## Rashi on Job Chapter 24

###### Rashi on Job 24:1:1
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**מַדּוּעַ מִשַּׁדַּי לֹא נִצְפְּנוּ עִתִּים.** קַבָּלָה הוּא זֶה: לָמָּה לֹא נִצְפְּנוּ עִתֵּי יְמֵי הָאָדָם מִן הַקָּדוֹשׁ בָּרוּךְ הוּא, שֶׁלֹּא יֵדַע יוֹם מוֹת הָאָדָם? שֶׁמָּא לֹא יְמַהֵר פֻּרְעָנוּת, וִיקַדְּמֶנּוּ יוֹם הַמִּיתָה:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Why were the times not hidden from the Almighty?** This is a plaint. Why were the times of man’s days not hidden from the Holy One, blessed be He, that He should not know the day of man’s death? Perhaps He would not hasten the retribution, and the day of death would precede it.


###### Rashi on Job 24:1:2
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**וְיוֹדְעָיו לֹא חָזוּ יָמָיו.** מִיּוֹם הָאָדָם, כְּמוֹ ״חֹדֶשׁ יָמִים״ (בראשית כט:יד). (ומְתַּרְגְּמִינָן ״עִדַן בְּעִדַן״ (סא״א)). דָּבָר אַחֵר: מַדּוּעַ יוֹדְעָיו וְאוֹהֲבָיו שֶׁל הַקָּדוֹשׁ בָּרוּךְ הוּא אֵינָן יְכוֹלִין לִרְאוֹת סוֹף דְּרָכָיו וּמִדּוֹתָיו?

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**And He Who knows him should not see his days** Of the day of man, like (Gen. 29:14), “a month of days (ימים),” (which is translated into Aramaic as “from time to time.”) [Another explanation is:] Why are those who are close and who love the Holy One, blessed be He, unable to see the end of His ways and His traits?


###### Rashi on Job 24:1:3
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**יָמָיו.** זוֹ הִיא דֶּרֶךְ שֶׁנָּהַג בְּיָמָיו, כְּמוֹ ״לֹא יֶחֱרַף לְבָבִי מִיָּמָי״ (איוב כז:ו). וּמָה הֵן הַמִּדּוֹת הַתְּמוּהוֹת?

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
This [word] ימיו, His days, denotes the way He acted in His time, like (below 27:6), “my heart will not reproach me because of my days.” [See Rashi ad loc.] Now what are the puzzling traits?


###### Rashi on Job 24:2:1
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**גְּבוּלוֹת יַשִּׂיגוּ.** אוֹתָן שֶׁדַּרְכָּן לְהַסִּיג גְּבוּלוֹת, שֶׁהֵן קוֹנִין שָׂדוֹת כְּנֶגֶד שָׂדוֹת אֲחֵרִים, וּבַלַּיְלָה הֵם מַרְבִּים גְּבוּלֵיהֶם, שֶׁהָיוּ עוֹשִׂים גְּדֵרֵיהֶם בַּלַּיְלָה בְּתוֹךְ תְּחוּם שְׁכֵינֵיהֶם. (וְזֶהוּ מַשִּׂיג דִּמְתַּרְגְּמִינָן ״מִשְׁגֶּה״ שֶׁהָיוּ מַשְׁגִּים הַגְּבוּל סא״א):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**[There are some who] remove the landmarks** Those who habitually remove the landmarks, who purchase fields adjoining the fields of others, and at night widen their [own] borders by placing their fences at night within the territory of their neighbors. (This is the meaning of removing the landmarks, which is translated into Aramaic as מְשַׁנֶּה, changing, because they would change the boundaries.) And they violently take away a flock and pasture it.


###### Rashi on Job 24:2:2
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**עֵדֶר גָּזְלוּ וַיִּרְעוּ.** לְעַצְמָן:


###### Rashi on Job 24:3:1
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**חֲמוֹר יְתוֹמִים יִנְהָגוּ.** וְעוֹשִׂין כָּל רָעוֹת הָאֲמוּרוֹת בָּעִנְיָן. סוֹף דָּבָר: **וֵאלוֹהַּ לֹא יָשִׂים תִּפְלָה** – לְהוֹדִיעָם עֲוֹנָם וּלְהַמְצִיאָם גְּמוּלָם:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**They lead away the orphan’s donkey** and commit all the evils stated in the chapter. The end of the matter is that “God does not impute it for unseemliness” (verse 12), to let them know their iniquity and to furnish them with their recompense.


