## Rashi on Job Chapter 26

###### Rashi on Job 26:4:1
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**(מענה איוב):** 
**וְנִשְׁמַת מִי יָצְאָה מִמֶּךָּ.** מִי שָׂם בְּךָ הָרוּחַ הַזֶּה שֶׁיָּצָא מִפִּיךָ? מִי לֹא יָדַע זֹאת?

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Job’s Reply**
**and whose breath emerged from you?** Who put into you this breath that emerged from your mouth? Who does not know this?


###### Rashi on Job 26:5:1
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**הָרְפָאִים.** גֵּיהִנֹּם הַמְּרַפֶּה אֶת הַבְּרִיּוֹת:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Gehinnom** Gehinnom, which weakens the creatures.


###### Rashi on Job 26:5:2
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**יְחוֹלָלוּ.** שִׁבְעָה חֲלָלִים שֶׁלּוֹ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**is hollow** Its seven hollows.


###### Rashi on Job 26:5:3
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**מִתַּחַת מַיִם וְשֹׁכְנֵיהֶם:** בְּעִמְקֵי עֲמָקִים, וְגַם הוּא:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**beneath the water and its denizens** in the deepest of the depths, but that too...


###### Rashi on Job 26:6:1
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**עָרוֹם שְׁאוֹל נֶגְדּוֹ.** לָדַעַת וְלִרְאוֹת אֶת כָּל מַה שֶּׁבְּתוֹכוֹ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Sheol is naked before Him** to know and to see all that is within it.


###### Rashi on Job 26:7:1
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**עַל בְּלִימָה.** אֵין כְּלוּם בַּיְּסוֹד, כִּי הֵם עוֹמְדִים בָּאֲוִיר עַל חֹזֶק זְרוֹעוֹתָיו שֶׁל הַקָּדוֹשׁ בָּרוּךְ הוּא. וְדוּנַשׁ פֵּרֵשׁ בְּלִימָה – מִישׁוֹר; כְּמוֹ ״בְּמֶתֶג וָרֶסֶן עֶדְיוֹ לִבְלוֹם״ (תהלים לב:ט). (כָּךְ רָאִיתִי סא״א.)


###### Rashi on Job 26:8:1
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**וְלֹא נִבְקַע עָנָן.** מֵעוֹלָם, שֶׁיִּפְּלוּ מֵימָיו בְּיַחַד:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and the cloud does not split** It never [split] so that its water [i.e., rain] should fall together.


###### Rashi on Job 26:8:2
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**תַּחְתָּם.** תַּחַת הַמַּיִם:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**beneath it** Beneath the water.


###### Rashi on Job 26:9:1
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**מְאַחֵז.** בִּמְחִיצוֹת פְּנֵי כִסֵּא הַכָּבוֹד כֻּלּוֹ, כְּגוֹן ״יָשֶׁת חֹשֶׁךְ סִתְרוֹ״ (תהלים יח:יב):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**He closes in** with walls the face of His throne of glory, like (Ps. 18:12), “He made darkness His secret place.”


###### Rashi on Job 26:9:2
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**וּפַרְשֵׁז.** עַל הַכִּסֵּא עֲנָנוֹ, כְּמוֹ וּדְמוּת עַל רָאשֵׁי הַחַיּוֹת רָקִיעַ (יחזקאל א:כב):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**He spreads** over the throne His cloud (Ezek. 1:22), “And there was a likeness over the heads of the living creatures, of an expanse.”


###### Rashi on Job 26:10:1
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**חוֹק חָג.** קוֹמְפָּ״שׁ בְּלַעַ״ז, לְשׁוֹן **״וּבַמְּחוּגָה יְתָאֲרֵהוּ״** (ישעיהו מד:יג). סִבְּבוֹ בְּחוֹל, לִהְיוֹת לוֹ (הַחוֹל) חֹק – גְּבוּל עוֹלָם. וְלֹא יַעֲבֹר הַיָּם אוֹתוֹ חוּג, עַד שֶׁיִּכְלֶה אוֹר וְחֹשֶׁךְ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**He encircled a boundary** (compas in French), an expression of (Isa. 44: 13), “and with a compass (ובמחוגה) he rounds it.” [He surrounded it with sand for the sand to be a circle for it. Does not appear in all editions.] The word חֹק denotes a perpetual boundary. The sea will not cross that circle until light and dark come to an end.


