## Rashi on Job Chapter 38

###### Rashi on Job 38:1:1
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**(מענה מן הסערה): 
מִן הַסְּעָרָה:** מְנֵה שְׂעָרוֹת שֶׁלְּךָ, וַאֲשִׁיבְךָ דְּבָרִים כְּנֶגְדָּן. מִן הַסְּעָרָה שֶׁחֵרַפְתַּנִי ״אֲשֶׁר בַּסְּעָרָה יְשׁוּפֵנִי״ (איוב ט:יז) – מִמֶּנָּה אָשִׁיב לְךָ, כַּאֲשֶׁר תִּשְׁמַע בְּסוֹף הָעִנְיָן: ״מִי פִלַּג לַשֶּׁטֶף תְּעָלָה״ (איוב לח:כה) – גּוּמָא לְכָל שֵׂעָר. דָּבָר אַחֵר: בַּסְּעָרָה הִכָּהוּ, בַּסְּעָרָה רִפְּאָהוּ. כִּדְמְפָרֵשׁ בְּסִפְרֵי (ילקוט שמעוני תורה רלה):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**from the tempest** Heb. מן הסערה. Count your hairs and I will give you as many answers. From the tempest with which you reproached Me (above 9:17), “He Who would crush me with a tempest,” I will answer you, as you will hear at the end of the chapter (verse 25), “Who has separated a place for the hair?” a shaft for every hair. Another explanation: With a tempest He afflicted him, and with a tempest He healed him, as is explained in Sifrei(?).


###### Rashi on Job 38:2:1
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**מַחְשִׁיךְ עֵצָה.** עֵצָה חֲשֵׁכָה וּסְכָלָה. דָּבָר אַחֵר: **מִי זֶה מַחְשִׁיךְ עֵצָה... בְּלִי דָעַת.** אָמַר הַקָּדוֹשׁ בָּרוּךְ הוּא: מִי זֶה הוּא מַחְשִׁיךְ עֵצָה – מְקַלְקֵל בְּמִלִּים וּבְרֹב דְּבָרִים? שֶׁכָּתַבְתִּי ״אִישׁ תָּם וְיָשָׁר״ בִּתְחִלַּת הַסֵּפֶר (איוב א:א), כְּדֵי לָחוּל שְׁמִי עָלָיו; וְהוּא בָּא וְהֶחְשִׁיךְ וְקִלְקֵל מַה שֶּׁיָּעַצְתִּי בְּרֹב דְּבָרָיו! וְאִיּוֹב עָנָהוּ: ״מִי זֶה מַעְלִים עֵצָה״ (איוב מב:ג) – אִלּוּ הָיִיתִי יוֹדֵעַ עֲצָתְךָ, לֹא הָיִיתִי מַרְבֶּה בִדְבָרִים. וְהַקָּדוֹשׁ בָּרוּךְ הוּא הֱשִׁיבוֹ: וַהֲלֹא אַבְרָהָם לֹא הָיָה יוֹדֵעַ, וְעָמַד בְּעֶשֶׂר! כָּךְ מָצָאתִי:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**who gives dark counsel** Dark and foolish counsel. Another explanation: Who is this who gives dark counsel...without knowledge? Said the Holy One, blessed be He: Who is this who darkens counsel, frustrates words, i.e., with a multiplicity of words; for I wrote: “and that man was sincere and upright,” at the beginning of the Book, in order that My name should rest on Him, but he came and darkened and frustrated what I counseled with his many words. Whereupon Job replies to Him (below 42:3): “Who is this Who hides counsel?” Had I known Your counsel, I would not have spoken so much. Then the Holy One blessed be He, answers him, “Neither did Abraham know; yet he passed ten” [tests]. So I found.


###### Rashi on Job 38:3:1
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**אֱזָר נָא כְגֶבֶר חֲלָצֶיךָ.** רֶמֶז לוֹ שֶׁיִּתְעוֹרֵר מִן חָלְיוֹ וְיִסּוּרָיו:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Now gird your loins like a man** He intimated to him that he should arouse himself from his illness and his sufferings.


###### Rashi on Job 38:4:1
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**אֵיפֹה.** אֵי פֹּה:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Where** Heb. אֵי פֹה, lit. where here.


