## Rashi on Job Chapter 32

###### Rashi on Job 32:2:1
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**(מענה אליהוא:)** 
**מִמִּשְׁפַּחַת רָם.** אַבְרָהָם, שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר ״הָאָדָם הַגָּדוֹל בָּעֲנָקִים״ (יהושע יד:טו) – זֶה אַבְרָהָם:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Elihu’s Address**
**of the family of Ram** Abraham, as it is stated (Josh. 14:15): “the greatest man among the Anakim.” This is Abraham.


###### Rashi on Job 32:2:2
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**מֵאֱלֹהִים.** יוֹתֵר מִן הַמָּקוֹם:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**than God** More than the Omnipresent.


###### Rashi on Job 32:3:1
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**וַיַּרְשִׁיעוּ אֶת אִיּוֹב.** זֶה אֶחָד מִן הַמִּקְרָאוֹת שֶׁתִּקְּנוּ סוֹפְרִים אֶת לְשׁוֹן הַכָּתוּב: ״וַיַּרְשִׁיעוּ כְּלַפֵּי הַמָּקוֹם בִּשְׁתִיקוֹתָם״ הָיָה לוֹ לִכְתֹּב, אֶלָּא שֶׁכִּנָּה הַכָּתוּב. וְכֵן ״וַיָּמִירוּ אֶת כְּבוֹדָם בְּתַבְנִית שׁוֹר״ (תהלים קו:כ) – ״כְּבוֹדִי״ הָיָה לוֹ לִכְתֹּב, אֶלָּא שֶׁכִּנָּה הַכָּתוּב. וְכֵן ״וְאַל אֶרְאֶה בְּרָעָתִי״ (במדבר יא:טו) – ״בְּרָעָתָם״ הָיָה לוֹ לִכְתֹּב, אֶלָּא שֶׁכִּנָּה הַכָּתוּב. וְכֵן הַרְבֵּה מְקוֹמוֹת (ספרי במדבר פד) וּבַמָּסֹרֶת הַגְּדוֹלָה:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and condemned Job** This is one of the verses wherein the Scribes rectified the language of the Scripture. “And they condemned,” as directed against the Omnipresent, by remaining silent, should have been written, but Scripture euphemized. Similarly (Num. 11:15), “and do not let me see my misfortune.” It should have been written: “and do not let me see their misfortune,” but Scripture euphemized, and so many [other] instances, in Sifrei (ad loc.) and in the Great Masorah.


###### Rashi on Job 32:4:1
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**חִכָּה.** הִמְתִּין:


###### Rashi on Job 32:4:2
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**כִּי זְקֵנִים הֵמָּה מִמֶּנּוּ לְיָמִים.** הָאֲחֵרִים, לָכֵן חָדַל לוֹ עַד שֶׁשָּׁתְקוּ הֵם:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**because they were older than he in days** [i.e.,] the others [were older than he]. Therefore, he refrained until they were still.


###### Rashi on Job 32:6:1
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**זָחַלְתִּי.** יָרֵאתִי:


###### Rashi on Job 32:8:1
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**אָכֵן רוּחַ הִיא בֶאֱנוֹשׁ.** הַחָכְמָה, וְלֹא עַל יְדֵי יָמִים וְזִקְנָה, אֶלָּא רוּחַ הַמָּקוֹם הוּא:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Indeed, it is a spirit in man** Wisdom [is a spirit in man] and [comes] not through days or old age, but it is the spirit of the Omnipresent.


###### Rashi on Job 32:12:1
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**וְעָדֵיכֶם אֶתְבּוֹנָן.** הִתְבּוֹנַנְתִּי בָּכֶם וְרָאִיתִי, כִּי אֵין מוֹכִיחַ לְאִיּוֹב:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Yea, I attended to you** I attended to you, and I saw that there is no one to convince Job.


