## Rashi on Job Chapter 16

###### Rashi on Job 16:3:1
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**(מענה איוב):** 
**יַמְרִיצְךָ.** יְשַׁעֶרְךָ פִּיךָ לַחֲשֹׁב דְּבָרִים נִמְרָצִים עַל אוֹפְנֵיהֶם:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Job’s Reply**
**will bring clarity to you** Heb. ימרצך. Your mouth will make you evaluate to think clear words with proper basis.


###### Rashi on Job 16:4:1
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**כָּכֶם אֲדַבֵּרָה.** כָּכֶם אֲנִי יוֹדֵעַ לְקַנְתֵּר:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**could speak like you** I know how to chide as you do.


###### Rashi on Job 16:4:2
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**לוּ יֵשׁ נַפְשְׁכֶם.** בְּיִסּוּרִין תַּחַת נַפְשִׁי, גַּם אֲנִי הָיִיתִי מְחַבֵּר עֲלֵיכֶם בְּמִלִּין וּמֵנִיעַ עֲלֵיכֶם רֹאשִׁי בְּצַעֲקַתְכֶם, וּמְאַמֵּץ אֶתְכֶם בְּמוֹ פִי לֵאמֹר: הַחֲרִישׁוּ, הִתְאַמְּצוּ וְעִמְדוּ בְּיִסּוּרֵיכֶם, כַּאֲשֶׁר אַתֶּם תֹּאמְרוּ אֵלַי:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**if your soul were** in pain instead of my soul, I too would join words together against you and shake my head at you in your cry, and encourage you with my mouth, saying, “Be still, have courage, and endure your sufferings,” just as you are saying to me.


###### Rashi on Job 16:5:1
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**וְנִיד שְׂפָתַי.** שֶׁאֲנִי נָד וְקוֹבֵל עַתָּה וְצוֹעֵק, אָז יַחְשׂוֹךְ וְלֹא אֶזְעוֹק וְלֹא אָנוּד עוֹד, אֲבָל עַתָּה:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and the movement of my lips** which I move and [with which I] complain now and cry, would then stop, and I would no longer cry or lament, but now...


###### Rashi on Job 16:6:1
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**אִם אֲדַבְּרָה וְגוֹ׳**:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Should I speak etc.**


###### Rashi on Job 16:7:1
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**הֲשִׁמּוֹתָ.** לְשׁוֹן שְׁתִיקָה, כְּמוֹ ״אֶשְׁתּוֹמֵם״ (ישעיהו סג:ה), וּכְמוֹ ״שֹׁמּוּ שָׁמַיִם״ (ירמיהו ב:יב) – שָׁתְקוּ וְהִתְמָהוּ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**you have silenced** Heb. השמות, you have silenced, like (Dan. 4:16), “was appalled (אשתומם),” and like (Jer. 2:12), “O heavens, be astonished (שמו).” Be silent and wonder.


###### Rashi on Job 16:8:1
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**וַתִּקְמְטֵנִי לְעֵד הָיָה.** הִקְמַטְתַּנִי וְהִקְדַּרְתַּנִי בִּשְׁבִיל עֵד, שֶׁהָיָה לְעֵד עַל עֲוֹנִי לְהַשְׂטִינֵנִי:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**You have shriveled me up; it has become a witness** You have shriveled me up and blackened me for a witness, for it has become a witness to my iniquity, to accuse me.


###### Rashi on Job 16:9:1
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**צָרִי.** הַשָּׂטָן הוּא הַצָּר:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**My Adversary** Satan is the adversary.


###### Rashi on Job 16:9:2
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**יִלְטוֹשׁ.** יְחַדֵּד, כְּמוֹ ״לוֹטֵשׁ כָּל חֹרֵשׁ וְגוֹמֵר״ (בראשית ד:כב):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**sharpens** Heb. ילטוש, sharpens, like (Gen. 4:22), “who sharpened (לטש) every instrument etc.”


###### Rashi on Job 16:10:1
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**פָּעֲרוּ עָלַי בְּפִיהֶם.** פָּתְחוּ, כְּמוֹ ״וּפָעֲרָה פִיהָ״ (ישעיה ה:יד):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**They open their mouth at me** Heb. פערו, they open, like (Isa. 5:14), “and opened (ופערה) its mouth.”