###### Rashi on Job 38:5:1
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**מְמַדֶּיהָ.** מִדּוֹתֶיהָ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**its measures** Heb. מְמַדֶיהָ [like] מִדוֹתֶיהָ.


###### Rashi on Job 38:6:1
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**יָרָה אֶבֶן פִּנָּתָהּ.** בְּאֶמְצַע הַיָּם, וּמִשָּׁם נִשְׁתַּת כָּל הָעוֹלָם:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**laid its cornerstone** in the middle of the sea, whence the entire world was founded. Where were you?


###### Rashi on Job 38:7:1
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**בְּרָן יַחַד.** מִתְּחִלָּה כּוֹכְבֵי אוֹר:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**When...sing together** from the beginning the stars of light.


###### Rashi on Job 38:8:1
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**בִּדְלָתַיִם יָם.** חוֹל גְּבוּל לוֹ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**the sea with doors** The sand, which is its boundary.


###### Rashi on Job 38:8:2
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**בְּגִיחוֹ.** בְּהַמְשָׁכָתוֹ יוֹצֵא מִן הַתְּהוֹם, כְּמוֹ ״גֹּחִי מִבָּטֶן״ (תהלים כב:י) – מוֹשְׁכִי:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**when it broke forth** Heb. בגיחו, when it broke forth from the deep, like (Ps. 22:10), “that You drew me (גחי) forth from the womb”; drew me forth.


###### Rashi on Job 38:9:1
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**בְּשׂוּמִי עָנָן.** סְבִיבוֹת יָם אוֹקְיָינוֹס, שֶׁהוּא הֶיקֵּף הָעוֹלָם; וַעֲנָנִים סוֹבְבִים לוֹ כִּלְבוּשׁ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**When I made the cloud** around the ocean, which encompasses the world, and clouds encompass it like raiment.


###### Rashi on Job 38:9:2
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**חֲתֻלָּתוֹ.** תַּכְרִיכוֹ, כְּמוֹ ״וְהָחְתֵּל לֹא חֻתָּלְתְּ״ (יחזקאל טז:ד):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**its wrapping** Heb. חתלתו, its wrapping, like (Ezek. 16:4), “nor were you swaddled (והחתל לא חתלת).”


###### Rashi on Job 38:10:1
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**וָאֶשְׁבֹּר.** עָשִׂיתִי לוֹ שְׁבָרִים סָבִיב, לְעַכְּבוֹ בְּתוֹכָם. וְהֵם לוֹ חֹק אֲשֶׁר לֹא יַעַבְרֵם (ירמיה ה:כב), כְּמוֹ ״וַיִּרְדְּפוּם לִפְנֵי הַשַּׁעַר עַד הַשְּׁבָרִים״ (יהושע ז:ה) – וְהֵם תְּעָלוֹת סָבִיב לָעִיר:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and broke** I made breaks in it [the sea] all around to keep it back within them, and they are its boundary, which it shall not pass, as in (Joshua 7:5), “and they pursued them until the quarries (השברים)” which are the ditches around the city.


###### Rashi on Job 38:12:1
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**הֲמִיָּמֶיךָ.** מִיּוֹם שֶׁנּוֹלַדְתָּ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**In [all] your days** From the day you were born.


###### Rashi on Job 38:13:1
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**לֶאֱחֹז בְּכַנְפוֹת הָאָרֶץ.** וְעוֹד **הֲמִיָּמֶיךָ צִוִּיתָ לֶאֱחֹז בְּכַנְפֵי הָאָרֶץ** כְּאָדָם שֶׁאוֹחֵז בְּכַנְפֵי הַטַּלִּית וּמְנַעֲרָהּ? כֵּן אֲנִי עָתִיד לֶאֱחֹז בְּכַנְפוֹתֶיהָ וּלְנַעֵר אֶת הָרְשָׁעִים. וְכֵן הוּא אוֹמֵר ״וַה׳ יַטֶּה אֶת יָדוֹ וְכָשַׁל עוֹזֵר״ (ישעיהו לא:ג) כְּאָדָם הָאוֹחֵז בְּיָדוֹ דָּבָר, וּמַטֶּה יָדוֹ, וְהוּא נוֹפֵל:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**To grasp the corners of the earth** Moreover, in all your days, did you command [anyone] to grasp the corners of the earth like a man who grasps the corners of a garment and shakes it? So am I destined to grasp it [the earth] by its corners and shake the wicked [out of it]. Likewise, Scripture states (Isa. 31:3): “and the Lord shall turn His hand, and the helper shall stumble,” like a person who, holding something in his hand, drops it by inclining his hand.


