## Rashi on Job Chapter 23

###### Rashi on Job 23:2:1
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**(מענה איוב):** 
**גַּם הַיּוֹם.** אַחַר כָּל תַּנְחוּמִין הַלָּלוּ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Job’s Reply**
**Even today** after all these consolations.


###### Rashi on Job 23:2:2
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**מְרִי שִׂיחִי.** בִּמְקוֹמוֹ עוֹמֵד, כִּי אֵין תַּנְחוּם בְּדִבְרֵיכֶם:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**my speech is bitter** [The bitterness of my speech] remains in its place, for there is no consolation in your words.


###### Rashi on Job 23:2:3
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**יָדִי כָּבְדָה.** מַכַּת נִגְעִי תַּקִּיפָה יוֹתֵר מֵאַנְחָתִי; שֶׁאֵינִי קוֹבֵל וְצוֹעֵק לְפִי מַכָּתִי:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**my wound is heavier** The wound of my plague is stronger than my sigh, for I do not complain and cry about my wound.


###### Rashi on Job 23:3:1
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**וְאֶמְצָאֵהוּ.** לְשׁוֹפְטִי:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and I would find Him** My Judge.


###### Rashi on Job 23:3:2
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**תְּכוּנָתוֹ.** מְכוֹן כִּסְאוֹ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**the place prepared for Him** The place prepared for His throne.


###### Rashi on Job 23:4:1
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**מִשְׁפָּט.** הוֹכָחַת דְּבָרִים:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**case** [i.e., my] argument.


###### Rashi on Job 23:5:1
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(**אֵדְעָה מִלִּים יַעֲנֵנִי.** וְגַם אִם יִסְתֹּם אוֹתִי מִלְּדַבֵּר לְפָנָיו, שֶׁמָּא יְדַבֵּר הוּא עִמִּי, **וְאֵדְעָה מִלִּים יַעֲנֵנִי** רַבִּי תַּנְחוּמָא (תנחומא, בראשית יג)):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**I would know the words that He would answer me** Even if He stops me from speaking before Him, perhaps He would speak with me and I would know the words He would answer me.


###### Rashi on Job 23:6:1
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**הַבְּרָב כֹּחַ.** דְּבָרִים וְתוֹכָחוֹת שֶׁל חֲטָאָיו יָרִיב עִמָּדִי:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**with much power** of words and rebukes for His sins [other editions read: my sins] will He contend with me?


###### Rashi on Job 23:6:2
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**לֹא אַךְ.** מַכָּה וּכְפִיָּה. לֹא **יָשִׂים בִּי** אָכְפּוֹ וְאֵימָתוֹ. (וְעוֹד יִפָּתֵר:) **לֹא אַךְ הוּא יָשִׂים בִּי**, כִּי לֹא יָשִׂים בִּי אַךְ הָרִיב שֶׁל תּוֹכַחַת פְּשָׁעַי, וְלֹא תְשׂוּמוֹת עֲלִילוֹת:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**not...coercion** smiting and coercion. He will not cast His coercion and His awe upon me. (It may also be interpreted:) Nothing but [this] will He cast on me, for He will not cast on me anything but the contest of the rebukes for my sins; [that,] but not false accusations.


###### Rashi on Job 23:7:1
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**שָׁם.** בִּמְקוֹם רִיבֵנוּ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**There** in the place of our contest.


###### Rashi on Job 23:7:2
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**יָשָׁר.** כֹּשֶׁר מִפְעֲלוֹתַי יְהֵא נוֹכָח וְנִגְלֶה וְנִרְאֶה עִמּוֹ, לְפָנָיו:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**integrity** The propriety of my deeds will be proven, revealed, and it will appear with Him, i.e., before Him.


###### Rashi on Job 23:7:3
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**נוֹכָח.** מוּכָח, וְשָׁם **אֲפַלְּטָה לָנֶצַח** – כִּי לֹא יִמְצָא בִי עָוֹן:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**proven** and there I will extricate [myself] forever because He will find no iniquity in me.


