## Rashi on Job Chapter 33

###### Rashi on Job 33:4:1
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**רוּחַ אֵל עָשָׂתְנִי.** וְאֵינִי חָזָק יוֹתֵר מִמְּךָ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**The spirit of God made me** and I am no stronger than you.


###### Rashi on Job 33:6:1
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**הֵן אֲנִי כְפִיךָ לָאֵל.** כְּמוֹ שֶׁשָּׁאַל פִּיךָ לְהִתְוַכֵּחַ לְמִי שֶׁלֹּא יְבַעֲתֶךָ (איוב יג:כא), הֵן אֲנִי בִּמְקוֹמוֹ שֶׁל הַקָּדוֹשׁ בָּרוּךְ הוּא וּבִשְׁבִילוֹ, לְדַבֵּר דְּבָרָיו:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Behold I am like your mouth to God** As your mouth asked to debate with one who would not terrify you, behold I am instead of the Holy One, blessed be He, and on His behalf, to speak His words.


###### Rashi on Job 33:7:1
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**וְאַכְפִּי.** כְּפִיָּתִי, כְּמוֹ ״אָכַף עָלָיו פִּיהוּ״ (משלי טז:כו):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and my coercion** Heb. אכפי, my coercion, like (Prov. 16:26), “his mouth forces (אכף).”


###### Rashi on Job 33:9:1
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**חָף.** טָהוֹר וּמְשֻׁפְשָׁף, כְּמוֹ (ביצה לה:) ״נָזִיר לֹא יָחוֹף רֹאשׁוֹ״, וּכְמוֹ (שבת נ.) ״בַּכֹּל חָפִין אֶת הַכֵּלִים״:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**I am clean** Heb. חף, pure and cleansed, like (Bezah 35b), “A nazirite may not cleanse (יחף) his head...” and like (Shabbath 50a),” we may cleanse (חפין) vessels with anything.”


###### Rashi on Job 33:10:1
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**תְּנוּאוֹת.** עֲלִילוֹת, לְשׁוֹן ״תּוֹאֲנָה״ (שופטים יד:ד) – לָשׁוּב מִן הַמָּקוֹם:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**pretenses** Heb. תאונות, pretenses to turn away from the Omnipresent, an expression of (Jud. 14: 4), “that he sought a pretense (תאנה).”


###### Rashi on Job 33:12:1
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**כִּי יִרְבֶּה אֱלוֹהַּ מֵאֱנוֹשׁ.** אֵין הַמָּקוֹם צָרִיךְ כָּל כָּךְ לְדַקְדֵּק אַחַר הָאָדָם, כִּי הַרְבֵּה יֵשׁ לְהַקָּדוֹשׁ בָּרוּךְ הוּא צְדָקוֹת יוֹתֵר מֵאֱנוֹשׁ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**for God exceeds man** God does not have to be so exact with man because the Holy One, blessed be He, has more virtues than man.


###### Rashi on Job 33:16:1
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**אָז יִגְלֶה אֹזֶן אֲנָשִׁים.** כְּמוֹ שֶׁעָשָׂה לַאֲבִימֶלֶךְ בַּחֲלוֹם הַלַּיְלָה (בראשית כ:ג):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Then He opens the ear of men** as He did to Abimelech in the dream of the night.


###### Rashi on Job 33:16:2
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**וּבְמוֹסָרָם יַחְתֹּם.** חוֹתְמָן וְאוֹסְרָן בְּיִסּוּרִין עַל עֲוֹנָם:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and with their chastisement He seals [them]** He seals them and binds them with suffering because of their iniquity.


###### Rashi on Job 33:17:1
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**לְהָסִיר אָדָם.** בְּחָלְיוֹ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**To restrain man** in his illness.


###### Rashi on Job 33:17:2
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**מַעֲשֶׂה.** שֶׁהָיָה בְדַעְתּוֹ לַעֲשׂוֹת:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**a deed** that he had intended to do.


###### Rashi on Job 33:17:3
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**וְגֵוָה מִגֶּבֶר יְכַסֶּה.** בְּיִסּוּרָיו, לְמַעַן הַכְנִיעוֹ וּלְהַשְׁפִּילוֹ לָשׁוּב, כְּדֵי שֶׁיֶּחְשַׂךְ נַפְשׁוֹ מִמִּיתָה גְּמוּרָה:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and He covers haughtiness from man** with his suffering, in order to vanquish him and humble him to repent, so that he withhold his soul from utter death.


###### Rashi on Job 33:17:4
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**גֵּוָה.** כְּמוֹ גַּאֲוָה:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**haughtiness** Heb. וְגֵוָה, like גַאֲוָה.


