## Rashi on Job Chapter 36

###### Rashi on Job 36:1:1
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**וַיֹּסֶף אֱלִיהוּא.** רָאִיתִי בְּטַעֲמֵי רַבִּי מֹשֶׁה הַדַּרְשָׁן, שֶׁלְּפִיכָךְ אָמַר שְׁלֹשָׁה מַעֲנוֹת, כְּנֶגֶד שְׁלֹשֶׁת רֵיעֵי אִיּוֹב. וְזֶה רְבִיעִי, לְפִיכָךְ נִקְרָא תּוֹסֶפֶת:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Then Elihu continued** I saw in the reasons of Rabbi Moshe Hadarshan (the preacher), that he delivered three addresses corresponding to Job’s three companions, and this is the fourth one. Therefore it is called an addition.


###### Rashi on Job 36:2:1
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**כַּתַּר לִי זְעֵיר וַאֲחַוֶּךָּ.** כֻּלּוֹ לְשׁוֹן אֲרַמִּי הוּא: הוֹחֵל לִי מְעַט וַאֲגִידְךָ. כַּתַּר לְשׁוֹן הוֹחֵל, כַּאֲשֶׁר תִּרְגֵּם יוֹנָתָן ״וּלְתוֹרָתוֹ אִיִּים יְיַחֵלוּ״ (ישעיהו מב:ד): ״יְכַתְּרוּן״:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Wait awhile for me and I will tell you** This is completely Aramaic: Wait for me a little and I will tell you. [The word] כַּתַּר is an expression of waiting, as Jonathan rendered (Isa. 42:4): “and for his instruction, islands shall long (יכתרון).”


###### Rashi on Job 36:2:2
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**לֶאֱלוֹהַּ.** לַבָּאִים בִּמְקוֹמוֹ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**God has** Those representing Him have.


###### Rashi on Job 36:4:1
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**תְּמִים דֵּעוֹת עִמָּךְ.** הִנֵּה אַתְחִיל עַתָּה לְדַבֵּר עִמָּךְ, שֶׁאַתָּה סָבוּר שֶׁדַּעְתְּךָ שְׁלֵמָה:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**you have perfect knowledge** Behold, I will now begin to speak with you since you think that your knowledge is perfect.


###### Rashi on Job 36:5:1
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**הֵן אֵל כַּבִּיר.** בְּחָכְמָה וּבְרַחֲמִים:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Behold God is great** in wisdom and in mercy.


###### Rashi on Job 36:5:2
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**וְלֹא יִמְאָס.** עָנִי:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and will not despise** the poor man.


###### Rashi on Job 36:5:3
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**כַּבִּיר כֹּחַ לֵב.** הוּא לְהִתְנַקֵּם, לְפִיכָךְ לֹא יְחַיֶּה רָשָׁע:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**He is great in strength of heart** to take revenge. Therefore, He will not allow a wicked man to live.


###### Rashi on Job 36:7:1
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**לֹא יִגְרַע מִצַּדִּיק עֵינָיו.** עַד אֲשֶׁר עִם מְלָכִים יוֹשִׁיבֵם:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**He does not withdraw His eyes from the righteous** until He seats him with kings.


###### Rashi on Job 36:8:1
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**וְאִם אֲסוּרִים.** וְאִם תִּרְאֶה צַדִּיקִים שֶׁיִּהְיוּ אֲסוּרִים בַּזִּיקִים שֶׁל יִסּוּרִין וָחֳלָיִים, אוֹ יִלָּכְדוּ **בְּחַבְלֵי עֹנִי.** בִּלְשׁוֹן גּוֹרָל וּמֵיתָרִים נִקְרָא חַבְלֵי, וּבִלְשׁוֹן דְּאָגָה נִקְרָא ״חֶבְלֵי יוֹלֵדָה״ (הושע יג:יג). **בְּחַבְלֵי עֹנִי.** קוֹדְרֵ״שׁ בְּלַעַ״ז. אֵינוֹ אֶלָּא שֶׁחָטְאוּ לְפָנָיו, וּבָא לִיפָּרַע מֵהֶם לְטוֹבָתָם, לְנַקּוֹתָם, וּלְהַזְהִירָם לָשׁוּב אֵלָיו:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**And if** you see righteous men who are bound with chains of suffering and ailments, or caught with ropes of poverty. In an expression of lots or ropes, they are called חבלים, in an expression of worry, they are called חֶבְלֵי יוֹלֵדָה, pangs of a childbearing woman. **with ropes of poverty** Heb. בחבלי cordes in French. It is only because they sinned before Him, and He comes to requite them for their own good, to cleanse them and to admonish them to return to Him.