###### Rashi on Job 32:13:1
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**פֶּן תֹּאמְרוּ מָצָאנוּ חָכְמָה.** בִּשְׁתִיקוּתֵינוּ, שֶׁלֹּא לְהַקְנִיטוֹ עוֹד, כִּי **אֵל יִדְּפֶנּוּ וְלֹא אִישׁ.** לֹא הָיָה לָכֶם לְמַעֵט כְּבוֹד הַמָּקוֹם בְּכָךְ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Lest you say** You shall not say **We have found wisdom** by remaining silent in order not to provoke him anymore. **for God will crush him and not a man** You should not have belittled the honor of the Omnipresent thereby.


###### Rashi on Job 32:14:1
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**וְלֹא עָרַךְ אֵלַי מִלִּין.** קַבָּלָה הִיא, אוֹ שֶׁלֹּא עָרַךְ אֵלַי מִלִּין:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**He did not set up words against me** This is a plaint: Woe that he did not set up words against me.


###### Rashi on Job 32:14:2
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**וּבְאִמְרֵיכֶם לֹא אֲשִׁיבֶנּוּ.** לֹא בְּאוֹתָן אֲמָרִים שֶׁהֲשִׁיבוֹתֶם לוֹ, הָיִיתִי מְשִׁיבוֹ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**I would not reply to him with your sayings** I would not reply to him with those sayings with which you replied to him.


###### Rashi on Job 32:15:1
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**הֶעְתִּיקוּ.** סָרוּ מֵהֶן מִלִּין:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**have removed themselves** Words have turned away from them.


###### Rashi on Job 32:19:1
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**הִנֵּה בִטְנִי.** מָלֵא רוּחַ, דְּבָרִים לְהָשִׁיב בְּתַאֲוָה:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Behold my belly** is full of wind, words to answer eagerly.


###### Rashi on Job 32:19:2
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**כְּיַיִן לֹא יִפָּתֵחַ.** כְּיַיִן חָדָשׁ שֶׁאֵינוֹ נִפְתָּח, וְהוּא נוֹפֵחַ, וְאַף בְּתוֹךְ אוֹבוֹת חֲדָשִׁים, וּמְבַקְּעָם:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**like wine that is not opened** Like new wine that is not opened, and which blows up, and even [if it is] within new wineskins, it bursts them.


###### Rashi on Job 32:19:3
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**אוֹבוֹת.** נוֹדוֹת עֲשׂוּיִין כְּקוֹמַת אָדָם, גְּבוֹהִים:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**like...wineskins** Wineskins made as tall as a man’s height.


###### Rashi on Job 32:21:1
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**לֹא אֲכַנֶּה.** לֹא אֲשַׁנֶּה דְבָרַי לְהַחֲלִיפוֹ לִכְבוֹדוֹ, כְּמוֹ שֶׁאָמַרְתִּי לְמַעְלָה ״וַיַּרְשִׁיעוּ אֶת אִיּוֹב״ (איוב לב:ג) – זֶהוּ ׳כִּנּוּי׳, שֶׁמְּשַׁנֶּה אֶת הַדִּבּוּר בִּשְׁבִיל כְּבוֹדוֹ. וְאַף זֹאת לֹא אֶעֱשֶׂה, כִּי בְּפֶה מָלֵא אוֹכִיחֶנּוּ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**neither will I euphemize** I will not change my words to replace them [with milder expressions] in deference to his [Job’s] honor, as I said above, “And they condemned Job.” This is a euphemism, which changes the expression because of His honor. I will not even do this, but I will reprove him explicitly.


###### Rashi on Job 32:22:1
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**כִּמְעַט יִשָּׂאֵנִי.** יְסַלְּקֵנִי מִן הָעוֹלָם. וְיֵשׁ פּוֹתְרִים יִשָּׂאֵנִי כְּמוֹ ״וַתִּשָּׂא הָאָרֶץ מִפָּנָיו״ (נחום א:ה):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**or else...would carry me away** He would take me away from the world. Others interpret יִשָׂאֵנִי like (Nahum 1:5), “and the land raised up (ותשא) from before me [a pillar of smoke].”