###### Rashi on Job 33:18:1
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**וְחַיָּתוֹ מֵעֲבֹר בַּשָּׁלַח.** בְּשִׁלְחוֹ וְחַרְבּוֹ שֶׁל מַלְאַךְ הַמָּוֶת, כְּלוֹמַר: לְטוֹבָתְךָ הֵבִיא עָלֶיךָ יִסּוּרִין:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and his life from perishing by the sword** by the weapon and the sword of the Angel of Death; that is to say, He brought suffering upon you for your good.


###### Rashi on Job 33:18:2
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**שֶׁלַח.** כְּלִי זַיִן, וְכֵן ״יָדוֹ אַחַת מַחֲזֶקֶת הַשֶּׁלַח״ (נחמיה ד:יא):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**by the sword** Heb. בשלח, a weapon, and so in Ezra (Neh. 4:11): “and one was holding the weapon (השלח).”


###### Rashi on Job 33:19:1
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**וְהוּכַח.** לְשׁוֹן תּוֹכָחָה, שֶׁיָּשׁוּב מֵעֲוֹנוֹ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**And he is chastised** an expression of reproof that he repent of his iniquity,


###### Rashi on Job 33:19:2
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**וְרוֹב עֲצָמָיו.** שֶׁהוּא אֵיתָן, מוֹכִיחָן **בְּמַכְאוֹב**:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and most of his bones**, which are strong, He chastises with pain.


###### Rashi on Job 33:20:1
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**וְזִהֲמַתּוּ חַיָּתוֹ לָחֶם.** מְמַאֶסֶת נַפְשׁוֹ וְחַיָּתוֹ שֶׁל חוֹלֶה כָּל מַאֲכָל:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**And his living spirit causes him to abhor food** The soul and the life of the sick person cause him to abhor all food.


###### Rashi on Job 33:20:2
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**וְנַפְשׁוֹ.** מְזַהֶמֶת כָּל מַאֲכַל תַּאֲוָה:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and his soul** abhors all tasty food.


###### Rashi on Job 33:21:1
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**יִכֶל בְּשָׂרוֹ מֵרֹאִי.** יֶחְשַׁךְ בְּשָׂרוֹ מִמַּרְאֶה, כְּמוֹ ״כָּלוּ בַדְּמָעוֹת עֵינַי״ (איכה ב:יא), ״מְכַלּוֹת עֵינַיִם״ (ויקרא כו:טז):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**His flesh is consumed from sight** Heb. יכל בשרו מראי, His flesh is withdrawn from sight, like (Lam 2:11): “My eyes are spent (כלו) with tears”; (Lev. 26:16), “that cause the eyes to pine way (מכלות).


###### Rashi on Job 33:21:2
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**וְשֻׁפּוּ עַצְמוֹתָיו.** מִתְנַתְּקִין מִמְּקוֹמוֹ, וְשֻׁפּוּ כְּמוֹ דְּשָׁף מִדּוּכְתֵּיהּ (חולין מב:):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and his bones are dislocated** Heb. ושפו. They are dislocated from their place. [The word] שֻׁפּוּ is like (Hullin 42b), “that sprung (שף) from its place.”


###### Rashi on Job 33:21:3
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**לֹא רֻאּוּ.** אֵין לָהֶם מַרְאֶה וְתֹאַר:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**to unsightliness** They have neither appearance nor form.


###### Rashi on Job 33:23:1
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**אֶחָד מִנִּי אָלֶף.** בְּמַגִּידֵי פִּשְׁעוֹ, וְהוּא יָלִיץ יָשְׁרוֹ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**one out of a thousand** of those who testify to his guilt, and he intercedes with his uprightness.


###### Rashi on Job 33:24:1
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**וַיְחֻנֶּנּוּ.** הַמָּקוֹם:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**He is gracious to him** i.e., the Omnipresent.


###### Rashi on Job 33:24:2
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**פְּדָעֵהוּ.** כְּמוֹ פְּדָאֵהוּ, אָלֶ״ף מִתְחַלֶּפֶת בְּעַיִ״ן. וְהָעִנְיָן מוֹכִיחַ: **מָצָאתִי כֹפֶר**, וְהוּא ״פִּדְיוֹן״ (שמות כא:ל):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Redeem him** Heb. פדעהו, like פְדָאֵהוּ. The “alef” is replaced by an “ayin.” The context proves it. “I found ransom,” which is redemption.


###### Rashi on Job 33:25:1
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**רֻטֲפַשׁ בְּשָׂרוֹ.** רוֹטְפַשׁ אֶשְׁקוֹשָׁ״א בְּלַעַ״ז:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**His flesh is agitated from shaking** Heb. רֻטֲפַש means escos in French, shaken.