###### Rashi on Job 36:9:1
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**וַיַּגֵּד לָהֶם פָּעֳלָם.** בַּיִּסּוּרִין הַלָּלוּ מוֹדִיעָם שֶׁחָטְאוּ לְפָנָיו. וְכָל דִּבְרֵי אֱלִיהוּא תַּנְחוּמִין שְׁלֵמִים הָיוּ, וְלֹא קִנְתּוּרִין; כְּלוֹמַר: אַל תִּדְאַג עַל יִסּוּרִין, אִם צָדַקְתָּ, כִּי לְטוֹבָה הֵן לְךָ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**He tells them their deed** With these sufferings, He lets them know that they sinned before Him. All the words of Elihu were complete consolations and not chidings; i.e., do not worry about the sufferings if you are righteous, because they are for your good,


###### Rashi on Job 36:10:1
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**וַיֹּאמֶר.** כִּי בְּיִסּוּרִין יְשׁוּבוּן מֵאָוֶן:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and He says** that with sufferings, they will repent of iniquity.


###### Rashi on Job 36:11:1
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**אִם יִשְׁמְעוּ.** וְיַעַבְדוּהוּ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**If they understand** and worship Him.


###### Rashi on Job 36:13:1
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**וְחַנְפֵי לֵב.** שֶׁהֵם רְשָׁעִים, הֵם יָשִׂימוּ אָף – בְּבֹא יִסּוּרִין עֲלֵיהֶם, מְחָרְפִים וּמְגַדְּפִים:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**But the wicked of heart** who are wicked—they bring about wrath; when suffering comes upon them, they curse and blaspheme,


###### Rashi on Job 36:13:2
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**וְלֹא יְשַׁוְּעוּ.** לְפָנָיו בִּתְחִנָּה:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and they do not beg mercy** with supplication


###### Rashi on Job 36:13:3
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**כִּי אֲסָרָם.** כְּשֶׁהוּא אוֹסְרָן בְּיִסּוּרִין, לְפִיכָךְ לֹא יִרְפָּאֵם:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**when He binds them** with sufferings; therefore He does not heal them.


###### Rashi on Job 36:14:1
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**תָּמוּת בַּנֹּעַר.** וּבְשִׁנּוּק שֶׁעֲלֵיהֶם נַפְשָׁם:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**shall die by strangulation** Their soul [shall die] by the strangulation that is upon them,


###### Rashi on Job 36:15:1
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**יְחַלֵּץ עָנִי.** אֶת הֶעָנִי, הַשָּׂם עַצְמוֹ רָשׁ בִּדְבַר תַּחֲנוּנִים, **יְחַלֵּץ** מִגֵּיהִנֹּם בִּשְׁבִיל עָנְיוֹ שֶׁהֵבִיא עָלָיו:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
but the poor man, who makes himself poor in the matter of supplications...**He extricates** from Gehinnom because of his poverty, which He brought upon him.


###### Rashi on Job 36:15:2
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**וְיִגֶל בַּלַּחַץ אָזְנָם.** בַּלַּחַץ שֶׁהֵבִיא עָלָיו, מְגַלֶּה אֶת אָזְנוֹ, לֵאמֹר: שׁוּב אֵלַי!

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and opens their ear through oppression** Through the oppression that He brought upon him, He opens his ear to say, “Return to Me.”