###### Rashi on Job 38:14:1
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**תִּתְהַפֵּךְ.** בְּצִיּוּרִין:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**changes** in formation.


###### Rashi on Job 38:14:2
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**כְּחֹמֶר חוֹתָם.** מִטֶּבַע צוּרַת הָאָדָם בְּמוֹתָן, וּבִתְחִיַּת הַמֵּתִים יִחְיוּ וְיַעַמְדוּ בִּלְבוּשֵׁיהֶם:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**The seal...like clay** The cast of man’s countenance [changes] when he dies, and at the resurrection of the dead they will live again, and they will stand up in their clothing.


###### Rashi on Job 38:15:1
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**וְיִמָּנַע.** אָז **מֵרְשָׁעִים אוֹרָם.** וְכֵן הוּא אוֹמֵר: **וּזְרוֹעַ רָמָה תִּשָּׁבֵר**:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**And...shall be withheld** then from the wicked their light, and the high arm shall be broken.


###### Rashi on Job 38:16:1
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**נִבְכֵי יָם.** מַסְגְּרֵי יָם, כְּמוֹ ״נְבֻכִים הֵם בָּאָרֶץ״ (שמות יד:ג):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**the locks of the sea** Heb. נבכי, like (Ex. 14:3), “They are trapped (נבכים) in the land.”


###### Rashi on Job 38:17:1
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**שַׁעֲרֵי מָוֶת.** זֶה גֵּיהִנֹּם:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**the gates of death** This is Gehinnom.


###### Rashi on Job 38:21:1
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**יָדַעְתָּ.** כָּל זֹאת:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**You knew** all this.


###### Rashi on Job 38:21:2
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**כִּי אָז תִּוָּלֵד.** כְּשֶׁבְּרָאתִים:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**for then you were born** when I created (them).


###### Rashi on Job 38:23:1
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**אֲשֶׁר חָשַׂכְתִּי.** הִמְנַעְתִּי:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**That I saved** I withheld.


###### Rashi on Job 38:23:2
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**לְעֵת צָר.** לַחֲמֵשֶׁת מְלָכִים בְּגִבְעוֹן (יהושע י:טז-כז):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**for a time of trouble** For the five kings in Gibeon.


###### Rashi on Job 38:23:3
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**לְיוֹם קְרָב.** מִלְחֶמֶת גּוֹג וּמָגוֹג (יחזקאל לח-לט):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**for a day of battle** The war of Gog and Magog.


###### Rashi on Job 38:24:1
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**יֵחָלֶק אוֹר.** תִּימוֹר שֶׁל חַמָּה מַפְצִיעַ לְכָאן וּלְכָאן כְּקַרְנֵי אַיָּל:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**is the light parted** The irradiation of the sun, which diverges this way and that way like the horns of a hind.


###### Rashi on Job 38:24:2
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**קָדִים.** שֶׁמֶשׁ הַמִּזְרָח:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**the eastern one** The sun of the east.


###### Rashi on Job 38:25:1
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**מִי פִלַּג לַשֶּׁטֶף תְּעָלָה.** בַּעֲרַבְיָא קוֹרִין לְשַׂעֲרָה שִׁיטְפָא: כָּל שֵׂעָר וְשֵׂעָר שֶׁבָּרֹאשׁ פִּלַּגְתִּי לוֹ תְּעָלָה, גּוּמָא, לִינֹק מִמֶּנָּה; שֶׁאִלּוּ שְׁנַיִם יוֹנְקוֹת מִגּוּמָא אַחַת, מַחְשִׁיכוֹת מְאוֹר עֵינָיו שֶׁל אָדָם. וְהֵם לֹא נִתְחַלְּפוּ לִי, בֵּין אִיּוֹב לְאוֹיֵב נִתְחַלֵּף לִי?! וְזֶהוּ ״מִן הַסְּעָרָה״ (איוב לח:א). דָּבָר אַחֵר: **לַשֶּׁטֶף.** טִפַּת גֶּשֶׁם שׁוֹטֵף: פִּלַּגְתִּי לְכָל טִפָּה גּוּמָא בֶּעָבִים; שֶׁאִלּוּ יוֹרְדוֹת שְׁתֵּי טִפּוֹת מִגּוּמָא אַחַת, מְטַשְׁטְשׁוֹת אֶת הָאָרֶץ, וְנַעֲשֵׂית טִיט:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Who has separated a place for the hair** Heb. לטשף. In Arabia, a hair is called שִׁיטְפָא. To every hair on the head I have given תְעָלָה, a separate shaft from which to draw sap. If two would draw from the same shaft, a person’s eyesight would fail. These have not been changed by Me, how then should I change אִיוֹב, Job, for אוֹיֵב, enemy? And this is the meaning of מן הסערה, from the hair. Another explanation: לַשֶטֶף a streaming raindrop. I set apart for each drop a hole in the clouds, for if they were to come down [together] from one opening, they would soften the earth and turn it into a mire.


