲלֹא שְׂאֵתוֹ.** גָּבְהוֹ וְאֵימָתוֹ תְּבַעֵת אֶתְכֶם. וְיֵשׁ אוֹמְרִים: **שְׂאֵתוֹ** שְׂרֵפַת אֵשׁוֹ, כְּמוֹ ״וַיִּשָּׂאֵם דָּוִד וַאֲנָשָׁיו״ (שמואל ב ה:כא), וּכְמוֹ ״מַשְׂאַת הָעִיר״ (שופטים כ:לח):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Will not His majesty** Heb. שאתו. [Will not] His exaltation and His awesomeness terrify you? Others define שְׂאֵתוֹ as “His burning fire.” like (II Sam. 5:21), “and David and his men burned them (וישאם),” and like (Jud. 20:38), “a great pillar of (משאת) smoke.”


###### Rashi on Job 13:12:1
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**זִכְרֹנֵיכֶם.** נִמְשַׁל מִשְׁלֵי אֵפֶר זִכְרֹנֵיכֶם נִמְשַׁל לְאֵפֶר, אַתֶּם סְבוּרִים לְהִתְמַשֵּׁל לְאַבְרָהָם שֶׁאָמַר ״אָנֹכִי עָפָר וָאֵפֶר״ (בראשית יח:כז):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**your memorials are compared to ashes** Your memorials are compared to ashes. You expect to be compared to Abraham, who said (Genesis 18:27), “I am only dust and ashes.”


###### Rashi on Job 13:12:2
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**לְגַבֵּי חֹמֶר.** שָׁוֶה לֶעָפָר יְהִי גַבֵּיכֶם אֶצְלוֹ. גַּבֵּיכֶם. גֹּבַהּ שֶׁלָּכֶם, כְּמוֹ ״וַתִּבְנִי לָךְ גָּב״ (יחזקאל טז:כד):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**are like eminences of clay** Your eminences ore equal to eminences of clay, compared to Him. The word גביכם means, your height, like (Ezek. 16:24), “and you built for yourself a platform (גב).”


###### Rashi on Job 13:13:1
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**וְיַעֲבֹר עָלַי מָה.** מַה שֶּׁיַּעֲבֹר עָלַי בַּעֲוֹן צַעֲקָתִי יַעֲבֹר עָלַי, וְאַל תָּחוּשׁוּ עַל מָה אֲנִי צָרִיךְ לָשֵׂאת וְלֶאֱחֹז:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and let come upon me what may** Whatever comes upon me because of the sin of my outcry, let it come upon me and do not care. For what reason must I bring up and hold...


###### Rashi on Job 13:14:1
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**בְּשָׂרִי בְשִׁנָּי.** לְיַסְּרֵנִי וּלְכוֹפֵנִי אֶל הַשְּׁתִיקָה:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**my flesh up into my teeth** to afflict myself and force myself to silence?


###### Rashi on Job 13:14:2
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**וְנַפְשִׁי אָשִׂים בְּכַפִּי.** לְהַגִּישׁ נַפְשִׁי לַמָּוֶת בְּיִסּוּרֵי שְׁתִיקָה:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and take my life into my hand** to bring my life close to death with the agonies of silence.


###### Rashi on Job 13:15:1
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**הֵן יִקְטְלֵנִי.** הֲלֹא אִם יִקְטְלֵנִי, אֵינִי נִפְרָד מִמֶּנּוּ, וְתָמִיד לוֹ אֲיַיחֵל; עַל כֵּן אֵין מֶרֶד וָפֶשַׁע בִּדְבָרַי:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Behold, let Him kill me** I will not separate from Him, and I will always hope for Him. Therefore, there is no rebellion or transgression in my words,


###### Rashi on Job 13:15:2
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**אַךְ דְּרָכַי.** וּמִדּוֹתַי שֶׁנָּהַגְתִּי בָּהֶם:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
but I will reason to His face about my way and my character traits ...


###### Rashi on Job 13:15:3
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**אֶל פָּנָיו אוֹכִיחַ.** לָדַעַת מַה יַּפְשִׁיעֵנִי:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
with which I have conducted myself, to know of what He will find me guilty.


###### Rashi on Job 13:16:1
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**גַּם הוּא.** וְכַאֲשֶׁר אֲנִי שָׁלֵם עִמּוֹ, כֵּן הוּא **גַּם הוּא לִי לִישׁוּעָה.** וְלֹא תִמְצְאוּ אַתֶּם חֵן בְּעֵינָיו:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**He is also** Just as I am wholehearted with Him, so is He also my salvation, but you will not find favor in His eyes.


###### Rashi on Job 13:16:2
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**כִּי לֹא לְפָנָיו חָנֵף יָבוֹא.** וְזֶה שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר לָהֶם: ״כִּי לֹא דִבַּרְתֶּם אֵלַי נְכוֹנָה״ (איוב מב:ז):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**because a hypocrite cannot come before Him** This is what was said to them (below 42:7): “because you did not speak to Me properly.”


###### Rashi on Job 13:18:1
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**עָרַכְתִּי מִשְׁפָּט.** הוֹכָחַת דְּבָרִים; סִדַּרְתִּי טַעֲנוֹתַי בְּלִבִּי, מַה לְהָשִׁיב:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**I have set up judgement** [I have prepared] my case. I have arranged my arguments in my heart viz. what to answer.


###### Rashi on Job 13:19:1
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**אֶחֱרִישׁ וְאֶגְוָע.** אִם לֹא אָרִיב, **אֶחֱרִישׁ וְאֶגְוָע**:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**I will be silent and perish** If I will not contend, I will be silent and perish.