###### Rashi on Job 36:16:1
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**וְאַף.** זֹאת עוֹד גְּדוֹלָה עָשָׂה לְךָ בְּיִסּוּרִין הַלָּלוּ: הֲסִיתְךָ וְהִדִּיחֲךָ מִגֵּיהִנֹּם, שֶׁפִּיהָ צַר וְתַחְתֶּיהָ רָחָב:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Moreover** This is yet another great benefit that He did for you with these sufferings: He allured you and enticed you out of Gehinnom, whose mouth is narrow and whose base is wide.


###### Rashi on Job 36:16:2
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**לֹא מוּצָק.** כְּדֵי שֶׁיְּהֵא עֲשָׁנָהּ צָבוּר לְתוֹכָהּ. וְלֹא עוֹד, אֶלָּא שֶׁתִּזְכֶּה לָעוֹלָם הַבָּא, **וְנַחַת שֻׁלְחָנְךָ מָלֵא דָשֶׁן**:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**not cramped** so that its smoke should be gathered into its midst, and furthermore, that you should merit the world to come; and the bedecking of your table shall be full of fatness.


###### Rashi on Job 36:17:1
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**וְדִין רָשָׁע מָלֵאתָ.** וְאִם נִתְמַלֵּאתָ בְּיִסּוּרֵי הָרְשָׁעִים, הַדִּין וְהַמִּשְׁפָּט הֵם הַיִּסּוּרִין; **הֵם יִתְמְכוּ** לְךָ לֶעָתִיד מִגֵּיהִנֹּם, וְיֵשׁ לְךָ לְקַבְּלָם בְּאַהֲבָה:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**And if you have had your fill of the sentence of the wicked** And if you have had your fill of the sufferings of the wicked, the judgment and the sentence—which are [represented by] the sufferings—will support you in the future from Gehinnom, and you must accept them lovingly.


###### Rashi on Job 36:18:1
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**כִּי חֵמָה.** גְּדוֹלָה תִּהְיֶה:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**For wrath** [There] shall be great [wrath].


###### Rashi on Job 36:18:2
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**פֶּן יְסִיתְךָ.** יִצְרְךָ לְדַבֵּר דְּבָרִים:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**lest it entice you** [Lest] your evil inclination [entice you to speak] words.


###### Rashi on Job 36:18:3
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**בְּשָׂפֶק.** בְּשָׂפֶק זֶה אֲשֶׁר תִּשְׂפֹּק, וְתֶרֶב אֲמָרֶיךָ לָאֵל. וּמֵאַחַר שֶׁתַּעֲלֶה הַחֵמָה, רָב מָמוֹן אַל יַטֶּךָּ מִמֶּנָּה:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**to multiply** Heb. בשפק, lit. with multiplicity; [i.e., with] which you multiply and increase your words toward God; and after you have raised His wrath, much ransom, [i.e.,] much money will not turn you away [rescue you] from it.


###### Rashi on Job 36:19:1
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**הֲיַעֲרֹךְ שׁוּעֲךָ לֹא בְצָר.** וְכִי בָּאתָה לַעֲרֹךְ צְעָקָה, שֶׁלֹּא תְּבוֹאֲךָ שׁוּם צָרָה וְשׁוּם מַאֲמַצֵּי כֹחַ לְאוֹנְסְךָ, אִם כֵּן בַּמֶּה יִגְבֶּה אֶת חוֹבוֹ?

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Will you set up your prayer so that no trouble** Have you come to set up a cry that no trouble befall you, or any forces of strength to rob you? If so, with what will He collect His debt?


###### Rashi on Job 36:20:1
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**אַל תִּשְׁאַף הַלָּיְלָה.** כְּלוֹמַר: וְאֵין לְךָ לִבְחֹר בְּיִסּוּרִים אֲחֵרִים; אַל תִּשְׁאַף וְתִתְאַוֶּה הַלַּיְלָה שֶׁבָּא לְאַמְרָפֶל, לְמִצְרַיִם וּלְסַנְחֵרִיב, לְסַלֵּק עַמִּים מִן הָעוֹלָם, כְּשֶׁהֵם תַּחְתָּם – בִּמְקוֹמָם, בְּשַׁלְוָה; כִּי הֵם אָבְדוּ בָּעוֹלָם הַזֶּה וּבָעוֹלָם הַבָּא:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Do not yearn for the night** That is to say that you should not choose other sufferings. Do not yearn for, or desire the night that came to Amraphel, to Egypt, and to Sennacherib, to take away peoples from the world when they are in their place in tranquility, for they perished both from this world and from the world to come.