###### Rashi on Job 23:8:1
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**הֵן קֶדֶם.** לְמַעְלָה הוּא חוֹזֵר, לְ**מִי יִתֵּן יָדַעְתִּי וְגוֹ׳**:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Behold...east** it refers to the above (verse 3), “Would that I knew etc.”


###### Rashi on Job 23:8:2
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**קֶדֶם.** מִזְרָח, שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר ״קֵדְמָה מִזְרָחָה״ (שמות כז:יג):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**east** as it is stated (Exod. 27: 13): “on the east side (קדמה), eastward.”


###### Rashi on Job 23:8:3
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**אָחוֹר.** מַעֲרָב. הוֹאִיל וְהַמִּזְרָח – קִדְמַת עוֹלָם, נִמְצָא הַמַּעֲרָב – אֲחוֹרָיו שֶׁל עוֹלָם:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and to the west** Heb. ואחור. Since the east is the front of the world (קדמה), the west is found to be the back of the world (אחור).


###### Rashi on Job 23:9:1
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**שְׂמֹאל.** צָפוֹן:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**north** Heb. שמאוֹל, lit. left.


###### Rashi on Job 23:9:2
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**בַּעֲשׂוֹתוֹ.** כְּשֶׁבְּרָאוֹ, לֹא עָשָׂה מְקוֹם כִּסְאוֹ שָׁם שֶׁאֶרְאֶנּוּ שָׁם:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**when He made it** When He created it, He did not make the place of His throne there, that I should see it there.


###### Rashi on Job 23:9:3
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**אָחַז.** תַּרְגּוּם שֶׁל ״אֶרְאֶה״ (בראשית כא:טז). וְתֵדַע, שֶׁהַטַּעַם תַּחַת הָאָלֶ״ף; וְאִם לְשׁוֹן אֲחִיזָה הוּא, הָיָה טַעֲמוֹ מִלְּרַע, תַּחַת הַחֵי״ת:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**see** Heb. אחז, the Aramaic translation of אֶרְאֶה, I will see. Proof of this is that the accent is under the “aleph.” Now, if it were an expression of holding (אחיזה), the accent would be at the end of the word, under the “cheth.”


###### Rashi on Job 23:9:4
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**יַעֲטֹף יָמִין.** כִּסָּה פְּנֵי הַדָּרוֹם בְּפָנָיו, לְמַעַן לֹא אֶרְאֶנּוּ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**He wraps up the south** He covers the face of the south before me in order that I should not see Him.


###### Rashi on Job 23:10:1
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**כִּי יָדַע דֶּרֶךְ וְגוֹ׳.** אֲשֶׁר **עִמָּדִי** מַהוּ, לְפִיכָךְ אֵינוֹ בָּא לָרִיב עִמָּדִי:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Because He knows the way** that is **with me** therefore, He does not come to contend with me.


###### Rashi on Job 23:10:2
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**בְּחָנַנִי וְגוֹ׳.** אֲשֶׁר **כַּזָּהָב אֵצֵא** אִם יָרִיב עִמָּדִי:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**He has tested me** that **I will emerge like gold** if He contends with me.


###### Rashi on Job 23:11:1
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**בְּאֲשׁוּרוֹ.** בְּמַעְגָּלוֹ, כְּמוֹ ״אִם תִּטֶּה אֲשׁוּרִי״ (איוב לא:ז), ״כּוֹנֵן אֲשׁוּרָיו״ (תהלים מ:ג):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**to His path** Heb. באשרו, to His path, like (below 31:7), “If my foot (אשרי) has turned away from the road”; (Ps. 40:3), “He has established my paths (אשרי).”


###### Rashi on Job 23:11:2
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**וְלֹא אָט.** אֵינִי רָגִיל לִנְטוֹת:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and do not turn away** I am not accustomed to turn away.