###### Rashi on Job 38:25:2
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**וְדֶרֶךְ לַחֲזִיז קוֹלוֹת.** מִי פִלַּג? כָּל קוֹל וָקוֹל יֵשׁ לוֹ שְׁבִיל, וְאִם שְׁנַיִם הוֹלְכִים בִּשְׁבִיל אֶחָד, אֵין הַבְּרִיּוֹת סוֹבְלוֹת אֶת הַקּוֹל:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and a way for the cloud of the thunderclaps** who parted? Every thunderclap has its own path, and if two of them would go along one path, the creatures would not be able to bear the sound.


###### Rashi on Job 38:27:1
[Rashi on Job 38:27:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Job/r/38:27:1)

**שׁוֹאָה.** אֶרֶץ שֶׁהִיא חֲשֵׁכָה בְּרָעָב:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**darkness** A land that is dark because of hunger.


###### Rashi on Job 38:28:1
[Rashi on Job 38:28:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Job/r/38:28:1)

**אֶגְלֵי טָל.** גַּלֵּי טָל, וְהָאָלֶ״ף יְתֵרָה; כְּמוֹ ״וַאֲחַוֶּה דַעְתִּי בְאָזְנֵיכֶם״ (איוב יג:יז) – אָלֶ״ף יְתֵרָה בְּרֹאשׁ הַתֵּיבָה, לִהְיוֹתוֹ שֵׁם דָּבָר; וְכֵן ״אַבְחַת חֶרֶב״ (יחזקאל כא:כ) – כְּמוֹ נִבּוּחַ חֶרֶב, צַעֲקַת חֶרֶב. לָשׁוֹן אַחֵר: **אֶגְלֵי.** כְּמוֹ אַגְנֵי טָל, כְּמִין אֲגָנוֹת – פְּלָגִים, שֶׁהַטַּל נָתוּן בָּהֶם. לָמֶ״ד מִתְחַלֵּף בְּנוּ״ן; וְכֵן בְּסֵפֶר נְחֶמְיָה: ״נִשְׁכָּה״ (נחמיה יג:ז) כְּמוֹ ״לִשְׁכָּה״ (נחמיה יג:ה):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**waves of dew** Heb. אגלי, waves of גלי, dew, and the “aleph” is superfluous, as in (above 13: 17), “and to my speech (ואחותי) in your ears.” The “aleph” is superfluous at the beginning of the word because it is a noun, and similarly (Ezek. 21:20), “the scream of (אבחת) the sword,” like נבוח, barking, the scream of the sword. Another explanation: is like אַגְנֵי, basins of dew. A type of basins, divisions in which the dew is deposited. The “lammed” is interchangeable with a “nun,” and so in the Book of Ezra (Neh. 13:7), chamber (נִשְׁכָּה) like לִשְׁכָּה.


###### Rashi on Job 38:29:1
[Rashi on Job 38:29:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Job/r/38:29:1)

**כְּפוֹר.** גְּרִיסָ״א:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and the frost** glass or glassa in Old French.


###### Rashi on Job 38:30:1
[Rashi on Job 38:30:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Job/r/38:30:1)

**כָּאֶבֶן מַיִם יִתְחַבָּאוּ.** עַל יְדֵי הַקֶּרַח שֶׁמַּגְלִיד טִפָּה שֶׁעַל פְּנֵיהֶם:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Like a stone...hides** because of the ice that congeals in drops upon their faces.