###### Rashi on Job 36:20:2
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**לַעֲלוֹת.** כְּמוֹ ״אַל תַּעֲלֵנִי בַּחֲצִי יָמָי״ (תהילים קב:כה), ״כַּעֲלוֹת גָּדִישׁ בְּעִתּוֹ״ (איוב ה:כו):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**are taken away** Heb. לעלות, like (Ps. 102:25), “do not take me away (תעלני) in the midst of my days.”


###### Rashi on Job 36:21:1
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**הִשָּׁמֶר אַל תֵּפֶן אֶל אָוֶן.** לָדוּן וְלוֹמַר: הָיָה לוֹ לְשָׁפְטֵנִי בְּיִסּוּרֵי עֲנִיּוּת:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Beware, do not turn to iniquity** to contend and to say, “He should have judged me with the sufferings of poverty.”


###### Rashi on Job 36:21:2
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**כִּי עַל זֶה בָּחַרְתָּ מֵעֹנִי.** כִּי עַל הַיִּסּוּרִין הַלָּלוּ יֵשׁ לִבְחֹר יוֹתֵר מֵעֲנִיּוּת אָדָם שֶׁנָּהֲגוּ בּוֹ כָּבוֹד, וְלָמוּד בְּעֹשֶׁר כָּל יָמָיו, וְיַעֲמֹד עַל הַמֶּקַח וְאֵין לוֹ דָּמִים, וּבוֹשׁ וְשָׁב לְבֵיתוֹ בְּפַחֵי נֶפֶשׁ. וְאִם תֹּאמַר: אִיּוֹב עָנִי הָיָה עִם הַיִּסּוּרִין? לֹא מָצִינוּ שֶׁאִבֵּד, אֶלָּא בְּהֵמוֹתָיו, אֲבָל לֹא כֶּסֶף וְזָהָב. וַאֲפִלּוּ אִבֵּד בְּהֵמוֹתָיו עִם כֶּסֶף וְזָהָב, טוֹב לוֹ לִהְיוֹת עָנִי וְחוֹלֶה, מִהְיוֹת תָּמִים וְהוֹלֵךְ בַּשְּׁוָקִים וְאֵין בְּיָדוֹ כְּלוּם. וְכֵן מְפֹרָשׁ בְּמִדְרַשׁ רַבִּי תַּנְחוּמָא מִן הַמִּקְרָא הַזֶּה (תנחומא, משפטים יא), כִּי נוֹחִין הָיוּ יִסּוּרֵי אִיּוֹב מִיִּסּוּרֵי עֲנִיּוּת. וְכֵן בְּאַגָּדוֹת הַגְּמָרָא (בבא בתרא קטז.):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**for...this** These sufferings are to be chosen above poverty. A man to whom people behaved with respect and who has been accustomed to wealth all his life, will now stand and bargain, and having no money [to pay with], will be embarrassed and return home in disappointment. Now if you say that Job was a poor man in addition to his sufferings, we do not find that he lost anything except his livestock, but not silver or gold. And even if he lost his cattle with silver and gold, it is better for him to be a poor sick man than to be healthy and go in the marketplaces empty-handed [and be embarrassed as well]. In this manner, it is explained in the midrash of Rabbi Tanchuma (Mishpatim 11) from this verse, that Job’s sufferings are preferable to the sufferings of poverty, and so in the Aggadoth of the Talmud (Baba Bathra 116a).


