## Rashi on Job Chapter 42

###### Rashi on Job 42:2:1
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**(מענה איוב):** 
**יָדַעְתִּי כִּי כֹל תּוּכָל.** כִּי הַכֹּל תּוּכַל לַעֲשׂוֹת, כַּאֲשֶׁר יָשָׁר בְּעֵינֶיךָ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Job’s Reply**
**I knew that You can do everything** That You can do anything that pleases You.


###### Rashi on Job 42:2:2
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**וְלֹא יִבָּצֵר מִמְּךָ מְזִמָּה.** כּוֹפֵל מִלָּתוֹ: שֶׁאֵין מְזִמָּה וּמַחֲשָׁבָה נִבְצֶרֶת וְנִסְתֶּרֶת מִמְּךָ, אֲשֶׁר כָּל מַחֲשְׁבוֹתֶיךָ תּוּכַל לִגְמֹר וּלְמַלְּאוֹת; כִּי בְיָדְךָ כֹּחַ וּגְבוּרָה וּבְיָדְךָ לַעֲשׂוֹת כָּל הַטּוֹב בְּעֵינֶיךָ (דברי הימים א כט:יב). וּמִקְרָא זֶה דּוּגְמַת ״וְעַתָּה לֹא יִבָּצֵר מֵהֶם כֹּל אֲשֶׁר יָזְמוּ לַעֲשׂוֹת״ (בראשית יא:ו):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and no design is restrained from You** He repeats his words, that no design or plan is restrained or withheld from You, that You can complete and fulfill Your plans, for strength and might are in Your hand, and You have the power to do all that pleases You. This verse is similar to (Gen. 11:6), “Now will nothing that they have planned to do be restrained (יבצר) from them?”


###### Rashi on Job 42:3:1
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**מִי זֶה מַעְלִים.** אֲשֶׁר הֶעֱלִים וְכִסָּה עֲצָתוֹ וְנִפְלְאוֹתָיו שֶׁל הַקָּדוֹשׁ בָּרוּךְ הוּא בִּבְלִי דַעַת? יָדַעְתִּי כִּי הַכֹּל בְּיָדְךָ לַעֲשׂוֹת, וְעַל כֵּן **הִגַּדְתִּי** קְצָת מִגְּבוּרוֹתָיו כַּאֲשֶׁר הָיוּ עִם לְבָבִי, כַּאֲשֶׁר **יָדַעְתִּי**:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Who is this** who concealed and covered the counsel and the wonders of the Holy One, blessed be He, without knowledge? I knew that everything is in Your hand to do, and so I related some of Your mighty deeds as were in my heart; as I knew [them].


###### Rashi on Job 42:3:2
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**וְלֹא אָבִין.** אֲבָל לֹא הֵבַנְתִּי כָּל כָּךְ, כַּאֲשֶׁר הוֹדַעְתַּנִי; כִּי כַּמָּה נִפְלָאוֹת נִסְתָּרוֹת וְנֶעֱלָמוֹת מִמֶּנִּי, אֲשֶׁר אֵינֶנִּי יוֹדֵעַ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**but I did not understand** But I did not understand so much, as You informed me, for many wonders are hidden and concealed from me, which I do not know.


###### Rashi on Job 42:5:1
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**לְשֵׁמַע אֹזֶן שְׁמַעְתִּיךָ.** כַּמָּה וְכַמָּה פְּעָמִים שָׁמַעְתִּי שִׁמְעֲךָ, **וְעַתָּה עֵינִי** רָאֲתָה אֶת שְׁכִינָתְךָ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**I have heard of You by the hearing of the ear** Many many times I have heard of You. **and now, my eye has seen You** Your Shechinah.


###### Rashi on Job 42:6:1
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**עַל כֵּן.** אֲשֶׁר זָכִיתִי לַחֲזוֹת שְׁכִינָתְךָ, מוֹאֵס אֲנִי בְּחַיַּי; וְאֶהְיֶה מִתְנַחֵם, אִלּוּ הָיִיתִי שׁוֹכֵן בַּקֶּבֶר, לָשׁוּב **לְעָפָר וָאֵפֶר** אֲשֶׁר לֻקַּחְתִּי מִשָּׁם:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Therefore** Since I merited to see Your Shechinah. **I despise** I despise my life. **on dust and ashes** if I were resting in the grave, to return to dust and ashes whence I was taken.


###### Rashi on Job 42:7:1
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**וּבִשְׁנֵי רֵעֶיךָ.** בִּלְדַּד הַשּׁוּחִי וְצוֹפַר הַנַּעֲמָתִי:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and your two companions** Bildad the Shuhite and Zophar the Naamathite.