###### Rashi on Job 24:4:1
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**יַחַד חֻבְּאוּ.** עֲנִיֵּי אֶרֶץ מִפְּנֵי שֶׁיְּרֵאִים מֵהֶם:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**the poor of the land hide together** because they fear them.


###### Rashi on Job 24:5:1
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**הֵן פְּרָאִים.** הַפְּרָאִים שֶׁהֵם לִמּוּדֵי מִדְבָּר (ירמיהו ב:כד), לֶאֱרֹב אֶת הָעוֹבְרִים:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**And he says: Behold, [as] wild donkeys in the desert** who are used to the desert, to lie in wait for the passersby.


###### Rashi on Job 24:5:2
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**יָצְאוּ בְּפָעֳלָם.** יָצְאוּ לִמְלַאכְתָּן, וּמַה הִיא הַפְּעֻלָּה? **מְשַׁחֲרֵי לַטָּרֶף.** מְבַקְּשִׁים לִטְרוֹף:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**they go out to their work** and what is the work? **seeking prey** They seek to prey.


###### Rashi on Job 24:5:3
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**עֲרָבָה לוֹ לֶחֶם לַנְּעָרִים.** לִמְשָׁרְתָיו וּנְעָרָיו שֶׁל רָשָׁע, הָעֲרָבָה וְהַמִּדְבָּר הָוֶה לוֹ לֶחֶם לְצָרְכָּם, שֶׁמִּשָּׁם הוּא חוֹטֵף וְאוֹכֵל וְגוֹזֵל מַה שֶּׁהֵם אוֹכְלִים:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**the wilderness yields bread for his young men** For the wicked man’s servants and young men, the wilderness and the desert supply food for their needs, for from there he seizes and eats and steals what they eat.


###### Rashi on Job 24:5:4
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**לַנְּעָרִים.** הֵם הַהוֹלְכִים אִתּוֹ לִגְזוֹל, כְּמוֹ ״רַק אֲשֶׁר אָכְלוּ הַנְּעָרִים״ (בראשית יד:כד):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**for...young men** They are the ones who go with him to rob, as in (Gen. 14:24), “only what the young men have eaten.”


###### Rashi on Job 24:6:1
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**בַּשָּׂדֶה.** שֶׁל אֲחֵרִים:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**In the field** of others.


###### Rashi on Job 24:6:2
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**בְּלִילוֹ.** יְבוּלוֹ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**his produce** Heb. בְּלִילוֹ [like] יְבוּלוּ, his produce.


###### Rashi on Job 24:6:3
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**יִקְצוֹרוּ.** לִגְזוֹל:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**they reap** to steal it.


###### Rashi on Job 24:6:4
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**וְכֶרֶם רָשָׁע יְלַקֵּשׁוּ.** וּכְרָמִים שֶׁל אֲחֵרִים הָרְשָׁעִים הָאֵלּוּ נוֹטְלִים פִּרְיָם, **יְלַקֵּשׁוּ** אשפריימנ״ט נוֹטְלִים לֶקֶשׁ שֶׁלָּהֶם, לֶקֶשׁ לְשׁוֹן צֶמַח פְּרִי כְּמוֹ ״בִּתְחִלַּת עֲלוֹת הַלֶּקֶשׁ״ (עמוס ז:א) תִּרְגֵּם יוֹנָתָן צִימוּחַ וְכֵן יָסַד רַבִּי אֶלְעָזָר (בהושענא אדמה מארר) לֶקֶשׁ מֵאַרְבֶּה. (דָּבָר אַחֵר **וְכֶרֶם רָשָׁע יְלַקֵּשׁוּ**, יְלַקְּשׁוּ אוֹתָהּ מֵהַשְּׁחִיתָהּ, כִּי אֶת שֶׁל הָעֲנִיִּים וִיתוֹמִים הֵם אוֹכְלִים. **יְלַקֵּשׁוּ** כְּמוֹ ״וּפִיהֶם פָּעֲרוּ לְמַלְקוֹשׁ״ (איוב כט:כג) זְמַן אָרוֹךְ וּכְמוֹ ״לְקִישָׁיָּא לְלָבָן״ (אונקלוס בראשית ל:מב)):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and the wicked gather the plants of the vineyard** Heb. יְלַקֵּשׁוּ. And [from] the vineyards of others these wicked men take their fruit; espreinment in Old French. They take their לֶקֶש. לֶקֶש is an expression of a growth of produce, as in (Amos 7:1), at the beginning of the shooting up of the grain, which Jonathan renders. צִמוּחַ, growing. And so did Rabbi Eleazar [Hakalir] establish (in the Hoshanah “Soil from curse”): produce לֶקֶש) from locusts. (Another interpretation: and they delay the vineyard of the wicked. They delay it from destruction, because they eat up [the vineyards] of the poor and the orphans. יְלַקֵּשׁוּ is like (below 29:23), “and they opened their mouth (למלקוש) for a long time,” and like (Gen. 30:42), “and the late ones (לקישיא) were Laban’s.”


