## Rashi on Job Chapter 25

###### Rashi on Job 25:2:1
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**(מענה בלדד)**: 
**הַמְשֵׁל וָפַחַד עִמּוֹ.** כְּלַפֵּי שֶׁאָמַר אִיּוֹב ״אֶעֶרְכָה לְפָנָיו מִשְׁפָּט״ (איוב כג:ד), אָמַר לוֹ: **הַמְשֵׁל וָפַחַד עִמּוֹ, הַמְשֵׁל** זֶה מִיכָאֵל, **וָפַחַד** זֶה גַּבְרִיאֵל. כְּלוּם אַתָּה יָכוֹל לְהָשִׁיב אֶת אֶחָד מֵהֶם?

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Bildad’s reply**
**Dominion and fear** Directed towards what Job said (23:4), “I would set out my case before Him,” he says to him, “Dominion and fear are with Him.” “Dominion” refers to Michael, and “fear” refers to Gabriel. Can you answer even one of them?


###### Rashi on Job 25:2:2
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**עוֹשֶׂה שָׁלוֹם בִּמְרוֹמָיו.** כְּשֶׁהַמַּזָּלוֹת עוֹלִים, כָּל אֶחָד סוֹבֵר: אֲנִי עוֹלֶה רִאשׁוֹן; לְפִי שֶׁאֵינוֹ רוֹאֶה מַה שֶּׁלְּפָנָיו, לְפִיכָךְ אֵינוֹ מִתְקַנֵּא. כָּךְ שָׁמַעְתִּי (תנחומא בובר, איוב). לָשׁוֹן אַחֵר: **עוֹשֶׂה שָׁלוֹם בִּמְרוֹמָיו.** אֵשׁ וּמַיִם בְּלוּלִין, וְאֵין מַיִם מְכַבִּין אֶת הָאֵשׁ. כָּךְ שָׁמַעְתִּי:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**He makes peace in His heights** When the constellations ascend, each one thinks, “I will ascend first,” and because he does not see what is before him, he is not envious. So I heard. [Tanchuma Buber ad loc.] Another explanation: He makes peace in His heights—Fire and water are mixed, and the water does not extinguish the fire; I did not hear this.


###### Rashi on Job 25:4:1
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**וּמַה יִּצְדַּק וְגוֹ׳.** יְלוּד אִשָּׁה שֶׁאָמַרְתָּ: ״בְּחָנֵנִי כַּזָּהָב אֵצֵא״ (איוב כג:י):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**How then can man be just...** that you said (23:10), “He has tested me that I will emerge like gold.”


###### Rashi on Job 25:5:1
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**עַד יָרֵחַ.** כְּמוֹ ״וְלֹא עָדָה עָלָיו שָׁחַל״ (איוב כח:ח):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**He removes the moon** Heb. עד, like (28:8), “neither did a lion pass (עדה) over it.” The meaning is that even the moon will be removed from its [source of] light in the future and it will not shine, as it is written (Isa. 24:23): “And the moon shall be ashamed etc.” And the stars will not be pure in His eyes in the future. How much less can man, who is a worm, be just with God!


###### Rashi on Job 25:5:2
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**וְלֹא יַאֲהִיל.** כְּמוֹ ״לֹא יָהֵלּוּ אוֹרָם״ (ישעיהו יג:י), וְאָלֶ״ף זוֹ בָּאָה כְּמוֹ ״וְלַאֲדִיב אֶת נַפְשֶׁךָ״ (שמואל א ב:לג) – אָלֶ״ף יְתֵרָה. לָשׁוֹן אַחֵר: **לֹא יַאֲהִיל** – לֹא יִהְיֶה לוֹ צֵל, כְּשֶׁאֵינוֹ מֵאִיר אֵין לוֹ צֵל. וְהָרִאשׁוֹן נִרְאֶה, וּשְׁנֵיהֶם שָׁמַעְתִּי:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and will not shine** Heb. יאהיל, like (Isa. 13:10), “shall not allow their light to illuminate (יהלו),” and this “alef” serves the same function as (I Sam. 2:33), “and to sadden (ולאדיב) your heart,” in which the “alef” is superfluous. Another explanation: יַאֲהִיל, you will not have shadow. When it does not shine, no shadows are cast. I prefer the former, but I heard both.