###### Rashi on Job 38:30:2
[Rashi on Job 38:30:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Job/r/38:30:2)

**וּפְנֵי תְהוֹם יִתְלַכָּדוּ.** בּוֹ, וְיִתְאַחֲזוּ כְּאֶחָד:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and the face of the deep is caught** and held together by it.


###### Rashi on Job 38:31:1
[Rashi on Job 38:31:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Job/r/38:31:1)

**מַעֲדַנּוֹת כִּימָה.** קִשּׁוּר כִּימָה, שֶׁלֹּא תֵצֵא כָּל קוֹרוֹתָיו, וְיַחֲרִיב אֶת הָעוֹלָם בְּצִנָּה:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**the chains of the Pleiades** [Tie] the chains of the Pleiades so that all its cold should not go forth and destroy the world with cold.


###### Rashi on Job 38:31:2
[Rashi on Job 38:31:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Job/r/38:31:2)

**אוֹ מוֹשְׁכוֹת כְּסִיל תְּפַתֵּחַ.** לְהוֹצִיא חַמָּה, לְהָפִיג צִנָּתָהּ שֶׁל כִּימָה:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**or loose the straps of Orion** to bring out its heat, to mitigate the cold of the Pleiades.


###### Rashi on Job 38:32:1
[Rashi on Job 38:32:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Job/r/38:32:1)

**מַזָּרוֹת.** כָּל שְׁאָר מַזָּלוֹת:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**constellations** All the other constellations.


###### Rashi on Job 38:32:2
[Rashi on Job 38:32:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Job/r/38:32:2)

**וְעַיִשׁ.** כּוֹכָב גָּדוֹל שֶׁבַּכִּימָה, וְהַרְבֵּה כּוֹכָבִים קְבוּעִים בּוֹ; וְנָטַל שְׁנֵי כוֹכָבִים מִמֶּנָּה, לִפְתֹּחַ אֲרֻבּוֹת הַמַּבּוּל, וְנִבְקְעוּ בְּמַזַּל טָלֶה; וְעָתִיד הַקָּדוֹשׁ בָּרוּךְ הוּא לְהַחֲזִירָם לָהּ (תנחומא):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and...Ayish** The largest star in the Pleiades, to which many stars are attached. He took two stars from it to open the windows of the Deluge, and they were placed in the constellation of Aries and the Holy One, blessed be He, is destined to restore them to her. Tanchuma.


###### Rashi on Job 38:33:1
[Rashi on Job 38:33:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Job/r/38:33:1)

**מִשְׁטָרוֹ.** שְׁטִירַת הַמַּזָּלוֹת הַמְּמֻנִּים לְהָבִיא עַל הָאָרֶץ ״קֹר וָחֹם קַיִץ וָחֹרֶף״ (בראשית ח:כב):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**his dominion** The dominion of the constellations appointed to bring upon the earth cold and heat, summer and winter.


###### Rashi on Job 38:34:1
[Rashi on Job 38:34:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Job/r/38:34:1)

**הֲתָרִים לָעָב קוֹלֶךָ.** לְצַוּוֹת עָלָיו לְהִתְקַשֵּׁר בְּחֶשְׁכַת מַיִם לִהְיוֹת **שִׁפְעַת מַיִם** מְתְכַסֶּךָ, וְהוּא קַדְרוּת הֶעָבִים, כְּמוֹ ״אוֹ חֹשֶׁךְ לֹא תִרְאֶה״ (איוב כב:יא). אוֹ **שִׁפְעַת מַיִם.** עַל פִּיךָ יְכַסֶּךָּ מִן הַשָּׁמַיִם:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Can you lift up your voice to the cloud** to command it to tie up with the darkness of water so that an abundance of water cover you? That is the darkening of clouds, like (above 22:11), “or darkness so that you do not see.” **[or] will an abundance of water** from Heaven cover you by your commands.


###### Rashi on Job 38:35:1
[Rashi on Job 38:35:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Job/r/38:35:1)

**וְיֹאמְרוּ לְךָ.** בַּמָּקוֹם שֶׁנִּשְׁתַּלְּחוּ שָׁם **הִנֵּנוּ**, עָשִׂינוּ שְׁלִיחוּתְךָ! שֶׁאֵין צְרִיכִין לַחֲזֹר לִמְקוֹמָן, וּלְהָשִׁיב שׁלוּחָן, שֶׁהַשְּׁכִינָה בְּכָל מָקוֹם:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and say to you** in the place where they were sent, ‘Here we are; we have performed our errand,’ because they need not return to their place to reply to their Sender, for the Shechinah is everywhere.