###### Rashi on Job 24:7:1
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**עָרוֹם יָלִינוּ.** הֵם מְלִינִים אֶת הָעֲנִיִּים:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**They make them lie all night naked** They make the poor lie all night.


###### Rashi on Job 24:7:2
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**מִבְּלִי לְבוּשׁ.** שֶׁנָּטְלוּ כְּסוּיִן:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**without clothing and without a cover** because they took their cover.


###### Rashi on Job 24:8:1
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**מִזֶּרֶם.** הַיּוֹרֵד מִן הֶהָרִים **יִרְטָבוּ** וְיִתְלַחְלְחוּ אוֹתָן הָעֲרוּמִים, לְפִי שֶׁ**מִבְּלִי כִסּוּי אֵין מַחְסֶה לְהֵחָסוֹת בּוֹ**:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**From the stream** that flows from the mountains, these naked people became wet and damp because they have no cover. They have no refuge under which to shelter themselves.


###### Rashi on Job 24:8:2
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**חִבְּקוּ צוּר.** נֶחְבָּאִים בִּנְקִיקֵי הַסְּלָעִים, וְגַם שָׁם הַזֶּרֶם יוֹרֵד וּמְקַלֵּחַ עֲלֵיהֶם וְרוֹטְבָם. רָטוֹב – תַּרְגּוּם שֶׁל ״לַח״ (בראשית ל:לז); וְכָל מִי שֶׁאֵינוֹ מְנֻגָּב קָרוּי ׳לַח׳:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**they embrace the rocks** They hide in the crevices in the rocks, and even there the stream flows down and sprays on them, soaking them. רָטוֹב is the Aramaic for לַח wet, and whoever is not dried is called לַח.


###### Rashi on Job 24:8:3
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**יִרְטָבוּ.** מוֹיִישְׁטָ״א בְּלַעַ״ז:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**moist** (moite in Old French).


###### Rashi on Job 24:9:1
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**מִשֹּׁד יָתוֹם.** יְנִיקַת הַיָּתוֹם, מְקוֹם מוֹצָא מַאֲכָלוֹ וּמְזוֹנוֹתָיו. כְּמוֹ ״וְשֹׁד מְלָכִים תִּינָקִי״ (ישעיהו ס:טז):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**from the breast of the orphan** The sucking of the orphan, the source of his food and sustenance, as in (Isa. 60:16), “and the breast of kings you shall suck.”


###### Rashi on Job 24:9:2
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**יַחְבֹּלוּ.** לְשׁוֹן ״אִם חָבֹל תַּחְבֹּל״ (שמות כב:כה), וּכְמוֹ ״חֲבֹל לֹא יַחֲבֹל״ (יחזקאל יח:טז):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**they take a pledge** Heb. יחבלו, an expression of (Exod. 22:25), “If you take a pledge (חבל תחבל)”; (Ezek.18:16), “he did not take a pledge (חבל לא חבל).”


###### Rashi on Job 24:10:1
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**הָלְכוּ.** הֵם הִלְּכוּהוּ בְּלִי לְבוּשׁ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**They made go** They made him go without clothing.


###### Rashi on Job 24:10:2
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**וּרְעֵבִים נָשְׂאוּ עֹמֶר.** וּמֵרְעֵבִים נָטְלוּ הָעֳמָרִים שֶׁל לֶקֶט. וְעוֹד יִפָּתֵר וּרְעֵבִים – אוֹתָם שֶׁהָיוּ נוֹשְׂאִים עֹמֶר, לְפִי שֶׁאֵלּוּ גּוֹזְלִים אוֹתָם מֵהֶם, וְהָיוּ נִשְׁאָרִים רְעֵבִים:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and [from] the hungry they carried off the sheaves** And from the hungry they took the sheaves of gleaning [which are left for the poor]. It may also be interpreted thus: And those who were carrying the sheaves are hungry, because they were robbed of them and so they remain hungry.