###### Rashi on Job 16:10:2
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**יִתְמַלָּאוּן.** יִתְאַסְּפוּן, וְהַרְבֵּה לוֹ דּוֹמִין בַּמִּקְרָא: ״קָרְאוּ אַחֲרֶיךָ מָלֵא״ (ירמיה יב:ו), ״אֲשֶׁר יִקָּרֵא עָלָיו מְלֹא רֹעִים״ (ישעיה לא:ד). וְאֵינוֹ מִשְׁתַּנֶּה מִלְּשׁוֹנוֹ, כִּי כָל ׳מִלּוּי׳ – ׳נֶאֱסָף׳ הוּא:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**they assemble** Heb. יתמלאון, they gather, and there are many similar words in Scripture, e.g. (Jer. 12:6), “have called a gang (מלא) after you”; (Isa. 31:4), “although a band (מלא) of shepherds gather against him,” but it does not deviate from its original meaning because every filling (מלוי) is a gathering together.


###### Rashi on Job 16:11:1
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**יַסְגִּירֵנִי אֵל אֶל עֲוִיל.** הִסְגִּירַנִי הַקָּדוֹשׁ בָּרוּךְ הוּא אֶל אֱוִיל לֵץ עוֹלֵל, לָלוּץ בִּי:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**God delivers me to a fool** The Holy One, blessed be He, delivered me to a fool, a scorner, a mocker, to be scornful of me.


###### Rashi on Job 16:11:2
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**וְעַל יְדֵי רְשָׁעִים יִרְטֵנִי.** רְטִיַּת תַּנְחוּמָיו וּרְפוּאָתִי מָסַר לָרְשָׁעִים, שֶׁאֵינָן אֶלָּא מַקְנִיטִים. דָּבָר אַחֵר: **יִרְטֵנִי** כְּמוֹ יְרַצֵּנִי, לְשׁוֹן רִצּוּי וְתַנְחוּמִים:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and heals me through the hands of the wicked** Heb. ירטני. The bandage of His consolations and my healing He delivered to the wicked, who only provoke. Another explanation: יַרְטֵנִי is like יַרְצֵנִי, He placates me, an expression of placating and consolation


###### Rashi on Job 16:12:1
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**וַיְפַרְפְּרֵנִי.** אוֹתוֹ עֲוִיל, לְשׁוֹן פֵּרוּרִין:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**but he crumbled me to pieces** Heb. ויפרפני. That fool [crumbled me]. [It is] an expression of crumbs (פרורין).


###### Rashi on Job 16:12:2
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**וַיְפַצְפְּצֵנִי.** לְשׁוֹן נִשְׁבָּר לִשְׁבָרִים הַרְבֵּה בַּחֲבָטָה רַבָּה, כְּמוֹ ״וְנִפַּצְתִּים אִישׁ אֶל אָחִיו״ (ירמיה יג:יד), ״וְנִפֵּץ עֹלָלַיִךְ אֶל הַסָּלַע״ (תהלים קלז:ט):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and shattered me** Heb. ויפצפצני, an expression of something being broken into many fragments with a hard blow, like (Jer. 13:14), “And I will dash them (ונפצתים), one against the other”; (Ps. 137:90), “and dash (ונפץ) your little ones against the rock. “


###### Rashi on Job 16:13:1
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**רַבָּיו.** מוֹרֶה חִצָּיו, כְּמוֹ ״רֹבֶה קֶשֶׁת״ (בראשית כא:כ):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**His archers** רביו, the one who shoots his arrows, as in (Gen. 21:20), “and he became an archer (רבה קשת).”


###### Rashi on Job 16:13:2
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**מְרֵרָתִי.** מָרָה שֶׁלִּי:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**my gall** Heb. מְרֵירָתִי, my gall.


###### Rashi on Job 16:15:1
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**גִּלְדִּי.** מַכָּה יְבֵשָׁה וְהַעֲלָאַת גֶּלֶד, וּלְשׁוֹן מִשְׁנָה (ראש השנה כז:): וְהֶעֱמִידוֹ עַל גִּלְדּוֹ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**my scab** Heb. גלדי, a dry wound that forms a crust, and [in] the language of the Mishnah (Rosh Hashanah 27b): He scraped it (the shofar) down to a thin crust (גלדו).