###### Rashi on Job 38:36:1
[Rashi on Job 38:36:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Job/r/38:36:1)

**בַּטֻּחוֹת.** אֵלּוּ הַכְּלָיוֹת:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**in the inward parts** These are the reins.


###### Rashi on Job 38:36:2
[Rashi on Job 38:36:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Job/r/38:36:2)

**לַשֶּׂכְוִי.** זֶה תַּרְנְגוֹל; לְשׁוֹן חֲכָמִים (ראש השנה כו.). וְיֵשׁ אוֹמְרִים: זֶה הַלֵּב, שֶׁהוּא שׂוֹכֶה וְצוֹפֶה וּמְחַשֵּׁב אֶת הַנּוֹלָדוֹת:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**the rooster** Heb. לשכוי. This is the rooster in the language of the Sages (Rosh Hashanah 26a). And some say: This is the heart, which looks (שוכה), watches, and considers the coming events.


###### Rashi on Job 38:37:1
[Rashi on Job 38:37:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Job/r/38:37:1)

**יְסַפֵּר.** יְדַבֵּר וְיַזְהִיר תַּפְקִידָם:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**charges** Heb. יספר, will speak and charge with their mission.


###### Rashi on Job 38:37:2
[Rashi on Job 38:37:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Job/r/38:37:2)

**וְנִבְלֵי.** עֲשׂוּיִין כְּנוֹדוֹת, וְהַגְּשָׁמִים כְּנוּסִים בּוֹ שָׁם, כְּמוֹ נֵבֶל יָיִן (שמואל א י:ג):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**the bottles** Made like bottles in which the rains are collected, as in (I Sam. 1:24), “and an earthenware jug (ונבל) of wine.”


###### Rashi on Job 38:38:1
[Rashi on Job 38:38:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Job/r/38:38:1)

**בְּצֶקֶת עָפָר.** בְּיוֹם שֶׁיָּצַקְתִּי עָפָר:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**When the dust was poured** On the day that I poured the dust.


###### Rashi on Job 38:38:2
[Rashi on Job 38:38:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Job/r/38:38:2)

**לַמּוּצָק.** לַיְּסוֹד עוֹלָם בְּאֶמְצָעִיתוֹ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**into a mass** for the foundation of the world, into its midst.


###### Rashi on Job 38:38:3
[Rashi on Job 38:38:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Job/r/38:38:3)

**וּרְגָבִים יְדֻבָּקוּ.** סְבִיבוֹתָיו לַצְּדָדִין, עַד כִּי נִתְמַלֵּא אָרְכּוֹ וְרָחְבּוֹ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and the clods cleaved together** around it on all sides, until its length and width were filled.


###### Rashi on Job 38:40:1
[Rashi on Job 38:40:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Job/r/38:40:1)

**יָשׁוֹחוּ.** עוֹמְדִים צְפוּפִים:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**they crouch** They stand crouching to lie in wait.


###### Rashi on Job 38:40:2
[Rashi on Job 38:40:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Job/r/38:40:2)

**לְמוֹ אָרֶב.** לֶאֱרוֹב. כֵּן דֶּרֶךְ הָאוֹרְבִים, לָשׁוּחַ וְלָכוֹף עַצְמָן, כְּדֵי שֶׁלֹּא יַכִּירוּ בָּהֶם:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**to lie in wait** so is the habit of those who lie in wait, to crouch and to stoop themselves so that they will not be recognized.


###### Rashi on Job 38:41:1
[Rashi on Job 38:41:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Job/r/38:41:1)

**יִתְעוּ לִבְלִי אֹכֶל.** שֶׁאֲבִיהֶם שׂוֹנְאָם. הַקָּדוֹשׁ בָּרוּךְ הוּא מְזַמֵּן לָהֶם יַתּוּשִׁין, נִבְרָאִים מִצּוֹאָתָן, וְנִכְנָסִין לְתוֹךְ פִּיהֶם:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**they wander for lack of food** for their own fathers hate them, and the Holy One, blessed be He, prepares gnats for them, which are created from their dung, and they enter their mouths.