###### Rashi on Job 36:22:1
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**הֵן אֵל יַשְׂגִּיב בְּכֹחוֹ.** מִתּוֹךְ שֶׁכֹּחוֹ גָּדוֹל וְאֵין לְהִנָּצֵל מִפָּנָיו, לְפִיכָךְ **אֵין כָּמוֹהוּ מוֹרֶה.** כְּשֶׁמּוֹרֶה לַחוֹטֵא לָשׁוּב אֵלָיו, מַתְרֶה קוֹדֶם מַכָּה, לְפִי שֶׁהוּא יוֹדֵעַ שֶׁאֵין יָכוֹל לְהִשָּׁמֵר מִמַּכָּתוֹ; כְּמוֹ שֶׁהָיָה מַתְרֶה בְּפַרְעֹה עַל כָּל מַכָּה וּמַכָּה: ״הִנְנִי מַמְטִיר כָּעֵת מָחָר בָּרָד״ (שמות ט:יח), וְ״הִנְנִי מֵבִיא מָחָר אַרְבֶּה״ (שמות י:ד); וְכֵן כֻּלָּם. וּבָשָׂר וָדָם, כְּשֶׁרוֹצֶה לְהִנָּקֵם מֵאוֹיְבָיו, בָּא עָלָיו פִּתְאוֹם; שֶׁאִם יַתְרֶה בּוֹ, יַחֲזֹר וְיִנָּצֵל מִמֶּנּוּ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Behold God deals loftily in His power** Because His power is great, and one cannot be saved from before Him. Therefore...**who is a teacher like Him?** When He teaches a sinner to return to Him, He warns Him before the plague because He knows that he cannot beware of His plague, as He would warn Pharaoh concerning each plague (Ex. 8:17), “I shall let loose the beasts of the wilderness upon you etc.”; (ibid. 10:4), “I will bring locusts...tomorrow,” and so all of them. [In contrast,] when a mortal king wishes to wreak vengeance upon his enemies, he comes upon him suddenly, for, if he warns him, he will repent and be saved from him.


###### Rashi on Job 36:23:1
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**מִי פָקַד עָלָיו דַּרְכּוֹ.** יְצַוֶּה עָלָיו מֵעוֹלָם: אֶת הַדֶּרֶךְ הַזֶּה תֵּלֵךְ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Who charged Him with His way** [Who] commanded Him from time immemorial, “You shall follow this way”?


###### Rashi on Job 36:24:1
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**זְכֹר.** דְּרָכָיו, וּבְהַזְכִּירְךָ תַּשְׂגִּיא מֵאֵלֶיךָ שֶׁבַח פֹּעַל מִדּוֹתָיו:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Mention** His ways, and when you mention [them], you will automatically magnify the praise of the works of His attributes.


###### Rashi on Job 36:24:2
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**אֲשֶׁר שֹׁרְרוּ אֲנָשִׁים.** אֲשֶׁר רָאוּ אֲנָשִׁים, כְּמוֹ ״אֲשׁוּרֶנּוּ וְלֹא קָרוֹב״ (במדבר כד:יז):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**which men have seen** Heb. שררו, which men have seen, like (Num. 24:17), “I behold it (אשורנו), but it is not near.”


###### Rashi on Job 36:25:1
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**חָזוּ בוֹ.** בְּפָעֳלוֹ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**have seen it** His work.


###### Rashi on Job 36:25:2
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**מֵרָחוֹק.** מִיְּצִירַת עוֹלָם עַד עַכְשָׁיו:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**from afar** from the Creation or the world until now.


###### Rashi on Job 36:26:1
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**מִסְפַּר שָׁנָיו וְלֹא חֵקֶר.** לְפִיכָךְ צָרִיךְ לֶאֱנוֹשׁ לְהַבִּיט מֵרָחוֹק, לִשְׁאוֹל מַה שֶּׁאֵרַע בָּרִאשׁוֹנִים, וְיִלְמַד מֵהֶם:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**the number of His years is unfathomable** Therefore man must look from afar to ask what happened to the first people, and he will learn from them.