###### Rashi on Job 24:11:1
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**בֵּין שׁוּרוֹתָם יַצְהִירוּ.** וְיַעֲשׂוּ שֶׁמֶן, בַּעֲלֵי זֵיתִים:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Between their rows they make oil** The owners of the olive trees make oil.


###### Rashi on Job 24:11:2
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**וִיקָבִים דָּרְכוּ.** בַּעֲלֵי כְּרָמִים:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**they tread the winepresses** The owners of the vineyards.


###### Rashi on Job 24:11:3
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**וַיִּצְמָאוּ.** לְאַחַר זְמַן; לְפִי שֶׁאֵלּוּ הָרְשָׁעִים גּוֹזְלִים אוֹתָם מֵהֶם:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**but they are thirsty** after a while, because these wicked men rob them of them [the wine].


###### Rashi on Job 24:11:4
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**בֵּין שׁוּרוֹתָם.** כִּמְדֻמֶּה לִי שֶׁעוֹשִׂין הַזֵּיתִים שׁוּרוֹת שׁוּרוֹת בְּבֵית הַבַּד, וְהַיִּצְהָר זָב בֵּינֵיהֶם:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Between their rows** It seems to me that they pile up the olives in rows in the oil press and the oil flows between them.


###### Rashi on Job 24:12:1
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**מֵעִיר מְתִים יִנְאָקוּ.** מְתֵיהָ וְטוֹבֵיהָ שֶׁל עִיר יִנָּאֲקוּ מֵחֲמַת אוֹתָן הָאוֹנְסִין:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**From the city people groan** The people and the dignitaries of the city groan because of those robbers.


###### Rashi on Job 24:12:2
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**לֹא יָשִׂים תִּפְלָה.** לְהַקְפִּיד עֲלֵיהֶם וְלִיקַּח נְקָמָה:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**does not impute it for unseemliness** to be strict with them and to take revenge.


###### Rashi on Job 24:13:1
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**הֵמָּה.** הָרְשָׁעִים הָאֵלֶּה, הֵם דּוֹר הַמַּבּוּל שֶׁמָּרְדוּ בָּאוֹר, בִּשְׁבִיל הַמָּטָר שֶׁהָיָה עוֹלֶה מִן הָאָרֶץ (בראשית ב:ו), וְלֹא הָיוּ צְרִיכִים לִכְלוּם:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**They** These wicked people are the generation of the Flood, who rebelled because of אור, because of the rain; because it would ascend from the earth, they needed nothing.


###### Rashi on Job 24:14:1
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**לָאוֹר יָקוּם.** אִם הָיוּ עוֹמְדִים בַּיּוֹם, הָיוּ הוֹרְגִים עוֹבְרֵי דְרָכִים:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Should one rise in daylight** If they would rise by day, they would slay the wayfarers.


###### Rashi on Job 24:14:2
[Rashi on Job 24:14:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Job/r/24:14:2)

**וּבַלַּיְלָה יְהִי כַגַּנָּב.** לַחְתּוֹר בָּתִּים:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and at night he would be like a thief** to dig under houses.


###### Rashi on Job 24:15:1
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**וְעֵין נוֹאֵף.** וְהַנּוֹאֵף שֶׁבָּהֶם הָיָה שׁוֹמֵר וּמַמְתִּין עַד **נֶשֶׁף, לֵאמֹר וְגוֹ׳**:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**And the eye of the adulterer** And the adulterer among them would wait until evening, saying...


###### Rashi on Job 24:15:2
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**וְסֵתֶר.** וּבַסֵּתֶר יָשִׂים פָּנָיו לַעֲבוֹר עֲבֵירָה, שֶׁעַל כָּל אֵלֶּה הָיוּ חֲשׁוּדִין דּוֹר הַמַּבּוּל: עַל הַגֶּזֶל, שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר ״וַתִּמָּלֵא הָאָרֶץ חָמָס״ (בראשית ו:יא), וְעַל הָעֲרָיוֹת, שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר ״כִּי הִשְׁחִית כָּל בָּשָׂר״ (בראשית ו:יב):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**a mask** And he puts a mask on his face to commit a transgression, for the generation of the Flood was suspected of all these: of robbery, for it is stated (Gen. 6:11): “and the earth was filled with violence,” and of immorality, for it is stated (ibid. verse 12): “for all flesh had corrupted [its way on the earth].”