###### Rashi on Job 16:15:2
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**וְעוֹלַלְתִּי.** וְלִכְלַכְתִּי וְגִנִּיתִי, כְּמוֹ ״וַיִּתְעַלְּלוּ בָהּ״ (שופטים יט:כה) – לְשׁוֹן בִּזָּיוֹן וּגְנַאי, וּכְמוֹ ״עוֹלְלָה לְנַפְשִׁי״ (איכה ג:נא):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and sullied** Heb. ועללתי, and I sullied, like (Jud. 19:25), “and abused (ויתעללו) her,” an expression of disgrace and abasement, and like (Lam. 3:51), “sullies (עוללה) my soul.”


###### Rashi on Job 16:15:3
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**קַרְנִי.** זִיוִי, לָשׁוֹן ״וְקַרְנַיִם מִיָּדוֹ לוֹ״ (חבקוק ג:ד):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**my radiance** Heb. קרני, my radiance, an expression of (Habakkuk 3:4): “rays of light (קרנים) came to them from his hand.”


###### Rashi on Job 16:16:1
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**חֳמַרְמְרוּ.** נִקְמְטוּ, כְּמוֹ ״נֶחְמְרוּ בְּנֵי מֵעֶיהָ״ בִּלְשׁוֹן מִשְׁנָה (חולין נו:); וְכֵן ״מֵעַי חֳמַרְמָרוּ״ (איכה א:כ):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**became shriveled** Heb. חמרמרו, like (Chullin 3:3), “and its internal organs became shriveled (ונחמרו),” in the language of the Mishnah. Similarly (Lam. 1:20), “my intestines have become shriveled (חמרמרו).”


###### Rashi on Job 16:16:2
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**צַלְמָוֶת.** שֶׁחָשְׁכוּ מֵחֲמַת בֶּכִי וְדֶמְעָה:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**the shadow of death** it became darkened from weeping and tears.


###### Rashi on Job 16:17:1
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**וּתְפִלָּתִי זַכָּה.** לֹא קִלַּלְתִּי חֲבֵרִי, וְלֹא פִלַּלְתִּי לוֹ רָעָה:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and my prayer is pure** I did not curse my friend nor did I think any evil against him.


###### Rashi on Job 16:18:1
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**וְאַל יְהִי מָקוֹם.** בָּאָרֶץ לְהַבְלִיעַ בּוֹ צַעֲקָתִי, כִּי לַשָּׁמַיִם תַּעֲלֶה:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and let there be no place** in the earth to absorb my cry, but it should ascend to heaven.


###### Rashi on Job 16:19:1
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**הִנֵּה בַשָּׁמַיִם עֵדִי.** יוֹצְרִי הַיּוֹדֵעַ דְּרָכִי:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**behold my Witness is in heaven** My Creator, Who knows my ways.


###### Rashi on Job 16:20:1
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**דָּלְפָה.** דּוֹמַעַת וְזוֹלֶפֶת דִּמְעָה, לְשׁוֹן דִּלּוּף:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**pours out** Heb. דלפה, tears and sprays tears, an expression of dripping (דלוף).


###### Rashi on Job 16:21:1
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**וְיוֹכַח לְגֶבֶר.** וְהַלְוַאי יַעֲשֶׂה לִי זֹאת, שֶׁיִּתֵּן לִי מָקוֹם לְהִתְוַכֵּחַ גֶּבֶר עִם אֱלוֹהַּ, לְהַשְׁווֹת שְׁנֵי הָרִיבִים: רִיב גֶּבֶר עִם קוֹנוֹ וְרִיב בֵּין אָדָם לְרֵעֵהוּ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Would that a man could reason** If only He would do this for me, that He would give me a place so that a man could reason with God, to liken the two contentions: the contention of man with his Maker, and the contention of man with his fellow.


###### Rashi on Job 16:22:1
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**כִּי שְׁנוֹת וְגוֹ׳.** הַקְּצוּבִים מִסְפָּר לִימֵי חַיַּי:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**For numbered [years]** The limited number of the days of my life.


###### Rashi on Job 16:22:2
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**יֶאֱתָיוּ.** יַגִּיעוּ, וְאָז **אֹרַח לֹא אָשׁוּב אֶהֱלֹךְ**:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**will come** Will arrive, and then I will go on a way from which I will not return.