###### Rashi on Job 26:11:1
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**יְרוֹפָפוּ.** כְּשֶׁבְּרָאָם וְהִקְרִישָׁם הָיוּ רוֹפְפִים, וְגָעַר בָּהֶם וְעָמְדוּ בְּיֹבֶשׁ וּבְחֹזֶק:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**trembled** when He created them, and He caused them to congeal. They were trembling, and He rebuked them, and they stood dry and strong.


###### Rashi on Job 26:11:2
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**וְיִתְמְהוּ.** תּוֹהֶה וְעוֹלֶה (ס״א: כְּאָדָם תּוֹהֶה וְעוֹמֵד) בְּמָקוֹם אֶחָד:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**astonished** (wondering and ascending. Other editions: wondering and standing) in one place.


###### Rashi on Job 26:12:1
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**רָגַע הַיָּם.** כְּמוֹ ״עוֹרִי רָגַע״ (איוב ז:ה), נִקְמַט; קְמָטִים קְמָטִים נַעֲשׂוּ, (כָּךְ כְּשֶׁאָמַר ״יִקָּווּ הַמַּיִם״ נֶאֶסְפוּ מִפְּשִׁיטָתָן וְנִקְמְטוּ קְמָטִים קְמָטִים) עַד שֶׁנִּקְווּ לְמָקוֹם אֶחָד הַמּוּכָן לָהֶם (בראשית א:ט):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**the sea wrinkled** Like (above 7:5), “my skin wrinkled.” Many wrinkles were formed. (So, when He said (Gen. 1:9), “Let the waters...gather,” they were gathered from their straightness and were wrinkled into many wrinkles) until they gathered into one place, which was prepared for them.


###### Rashi on Job 26:12:2
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**מָחַץ רָהַב.** מִצְרַיִם קְרוּיִין רְהָבִים (ישעיהו ל:ז):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**He smote Rahab** The Egyptians, who are called רהב, haughty.


###### Rashi on Job 26:13:1
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**בְּרוּחוֹ שָׁמַיִם שִׁפְרָה.** בִּדְבָרָיו וּבְרוּחַ פִּיו אִיהֵל, כְּמוֹ ״וְנָטָה אֹהֶל שַׁפְרִירוֹ״ (ירמיה מג:י):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**By His breath He made the heavens a tent** Heb. שפרה. With His words and with the breath of His mouth, He made a tent, like (Jer. 43:10), “and he shall spread his royal pavilion (שפרירו).”


###### Rashi on Job 26:13:2
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**חוֹלְלָה יָדוֹ.** אֶת פַּרְעֹה הַנִּקְרָא ״נָחָשׁ בָּרִיחַ״ (ישעיהו כז:א). לְשׁוֹן חִיל וְצָרָה. וְכֵן בְּמָקוֹם אַחֵר ״הֲלֹא זֹאת הִיא הַמַּחְצֶבֶת רַהַב מְחוֹלֶלֶת תַּנִּין״ (ישעיהו נא:ט). לָשׁוֹן אַחֵר: יִסְּדָה יָדוֹ אֶת לִוְיָתָן, כְּמוֹ ״גְּבָעוֹת חוֹלָלְתִּי״ (משלי ח:כה):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**His hand caused pain** to Pharaoh, who was called the barlike serpent (Isa. 26:1). חללה is an expression of pain and trouble. Likewise, elsewhere (ibid. 51:9): “are you not the one that hewed Rahab and slew (מחוללת), the sea monster?” Another explanation: His hand founded the leviathan, as in (Prov. 8: 25), “before the hills I was created (חוללתי).”


###### Rashi on Job 26:14:1
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**קְצוֹת דְּרָכָיו.** קַלּוֹת וּמוּעָטוֹת, לְפִי שְׁאָר גְּדוֹלוֹת שֶׁבּוֹ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**the outskirts of His ways** The easiest and the smallest in comparison to His other qualities.


###### Rashi on Job 26:14:2
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**וּמַה שֵּׁמֶץ דָּבָר נִשְׁמַע בּוֹ.** מָה רֶמֶז דָּבָר אָדָם יָכוֹל לְהָבִין מִפְּעֻלּוֹתָיו. דָּבָר אַחֵר: שֵׁמֶץ כְּמוֹ ״לְשִׁמְצָה״ (שמות לב:כה), לִגְנוּת:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and what implications of any matter can be understood** What hint of anything can a man understand from His deeds? Another explanation: שֶמֶץ is like (Exod. 32:25), “to the scandal (לשמצה),” uncomplimentary.