###### Rashi on Job 36:27:1
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**כִּי יְגָרַע.** כִּי יַרְבֶּה, כְּמוֹ ״וְתִגְרַע שִׂיחָה״ (איוב טו:ד). וְיֵשׁ פּוֹתְרִים: יִגְרָעֵם מִן הַשָּׁמַיִם, לְהוֹרִידָם אָרֶץ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**For He increases** Heb. יגרע, for He increases, like (above 15:4), “and increase (ותגרע) speech.” Others interpret: He withdraws them from the heavens to bring them down to earth.


###### Rashi on Job 36:27:2
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**וְיָזֹקּוּ.** הָרְקִיעִים אֶת הַמָּטָר:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**they pour** The firmaments [pour] the rain.


###### Rashi on Job 36:27:3
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**לְאֵדוֹ.** לַעֲנָנוֹ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**into His cloud** Heb. לְאֵדוֹ, into His cloud.


###### Rashi on Job 36:29:1
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**אַף אִם יָבִין.** אוֹ אִם יָבִין אָדָם מַה יֵּשׁ בְּמִפְרְשֵׂי עָב, בִּתְמִיהַּ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Or will one understand** Or will man understand what is in the spreadings of the clouds? This is a question.


###### Rashi on Job 36:29:2
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**תְּשֻׁאוֹת.** לְשׁוֹן עֲרָפֶל **סֻכָּתוֹ**:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**the darkness** Heb. תשאות, an expression of the thick darkness of His pavilion.


###### Rashi on Job 36:30:1
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**הֵן פָּרַשׂ.** עַל הֶעָב אֶת אוֹרוֹ, **וְשָׁרְשֵׁי הַיָּם כִּסָּה** בּוֹ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Behold He spread** (on the cloud His rain) and covered the roots of the sea therewith.


###### Rashi on Job 36:31:1
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**כִּי בָם.** בֶּעָבִים יָדִין עַמִּים – יְיַסְּרֵם בַּעֲצִירַת גְּשָׁמִים, בָּרָעָב וְכָל מַכָּה. חָטְאוּ דּוֹר הַמַּבּוּל – ״וַאֲרֻבֹּת הַשָּׁמַיִם נִפְתָּחוּ״ (בראשית ז:יא), אַנְשֵׁי סְדוֹם – ״גָּפְרִית וָמֶלַח שְׂרֵפָה כָל אַרְצָהּ״ (דברים כט:כב), סִיסְרָא – ״מִן הַשָּׁמַיִם נִלְחֲמוּ עִם סִיסְרָא״ (שופטים ה:כ):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**For...therewith** With the clouds He judges peoples and chastises them by withholding rain, causing famine, as well as all sorts of plagues. When the Generation of the Flood sinned (Gen. 7:11), “and the floodgates of the heavens were opened.” As for the people of Sodom (Deut. 29:22), “Sulfur and salt, all the soil is burned up.” As for Sisera (Jud. 5:20), “From heaven they fought...against Sisera.”


###### Rashi on Job 36:31:2
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**יִתֵּן אֹכֶל לְמַכְבִּיר.** מִשָּׁם בָּאִים מְזוֹנוֹת: ״הִנְנִי מַמְטִיר לָכֶם לֶחֶם מִן הַשָּׁמָיִם״ (שמות טז:ד). מָשָׁל לְנַחְתּוֹם הָעוֹמֵד לִפְנֵי הַכִּבְשָׁן – נִכְנַס שׂוֹנְאוֹ, חוֹתֶה גֶּחָלִים וְזוֹרֵק בּוֹ; נִכְנַס אוֹהֲבוֹ, מוֹצִיא פַּת חַמָּה וְנוֹתֵן לוֹ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**He gives food to one who has many** From there comes sustenance (Ex. 16:4): “See, I am about to have bread rain down from heaven for you.” This is to be compared to a baker who is standing before the oven. If an enemy comes in, he rakes coals and casts them at him; if his friend comes in, he takes out hot bread and gives it to him.


###### Rashi on Job 36:31:3
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**לְמַכְבִּיר.** לְמִי שֶׁטְּפָלָיו מְרֻבִּים וְכַבִּירִים, וְצָרִיךְ לִמְזוֹנוֹת:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**to the one who has many** to the one whose children are many and numerous; to one who increases children and requires food.