###### Rashi on Job 13:20:1
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**אַךְ שְׁתַּיִם אַל תַּעַשׂ עִמָּדִי.** דִּין שֶׁל מַעְלָה וְדִין שֶׁל מַטָּה. וְאִם בְּאַחַת תָּבוֹא לְמִשְׁפָּט, **אָז מִפָּנֶיךָ לֹא אֶסָּתֵר.** אִם בְּדִין שֶׁל מַעְלָה, אֲנִי אוֹמֵר: חָטָאתִי, ״מְכַסֶּה פְשָׁעָיו לֹא יַצְלִיחַ וְגוֹ׳״ (משלי כח:יג); וְאִם בְּדִין שֶׁל מַטָּה, אַף אָנֹכִי לֹא אוֹדֶה: כִּסּוּי חֲטָאָה לָשׁוֹן שֶׁקֶר (תהלים לב:א; קט:ב) (סא״א):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**But do not do two things to me** viz. Heavenly judgment and earthly judgment. If You come to judgment with one [of these], I will not hide from before You. If with Heavenly judgment, I will say, “I have sinned.” [because] (Prov. 28:13), “He who conceals his sins will not succeed.” If with earthly judgment, even I will not confess to concealing sin. I did not hear this (absent in some editions).


###### Rashi on Job 13:21:1
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**כַּפְּךָ מֵעָלַי הַרְחַק.** כְּפִיָּתְךָ, כְּמוֹ שֶׁהֵשִׁיבוֹ אֱלִיהוּא ״וְאַכְפִּי עָלֶיךָ לֹא יִכְבָּד״ (איוב לג:ז). וְיֵשׁ פּוֹתְרִים כַּפְּךָ – כְּלוֹמַר: יָדְךָ, וְקָשֶׁה לִי לְאוֹמְרוֹ, כִּי לֹא מָצִינוּ ׳כַּף׳ לְרָעָה, כִּי אִם לְהָגֵן, כְּמוֹ ״וְשַׂכֹּתִי כַפִּי״ (שמות לג:כב):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Distance Your compulsion from upon me** Heb. כפי, Your compulsion, as Elihu answered him (below 33:7), “and my compulsion (ואכפי) shall not weigh heavily upon you.” Some interpret כפך as “your hand.” However, it is difficult for me to say that, because we do not find כַּף in the sense of evil, but [meaning] to protect, as in (Exod. 33:22), “And I will cover you with My hand (כפי).”


###### Rashi on Job 13:24:1
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**פָּנֶיךָ תַסְתִּיר.** לִרְאוֹת אֶת דַּרְכֵי יָשְׁרִי:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Why do You hide Your face** from seeing the ways of my uprightness?


###### Rashi on Job 13:25:1
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**תַּעֲרוֹץ.** תְּפַחִיד:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Will You frighten** Heb. תערוץ, will You scare?


###### Rashi on Job 13:26:1
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**מְרוֹרוֹת.** סַרְבָנִיּוֹת אֲשֶׁר מָרִיתִי פִּיךָ אַתָּה כּוֹתֵב, וְלֹא הַטּוֹבוֹת שֶׁפָּעַלְתִּי:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**disobediences** Heb. מררות. The cases of obstinacy in which I obeyed Your orders, You write [down] but not the good deeds that I performed.


###### Rashi on Job 13:27:1
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**בַּסַּד.** בִּלְשׁוֹן אֲרַמִּי ״סַדְנָא בְּסַדְנֵיהּ יָתִיב״ (פסחים כח.) – עֵץ גָּדוֹל שֶׁנּוֹתְנִין בּוֹ רַגְלֵי הָאֲסוּרִים, וּבִלְשׁוֹן יְוָנִי ״אַשְׁתּוֹ״ק״:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**in the stocks** Heb. בסד. In Aramaic (Pesachim 28a), “The one who makes the stocks (סדנא) sits in his own stocks (בסדניה).” [This is] a large [block of] wood in which the prisoners’ feet are inserted, and in Greek it is astock(?).


###### Rashi on Job 13:27:2
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**תִּתְחַקֶּה.** אַתָּה עַצְמְךָ מִתְחַקֶּה עַל פְּסִיעוֹתַי: כֵּן פָּסַע זֶה, וְכֹה פָּעַל. וּכְמוֹ ״מֵחֵיק הָאָרֶץ״ (יחזקאל מג:יד); ״וְחֵיק הָאַמָּה״ (יחזקאל מג:יג). זֶה הַיְסוֹד אפיקיו״ל בְּלַעַ״ז; ״הֵן עַל כַּפַּיִם חַקֹּתִיךְ״ (ישעיהו מט:טז):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**You engrave** Heb. תתחקה. You Yourself engrave my footsteps. So did this one transgress (step—Ed. Furth]), and so he did. Like (Ezek. 43:14), “from the bottom (ומחיק) upon the ground”; [and] (verse 13), “the bottom (וחיק) shall be a cubit.” This is the foundation, affishe in Old French, to affix. (Isa. 49:16): “Behold on [My] hands have I engraved you (חקותיך).”


###### Rashi on Job 13:28:1
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**וְהוּא כְּרָקָב יִבְלֶה.** הַגּוּף הַזֶּה אֲשֶׁר תִּרְדֹּף, יֵרָקֵב וְיִבְלֶה, וְאֵין כְּבוֹדְךָ בִּרְדִיפָתְךָ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**And it is like rot that decays** The body You pursue will decay like rot, and it is beneath Your dignity to pursue it.