###### Rashi on Job 42:7:2
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**כִּי לֹא דִבַּרְתֶּם.** שֶׁהֲרֵי לֹא דִבַּרְתֶּם אֵלַי טַעֲנָה נְכוֹנָה **כְּעַבְדִּי אִיּוֹב**; שֶׁהֲרֵי הוּא לֹא פָּשַׁע בִּי, כִּי אִם עַל אֲשֶׁר אָמַר ״תָּם וְרָשָׁע הוּא מְכַלֶּה״ (איוב ט:כב), וְעַל יְדֵי הַשָּׂטָן הַמְקַטְרֵג אֶת הָעוֹלָם, שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר ״אִם שׁוֹט יָמִית פִּתְאוֹם וְגוֹ׳״ (איוב ט:כג). וְאִם הוֹסִיף לְדַבֵּר – מִפְּנֵי קֹשִׁי יִסּוּרִין אֲשֶׁר כָּבְדוּ וְחָזְקוּ עָלָיו דִּבֵּר. אֲבָל אַתֶּם פְּשַׁעְתֶּם, עַל אֲשֶׁר הִרְשַׁעְתֶּם אוֹתוֹ, לֵאמֹר ״הֲלֹא יִרְאָתְךָ כִּסְלָתֶךָ״ (איוב ד:ו), וְהֶחֱזַקְתֶּם אוֹתוֹ בְּחֶזְקַת רָשָׁע. וּלְבַסּוֹף הֱיִיתֶם מְשֻׁתָּקִים וּמְנֻצָּחִים לְפָנָיו; וְהָיָה לָכֶם לְנַחֲמוֹ, כַּאֲשֶׁר עָשָׂה אֱלִיהוּא. וְלֹא דַי לְאִיּוֹב בְּצָרָתוֹ וְיִסּוּרָיו, כִּי גַם הוֹסַפְתֶּם עַל חַטֹּאתֵיכֶם פֶּשַׁע לְהַקְנִיטוֹ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**because you did not speak** Because you did not speak to Me with a correct argument as did My servant Job, for he did not rebel against Me except for what he said (above 9:22), “He destroys both the innocent and the wicked,” and through the Adversary who denounces the world, as it is stated (ibid. verse 23): “If the scourge kills suddenly etc.” And if he continued to speak, he spoke because of the severity of the pains that burdened him and overwhelmed him; but you rebelled by condemning him, saying (4: 6), “Behold, your fear was your foolishness,” and you held him to be a wicked man, and at the end when you were silenced and defeated before him, you should have consoled him as Elihu did. Was it not enough for Job with his trouble and his sufferings, that you added rebellion to your sins to provoke him?


###### Rashi on Job 42:8:1
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**וְהַעֲלִיתֶם עוֹלָה בַּעַדְכֶם.** לְמַעַן שֶׁתִּתְרַצּוּ וְתִתְפַּיְּסוּ לְפָנַי, וּבִלְבַד אֲשֶׁר עַבְדִּי אִיּוֹב יִתְפַּלֵּל עֲלֵיכֶם אֲשֶׁר אֶסְלַח לְחַטֹּאתֵיכֶם, וְלִפְשָׁעֵיכֶם לֹא אֶזְכֹּר עוֹד:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and offer up a burnt offering for yourselves** So that you placate and appease Me, provided that My servant Job pray for you that I forgive your sins, and no longer remember your transgressions.


###### Rashi on Job 42:8:2
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**כִּי אִם פָּנָיו אֶשָּׂא.** שֶׁהֲרֵי פָנָיו אֶשָּׂא לְקַבֵּל תְּפִלָּתוֹ. הֲרֵי אִם כְּמוֹ אֲשֶׁר, וְכֵן ״עַד אִם כִּלּוּ לִשְׁתּוֹת״ (בראשית כד:יט), ״אִם כֹּפֶר יוּשַׁת עָלָיו״ (שמות כא:ל), וְכֵן הַרְבֵּה:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**for I will favor him** Heb. כי אם, because I will favor him to accept his prayer (thus the word אִם is used for “that”), and likewise (Gen. 24:19), “until (עד אם) they have finished drinking”; (Ex. 21:30), “in which case (אם) an atonement is placed on him,” and many others.


###### Rashi on Job 42:8:3
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**כִּי לֹא.** שֶׁהֲרֵי לֹא:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**for...not** Because...not.