###### Rashi on Job 23:12:1
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**מֵחֻקִּי צָפַנְתִּי אִמְרֵי פִיו.** יוֹתֵר מֵחֻקֵּי מְזוֹנוֹתַי הָיִיתִי זָרִיז לִצְפֹּן אִמְרֵי פִיו, כְּמוֹ ״לֶחֶם חֻקִּי״ (משלי ל:ח) – מְזוֹנוֹתַי:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**more than my daily bread I kept the words of His mouth** More than my daily food I was eager to keep the words of His mouth. [The expression חקי] is like (Prov. 30:8), “my daily bread (לחם חקי),” my food.


###### Rashi on Job 23:13:1
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**וְהוּא.** לְפִי שֶׁהוּא יָחִיד בָּעוֹלָם, וְיוֹדֵעַ דַּעְתָּן וּמַחֲשַׁבְתָּן שֶׁל בְּרִיּוֹת וּמַה יֵּשׁ לָהֶם לְדַבֵּר לְפָנָיו, לְפִיכָךְ תְּשׁוּבוֹת מוּכָנוֹת לְפָנָיו:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**But He** Since He is One in the world and knows the knowledge and the thoughts of the creatures, and what they have to reply to Him, therefore replies are prepared before Him.


###### Rashi on Job 23:13:2
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**וּמִי יְשִׁיבֶנּוּ.** לְפִיכָךְ **נַפְשׁוֹ אִוְּתָה וַיָּעַשׂ**:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and who will answer Him** Therefore, what His soul desires, He does.


###### Rashi on Job 23:14:1
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**כִּי יַשְׁלִים חֻקִּי.** יָדַעְתִּי כִּי לֹא יָשִׁיב יָדוֹ עַד אֲשֶׁר יַשְׁלִים חֹק גְּזֵרוֹתָיו – פֻּרְעָנִיּוֹת אֲשֶׁר גָּזַר עָלַי:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**For He will complete my sentence** I know that He will not draw back His hand until He completes the sentence of His decrees, the retribution that He has decreed against me.


###### Rashi on Job 23:14:2
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**וְכָהֵנָּה רַבּוֹת עִמּוֹ.** כִּי כָהֵנָּה רַבּוֹת עָשָׂה:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and there are many such things with Him** For He did many such things.


###### Rashi on Job 23:15:1
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**עַל כֵּן.** שֶׁאֵינוֹ גּוֹמֵל לָאָדָם כְּפִי דְרָכָיו:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Therefore** Since He does not requite man according to his ways.


###### Rashi on Job 23:15:2
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**מִפָּנָיו אֶבָּהֵל.** וּכְשֶׁאֶתְבּוֹנֵן בִּדְרָכָיו, **אֶפְחַד מִמֶּנּוּ**:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**I am startled by Him** and when I ponder His ways, I am frightened of Him.


###### Rashi on Job 23:17:1
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**כִּי לֹא נִצְמַתִּי מִפְּנֵי חֹשֶׁךְ.** בָּזֹאת אֲנִי נִבְהָל, כִּי לֹא נִצְמַתִּי לַחֲלוּטִין וּצְמִיתוּת קֶבֶר מִפְּנֵי הַחֹשֶׁךְ הַזֶּה הַבָּא עָלַי; וְכֵן לֹא כִסָּה מִפָּנַי אֶת הָאֹפֶל הַזֶּה עַד מוֹתִי:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Because I was not cut off from before the darkness** Because of this I am startled; because I was not completely cut off and laid permanently in the grave before this darkness that has come upon me, and because He did not cover this thick darkness from before me until my death.


###### Rashi on Job 23:17:2
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**וּמִפָּנַי כִּסָּה אֹפֶל.** עַל כִּי לֹא שֶׁבְּרֹאשׁ הַפָּסוּק, חוֹזֵר:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and [because He did not] cover the thick darkness from before me** This refers back to “because not” at the beginning of the verse.