###### Rashi on Job 24:16:1
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**יוֹמָם חִתְּמוּ לָמוֹ.** אוֹתָם שֶׁהָיוּ חַלָּשִׁים מֵהֶם מֵעֲשׂוֹת לִסְטִיּוּת בַּיּוֹם, הָיוּ חוֹתְרִים בַּבָּתִּים בַּלַּיְלָה, וּבַיּוֹם הָיוּ חֲתוּמִים וּמְסֻגָּרִים בְּבָתֵּיהֶם:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**by day, they lock themselves in** Those who are weaker than they, too weak to commit robbery by day, would dig under houses at night; by day they were sealed and closed up in their houses.


###### Rashi on Job 24:16:2
[Rashi on Job 24:16:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Job/r/24:16:2)

**לֹא יָדְעוּ אוֹר.** לֹא הָיוּ מַכִּירִין אֶת הָאוֹר, וְלֹא הָיָה עֵת מַהֲלָכָם:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**they know no light** They did not recognize the light because it was not [shining at] the time of their prowling.


###### Rashi on Job 24:17:1
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**כִּי יַחְדָּו בֹּקֶר לָמוֹ צַלְמָוֶת.** שֶׁבַּיּוֹם הָיוּ נִסְגָּרִים, וּבַלַּיְלָה הָיוּ הוֹלְכִים לְמַחְתַּרְתָּם, וְלֹא הָיוּ יְרֵאִים מִן הַמַּזִּיקִים כְּלָל:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**For together morning is to them [as] the shadow of death** For by day they were locked in, and at night they would go to their tunnel, and they were not at all afraid of the demons.


###### Rashi on Job 24:17:2
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**כִּי יַכִּיר בַּלְהוֹת צַלְמָוֶת.** מַכִּיר הָיָה כָּל אֶחָד שֵׁדִים הַמַּבְהִילִים, וְלֹא הָיָה יָרֵא מֵהֶם. וְרַבּוֹתֵינוּ פֵּרְשׁוּ (סנהדרין קט.): יוֹמָם חָתְמוּ לָמוֹ – בַּיּוֹם הָיוּ עוֹשִׂים סִימָנִים, הֵיכָן מַרְתֵּפוֹ שֶׁל בַּיִת וְהֵיכָן גְּנָזָיו שֶׁל עָשִׁיר; שֶׁהָיוּ מַפְקִידִין אֲפַרְסְמוֹן אֵצֶל בַּעֲלֵי בָתִּים עֲשִׁירִים, וְיוֹדְעִים הֵם שֶׁיַּנִּיחֶנּוּ בְּבֵית גְּנָזָיו, וּבַלַּיְלָה מְרִיחִין וְהוֹלְכִים שָׁם וְחוֹתְרִים שָׁם:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**for he recognizes the terrors of the shadow of death** Everyone could recognize the terrifying demons, and he did not fear them. Our Sages, however, explained: By day, they would seal for themselves—By day they would chart the location of the cellar of the house and a rich man’s treasurehouse, for they would deposit balsamum oil with wealthy householders, knowing that he (sic) would put it in his (sic) treasurehouse, and at night they would smell and go there and dig into there.


###### Rashi on Job 24:18:1
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**קַל הוּא עַל פְּנֵי מַיִם.** כְּשֶׁהָיוּ הַצַּדִּיקִים נֹחַ וּמְתוּשֶׁלַח מוֹכִיחִים אוֹתָם, וְאוֹמְרִים לָהֶם שֶׁעָתִיד הַמַּבּוּל לָבֹא עֲלֵיהֶם, הָיוּ אוֹמְרִים: קַלִּים אָנוּ לָשׁוּט עַל הַמַּיִם, וְיֵשׁ לָנוּ גֹּמֶא וּדְבָרִים קַלִּים, לַעֲשׂוֹת מֵהֶם אֳנִיּוֹת וְלָשׁוּט:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**He is light upon the face of the water** When the righteous men, Noah and Methuselah, would rebuke them, they would say, “we are light [enough] to swim on the water, and we have papyrus and light materials from which to make boats and to float.”