###### Rashi on Job 36:32:1
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**עַל כַּפַּיִם.** עַל הֶעָנָנִים, וְכֵן ״נִשָּׂא לְבָבֵנוּ אֶל כַּפָּיִם״ (איכה ג:מא), עַל שֵׁם ״עָב קְטַנָּה כְּכַף אִישׁ״ (מלכים א יח:מד). וְרַבּוֹתֵינוּ אָמְרוּ (תענית ז:): עַל חָמָס וְעָוֹן כַּפַּיִם **כִּסָּה אוֹר**, הַמָּטָר נֶעֱצָר:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Over the clouds** Heb. כפים, over the clouds. Similarly (Lam. 3:41), “Let us lift our heart to the clouds (כפים),” based on (I Kings 18:44), “...a cloud as small as a man’s palm (ככף).” But our Rabbis said (Taanith 7b): Because of the sin of (the robbery of) the hands **He covers the rain** The rain is withheld.


###### Rashi on Job 36:32:2
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**וַיְצַו עָלֶיהָ.** לָבוֹא עַל יְדֵי מַפְגִּיעַ בִּתְפִלָּה, אוֹהֲבוֹ שֶׁל דּוֹר וְגָדוֹל וְחָכָם שֶׁבּוֹ, יַגִּיד עָלָיו לִפְנֵי הַקָּדוֹשׁ בָּרוּךְ הוּא צָרַת הַדּוֹר וּצְרָכָיו:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and He commands it** to come through one who entreats with prayer. (The beloved one of the generation, and the great man and sage thereof will relate to Him—before the Holy One, blessed be He—the straits of the generation and their necessities].


###### Rashi on Job 36:33:1
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**יַגִּיד עָלָיו רֵעוֹ.** יִדְרֹשׁ לָהֶם לִבְדֹּק לָהֶם בְּמַעֲשֵׂיהֶם וְלָשׁוּב אֵלָיו:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Their beloved one preaches to them** He preaches to them to search their deeds for themselves and to return to Him.


###### Rashi on Job 36:33:2
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**מִקְנֶה.** וְזֶהוּ קִנְיָן שֶׁנִּקְנִין בּוֹ הַגְּשָׁמִים:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**the acquisition** This is the acquisition whereby the rain is acquired.


###### Rashi on Job 36:33:3
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**אַף עַל עוֹלֶה.** גַּם לְמַעְלָה לְמַעְלָה, כְּמוֹ ״יָשׁוּבוּ אֶל עָל״ (הושע ז:טז), אוֹ ״הֻקַם עָל״ (שמואל ב כג:א). וְרַבּוֹתֵינוּ פֵּרְשׁוּהוּ (תענית ח.): קִנְיַן אַף וְחֵמָה עַל הַמֵּגִיס דַּעְתּוֹ. אֲבָל הַנִּקּוּד, שֶׁנִּקַּד מִקְנֶה – פַּתָּח, מוֹכִיחַ, שֶׁהוּא אֵינוֹ דָבוּק לְאַף; שֶׁאִלּוּ הָיָה דָבוּק, הָיָה נָקוּד קָמַץ, וְלֹא הָיָה בּוֹ פִּסּוּק הַטַּעַם, שֶׁהוּא נִטְעָם בִּ׳רְבִיעִי׳:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**it also ascends on high** Heb. על. It also [ascends] higher and higher [in this manner], like (Hosea 7: 16), “They will return, but not to the Most High (על)” or (II Sam. 23:1), “raised on high (על).” [See Comm. Dig. to Hosea 7:16.] Our Sages, however, interpret it (Taanith 8a) as the acquisition of anger and wrath upon one who becomes haughty [after his prayers have been answered], but the vowelization, viz. that מִקְנֶה is vowelized with a “pattah” [meaning a “seggol”], does not substantiate [the theory] that it is connected to אַף, for were it connected to אַף, it would be vowelized with a “kamatz” [meaning a “tzeireh”], and it would not be punctuated by a cantillation sign that denotes a pause, viz. a revi’i.