###### Rashi on Job 33:25:2
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**מִנֹּעַר.** נִתְעוֹרֵר בְּשָׂרוֹ מִן הַנּוֹעַר, שֶׁהוּא מְנוֹעָר וּמְשֻׁנָּק בְּיִסּוּרֵי חָלְיוֹ. וְאֵין לַתֵּיבָה זוֹ דִּמְיוֹן בַּמִּקְרָא, וּלְפִי הָעִנְיָנִים הֻצְרַכְנוּ לְפָרְשׁוֹ כְּמַשְׁמָעוּת הָעִנְיָן. וְהַפּוֹתְרוֹ בִּלְשׁוֹן ׳רֶפֶשׁ׳, וְאוֹמֵר הַטֵּי״ת נִתּוֹסְפָה בּוֹ, כְּמוֹ ״נִצְטַדָּק״ (בראשית מד:טז) – טוֹעֶה הוּא מְאֹד. כִּי אֵין טֵי״ת מִתּוֹסֶפֶת בַּתֵּיבָה, כִּי אִם בִּלְשׁוֹן ׳מִתְפַּעֵל׳ אוֹ ׳נִתְפַּעֵל׳, וּבַתֵּיבָה שֶׁיְּסוֹדָהּ צַדִּ״י; וְלֹא בִּשְׁאָר תֵּיבוֹת. כְּמוֹ ״צֶדֶק״ (איוב ח:ג) וְ״נִצְטַדָּק״ (בראשית מד:טז); וּכְמוֹ ״צָרוּעַ״ (ויקרא יג:מד) – ׳נִצְטָרַע׳; ״צִיר נֶאֱמָן״ (משלי כה:יג) – ״וַיֵּלְכוּ וַיִּצְטַיָּרוּ״ (יהושע ט:ד); ״צֵדָה״ – ״הִצְטַיַּדְנוּ״ (יהושע ט:יב):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**from shaking** His flesh was agitated from the shaking, that it was shaken [by the suffering of] his illness. This word [רֻטֲפַש] has no similarity in Scripture, and according to the context, we found it necessary to explain according to the meaning of the topic. But the one who interprets it as an expression of mire (רפש) and claims that the “teth” is added to it, as in (Gen. 44:16), “How can we clear ourselves (נצטדק)?” is in great error, because the “teth” is added to a word only in the reflexive voice, and to a word in which there is a radical “zaddi,” but nor in other words. for example, צדק and נצטדק, and like (Lev. 13:44) צרוּע, stricken with “zaraath,” and נצטרע, was stricken with “zaraath.” (Prov. 25: 13), “an emissary (ציר) faithful,” and (Josh. 9:4), “and they went and disguised as ambassadors (ויצטירו)”; (Gen. 45:21) “צֵדָה, provision,” and (Josh. 9:12) “הִצְטַיַדְנוּ, we took... for our provision.”


###### Rashi on Job 33:25:3
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**יָשׁוּב.** בְּכֹחוֹ וּבִרְפוּאָה לִימֵי בַּחֲרוּתוֹ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**he will be restored** with his strength and with healing to the days of his youth.


###### Rashi on Job 33:26:1
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**בִּתְרוּעָה.** בִּתְפִלָּה:


###### Rashi on Job 33:27:1
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**יָשׁוּר עַל אֲנָשִׁים.** יַעֲשֶׂה שׁוּרוֹת שֶׁל אֲנָשִׁים כְּשֶׁנִּצּוֹל מֵחָלְיוֹ, וְיִתְוַדֶּה לְיוֹצְרוֹ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**He makes a row of men** He makes a row of men when he is saved from his illness and confesses [before them] to his Creator.


###### Rashi on Job 33:27:2
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**וְלֹא שָׁוָה לִי.** לֹא נִהְיָה לִי שָׂכָר בִּדְבָרָיו:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**but I did not profit** I had no profit in its matters.


###### Rashi on Job 33:29:1
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**פַּעֲמַיִם שָׁלוֹשׁ.** מְיַסְּרוֹ עַל עֲוֹנוֹתָיו בְּחָלְיוֹ, שֶׁלֹּא לְהַשְׁחִיתוֹ; וְאִם יוֹתֵר יַכְעִיס לְפָנָיו, יִדְאַג מִן גֵּיהִנֹּם וּמִן הַמִּיתָה; שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר ״וְעַל אַרְבָּעָה לֹא אֲשִׁיבֶנּוּ״ (עמוס א:ג):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**twice or thrice** He chastises him for his iniquities with his illness in order not to destroy him, but if he provokes Him further, he should be concerned with Gehinnom or death, as it is written, “Yea for four, I will not return them” (Amos 1:3).