###### Rashi on Job 24:18:2
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**תְּקֻלַּל חֶלְקָתָם בָּאָרֶץ לֹא יִפְנֶה דֶּרֶךְ כְּרָמִים.** הָיוּ מְקַלְּלִים אֶת חֶלְקָם בָּאָרֶץ לֵאמֹר לֹא יִפְנֶה דֶּרֶךְ הַטּוֹב בְּדַרְכֵי הַצַּדִּיקִים הָרָמִים וְשׁוֹכְנִים בְּרוּמוֹ שֶׁל עוֹלָם. לָשׁוֹן אַחֵר **כְּרָמִים** הֵם הַצַּדִּיקִים וּפַרְנְסֵי הַדּוֹר, כְּמוֹ ״וְנָתַתִּי לָהּ אֶת כְּרָמֶיהָ מִשָּׁם״ (הושע ב:יז) תִּרְגֵּם יוֹנָתָן ״יַת פַּרְנָסָהָא״, הָיוּ מְקַלְּלִים אֶת חֶלְקָם בָּאָרֶץ לֵאמֹר לֹא יִפְנוּ דֶּרֶךְ הַטּוֹב נִשְׁבָּעִים שֶׁלֹּא יִפְנוּ אֶת דַּרְכָּם. לָשׁוֹן אַחֵר **תְּקֻלַּל חֶלְקָתָם** מִתְקַלְקֶלֶת הָיְתָה חֶלְקָתָם שֶׁהָיוּ מַשְׁחִיתִים זַרְעָם לְבַטָּלָה, כְּמוֹ ״כִּי הִשְׁחִית כָּל בָּשָׂר אֶת דַּרְכּוֹ״ (בראשית ו:יב), **תְּקֻלַּל** לְשׁוֹן קִלְקוּל, כְּמוֹ ״בַּעֲוֹן אֲשֶׁר יָדַע כִּי מְקַלְלִים לָהֶם בָּנָיו״ (שמואל א ג:יג). לָשׁוֹן אַחֵר **תְּקֻלַּל חֶלְקָתָם** הַדּוֹרוֹת שֶׁאַחֲרֵיהֶם מְקַלְּלִים בָּהֶם מִי שֶׁפָּרַע מִדּוֹר הַמַּבּוּל, כָּךְ שָׁמַעְתִּי. לָשׁוֹן אַחֵר **תְּקֻלַּל חֶלְקָתָם לֹא יִפְנֶה דֶּרֶךְ כְּרָמִים**, לֹא הָיוּ מְקַבְּלִים תּוֹכָחָה מִן הַטּוֹבִים. לָשׁוֹן אַחֵר הָיוּ קַלִּים לָשׁוּט בִּסְפִינוֹת לַהֲרֹג וְלַחְמֹס מָמוֹן וְדֶרֶךְ יִשּׁוּב בְּנֵי אָדָם וּנְטִיעַת כְּרָמִים אֵין חוֹשֵׁשׁ לֵילֵךְ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**their portion in the earth is cursed; he does not turn by the way of the vineyards** They would curse their portion in the earth, saying that they would not turn by the way of the good, in the way of the righteous, who are lofty and dwell in the height or the world. Vineyards represent the righteous men and the leaders of the generation, as in (Hosea 2:17), “And I will give her vineyards from there,” which Jonathan renders: her leaders. They would curse their portion in the earth, saying that they would not turn in the way of the good; they would swear that they would not turn their way. Another explanation: תקלל חלקתם בארץ Their portion in the earth was spoiled, for they would destroy their seed in vain, as in (Gen. 6:12), “for all flesh had corrupted its way.” תקלל is an expression of spoiling (קלקול), as in (I Sam. 3:13), “for the iniquity [of the matter] that he knew that his sons were bringing disgrace (מקללים) upon them.” Another explanation: Their portion shall be cursed—the following generations will curse by them: He who requited the generation of the Flood. So I heard. (Gen. Rabbah 30:2). Another explanation: **their portion is cursed; he does not turn by the way of the vineyards** They would not accept reproof from the good men. Another explanation: They were swift to sail in ships to kill and to plunder property, but in the way of the land that was inhabited by humans and planted with vineyards they did not care to go.


###### Rashi on Job 24:19:1
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**צִיָּה גַם חֹם יִגְזְלוּ.** מִפְּנֵי רָעָתָם גָּרְמוּ לָהֶם שָׁנָה אַחַת לְהִשְׁתַּנּוֹת עוֹלָם מִשִּׁשָּׁה סְדָרָיו: ״זֶרַע וְקָצִיר וְקֹר וָחֹם וְקַיִץ וָחֹרֶף״ (בראשית ח:כב):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Dryness and heat they steal away** Because of their evil, they caused for themselves that the world should change for one year from its six seasons: sowing, reaping, heat, cold, summer, and winter.


###### Rashi on Job 24:19:2
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**מִימֵי שֶׁלֶג.** כְּמוֹ ׳וּמִימֵי שֶׁלֶג׳, גַּם אוֹתָם גָּזְלוּ מִן הָעוֹלָם, לְפִי **שֶׁשְּׁאוֹל חָטָאוּ.** יֵשׁ תֵּיבוֹת חֲסֵרוֹת וָוִי״ן, כְּמוֹ ״וַאֲנִי כְּכֶבֶשׂ אַלּוּף״ (ירמיהו יא:יט), וְהוּא נִפְתָּר ׳כְּכֶבֶשׂ וְאַלּוּף׳. עוֹד הַרְבֵּה בְּמַחְבֶּרֶת מְנַחֵם בֶּן סָרוּק:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**snow water** Like: and snow water. This too they stole from the world, because they sinned so that they descended to the grave. In some words, the “vavin” are missing, like (Jer. 11:19), “And I was like a lamb, a bull,” which is interpreted as, a lamb and a bull. There are many more in Machbereth Menachem ben Saruk (p. 26).


###### Rashi on Job 24:20:1
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**יִשְׁכָּחֵהוּ רֶחֶם.** אִמּוֹ. דָּרַשׁ רַבִּי תַּנְחוּם (תנחומא, נח ז), שֶׁהָיוּ דּוֹר הַמַּבּוּל נוֹטְלִים אֶת בְּנֵיהֶם וְנוֹתְנִים אוֹתָם תַּחְתֵּיהֶם, לִסְתֹּם אֲרֻבּוֹת הַתְּהוֹם; וַאֲפִלּוּ אִמּוֹ לֹא הָיְתָה מְרַחֶמֶת עָלָיו:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**The womb forgets him** [i.e., the womb of] his mother. Rabbi Tanchum expounded that the generation of the Flood would take their children and place them underneath themselves in order to stop up the windows of the deep, and even his mother would have no mercy on him.


###### Rashi on Job 24:20:2
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**מְתָקוֹ רִמָּה.** לָמוּת וְלֶאֱכוֹל רִמָּה בְּשָׂרָם:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**he is sweet to the worms** to die, and for the worms to eat their (sic) flesh.


###### Rashi on Job 24:20:3
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**עוֹד לֹא יִזָּכֵר.** בְּשָׁנָה אַחַת נֶעֶקְרוּ. וְעַל אַרְכָּא שֶׁנִּיתַּן לָהֶם מִתְּחִילָּה, הָיָה אִיּוֹב קוֹבֵל; שֶׁהַרְבֵּה מֵתוּ וְלֹא רָאוּ בְּפוּרְעָנוּת זֶה:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**he will no longer be remembered** In one year they were [to be] uprooted, but Job was complaining about the reprieve that was given them [the wicked] from the start, for many died and did not see this retribution.


###### Rashi on Job 24:21:1
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**רוֹעֶה עֲקָרָה לֹא תֵלֵד.** כָּךְ הָיָה מִנְהָגָם: נוֹשֵׂא שְׁתֵּי נָשִׁים, אַחַת לְתַשְׁמִישׁ וְאַחַת לְבָנִים. זוֹ שֶׁעוֹמֶדֶת לְתַשְׁמִישׁ, מַשְׁקֶה כּוֹס עִקָּרִין כְּדֵי שֶׁלֹּא תֵלֵד עוֹלָמִית, וּמַאֲכִילָהּ תַּפְנוּקִים וּמַרְחִיצָהּ וּמְקַשְּׁטָהּ, כְּדֵי שֶׁתְּהֵא נָאָה. וְזוֹ הָעוֹמֶדֶת לְבָנִים, מַלְבִּישָׁהּ בִּגְדֵי אַלְמָנוֹת וּמַרְעִיבָהּ. וְזֶהוּ שֶׁאוֹמֵר: **הָעֲקָרָה שֶׁלֹּא תֵלֵד** הָיָה **רוֹעֶה** וּמֵטִיב, וְאֶת **הָאַלְמָנָה** שֶׁעוֹמֶדֶת לְבָנִים **לֹא יְיֵטִיב**:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**He feeds the barren woman who will not bear** so was their custom: One would marry two wives, one for coitus and one for children. The one intended for coitus he would give a potion of roots to drink in order that she should never give birth, and he would feed her delicacies, bathe her, and adorn her, so that she should appear beautiful. The one intended for children he would dress in widow’s garments and starve. This is the meaning of his statement that the barren woman who will not give birth he would feed and adorn, but the “widow,” who was intended for children, he would not adorn.


###### Rashi on Job 24:22:1
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**וּמָשַׁךְ.** הַקָּדוֹשׁ בָּרוּךְ הוּא אוֹתָן אַבִּירִים בְּכֹחוֹ לְפוּרְעָנוּת וּלְמִחְיָה, מִתּוֹךְ אַרְכָּא שֶׁהֶאֱרִיךְ לָהֶם:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**And He draws** The Holy One, blessed be He, [draws] those mighty men with His strength to retribution and to sustenance by the reprieve that He granted them.


###### Rashi on Job 24:22:2
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**יָקוּם.** יוֹם אֶחָד:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**he rises** one day.


###### Rashi on Job 24:22:3
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**וְלֹא יַאֲמִין בַּחַיִּין.** כְּמוֹ בַּחַיִּים: ״בַּיּוֹם הַזֶּה נִבְקְעוּ כָּל וְגוֹ׳״ (בראשית ז:יא):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and does not believe in his life** Heb. בחיין, like בחיים ; (Gen. 7:11): “on that day all the fountains of the deep were torn apart etc.”


###### Rashi on Job 24:23:1
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**יִתֵּן לוֹ לָבֶטַח.** עַד יוֹם אֵידָם, וְנִשְׁעָנוּ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**He grants him safety** until the day of their catastrophe and they rely [on it].


###### Rashi on Job 24:24:1
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**רוֹמּוּ מְעַט.** נִסְתַּלְּקוּ מִן הָעוֹלָם כִּמְעַט רֶגַע:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**They are taken away in a second** They are taken away from the world in a fleeting second.


###### Rashi on Job 24:24:2
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**וְהֻמְּכוּ.** נִדְכְּאוּ וְנִתְמַסְכְּנוּ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and they are crushed** crushed and impoverished.


###### Rashi on Job 24:24:3
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**כְּכֹל יִקָּפְצוּן.** כִּשְׁאָר כָּל הַנִּקְפָּצִים וְנִמְלָטִים בְּעֵת קָצִיר וּבָצִיר וּמָסִיק, שֶׁנִּקְפָּצִים יַחַד, כֵּן תַּמּוּ כְרֶגַע:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**like all they are gathered in** Like all things that are gathered in and taken away at the time of the harvest, vintage, and olive harvest; just as those are gathered in, so were they destroyed instantly.


###### Rashi on Job 24:25:1
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**וְאִם לֹא אֵפוֹ.** כַּאֲשֶׁר אָמַרְתִּי, יָבֹא אֶחָד מִכֶּם וְיַכְזִיבֵנִי:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**And if it is not so, then** [If it is not] as I said, let one of you come and prove me a liar.


###### Rashi on Job 24:25:2
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**וְיָשֵׂם לְאַל מִלָּתִי.** שֶׁאֲנִי מְהַרְהֵר אַחֲרָיו לָדַעַת מִדּוֹתָיו, שֶׁמַּאֲרִיךְ אַף לָרְשָׁעִים. וְאֶת אוֹהֲבָיו, כְּמוֹנִי הוּא מְיַסֵּר וְאֵינוֹ מְמִיתָן; כְּמוֹ שֶׁקּוֹבֵל ״כִּי לֹא נִצְמַתִּי מִפְּנֵי חֹשֶׁךְ״ (איוב כג:יז). וְאֵלּוּ שֶׁ״גְּבוּלוֹת יַשִּׂיגוּ״ (איוב כד:ב), וְכָל אֵלֶּה עָשׂוּ, לֹא הֻכּוּ בְּיִסּוּרִין:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and make my words as nought** [That is, my words] with which I criticize Him to know His standards, that He is slow to anger with the wicked, but He chastises those who love Him as I do, and He does not put them to death, as he complains above (23:17): “Because I was not cut off from before the darkness,” but those who remove the landmarks and commit all these [crimes] were not smitten with suffering.