###### Rashi on Job 42:9:1
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**וַיִּשָּׂא ה׳ אֶת פְּנֵי אִיּוֹב.** וַיִּשָּׂא כְּמוֹ ״נָשָׂאתִי פָנֶיךָ גַּם לַדָּבָר הַזֶּה״ (בראשית יט:כא), שֶׁקִּבֵּל תְּפִלָּתוֹ וְהִסְבִּיר לוֹ פָּנִים:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and the Lord favored Job** Heb. וישא, [lit. and the Lord lifted His countenance] as in (Gen. 19: 21), “I have favored you (נשאתי) also in this respect,” that He accepted his prayer and showed him a bright countenance.


###### Rashi on Job 42:10:1
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**שָׁב אֶת שְׁבוּת אִיּוֹב בְּהִתְפַּלְלוֹ.** שָׁב נוֹפֵל לוֹמַר בְּעִנְיָן זֶה, וַהֲרֵי הוּא כְּאִלּוּ כְּתִיב וְהֵשִׁיב אֶת שְׁבוּת אִיּוֹב:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Now the Lord returned Job’s captivity when he prayed** [The word] שָׁב is inappropriate in this matter, and it is as though it were written: “And He returned (נשאתי) Job’s captivity when he prayed.”


###### Rashi on Job 42:10:2
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**בְּהִתְפַּלְלוֹ בְּעַד רֵעֵהוּ.** בִּזְכוּת שֶׁהִתְפַּלֵּל עַל כָּל רֵיעַ וְרֵיעַ שֶׁלּוֹ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**for his friend** In the merit that he prayed for each friend of his.


###### Rashi on Job 42:10:3
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**לְמִשְׁנֶה.** עַל אֶחָד שְׁנַיִם (נראה דקאי גם על מה שכתב למעלה שהיה לו לומר להשיב מהר״ז), וְלֹא דִקְדֵּק הַמִּקְרָא בְּמִלָּתוֹ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**twice as much** Heb. למשנה, for one, two; and Scripture was not exact in its wording.


###### Rashi on Job 42:11:1
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**לְפָנִים.** כָּל אֲשֶׁר הָיוּ אוֹהֲבָיו וּמַכִּירָיו בְּטֶרֶם הִגִּיעוּ אֵלָיו הַיִּסּוּרִים:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**previous** All who were his friends and acquaintances before the sufferings befell him.


###### Rashi on Job 42:11:2
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**וַיָּנֻדוּ לוֹ.** לְשׁוֹן קוֹנְפְּלֵיְינְטָ״א בְּלַעַ״ז:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and they bemoaned him** Complaindre in Old French, to complain.


###### Rashi on Job 42:11:3
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**קְשִׂיטָה.** מָעָה:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**one piece of money** a ma’ah.


###### Rashi on Job 42:11:4
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**וְאִישׁ.** וְכָל אֶחָד וְאֶחָד (רוצה לומר שלא תאמר שהכונה שיש שנתנו לו קשיטה ויש שנתן לו נזם לכך כתב רש״י ואיש פירושו כל אחד ואחד מהר״ז):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and each one** and every one of them.


###### Rashi on Job 42:12:1
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**מֵרֵאשִׁיתוֹ.** יוֹתֵר מֵרֵאשִׁית עָשְׁרוֹ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**more than his beginning** More than his former wealth.


###### Rashi on Job 42:13:1
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**שִׁבְעָנָה.** הֵם פַּעֲמַיִם שֶׁבַע, שְׁתֵּי שְׁבִיעִיּוֹת; כְּמוֹ ״שְׁבֻעַיִם״ (ויקרא יב:ה), שֶׁהֵם שְׁתֵּי שָׁבוּעוֹת:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**fourteen** Heb. שבענה. They were twice seven, two sevens, like (Lev. 12:5), שְׁבֻעַיִם which means two weeks.


###### Rashi on Job 42:14:1
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**וַיִּקְרָא שֵׁם הָאַחַת יְמִימָה.** עַל שֵׁם יָפְיָתָן נִקְרְאוּ שְׁמוֹתֵיהֶן:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**And he named the first Jemimah** They were named according to their beauty.


###### Rashi on Job 42:14:2
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**יְמִימָה.** צַחָה וּמְלֻבָּנָה כַּיּוֹם:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Jemimah** Bright and white as the sun (יום).


###### Rashi on Job 42:14:3
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**קְצִיעָה.** רֵיחָהּ נוֹדֵף עָרֵב וּמְבֻשָּׂם, כִּקְצִיעָה שֶׁל בֹּשֶׂם:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Keziah** She had a fragrant and perfumed scent like the spice, cassia.


###### Rashi on Job 42:14:4
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**קֶרֶן הַפּוּךְ.** עַל שֵׁם הַקֶּרֶן שֶׁנּוֹתְנִין בּוֹ כְּחוֹל וּבוֹרִית, שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר ״וְתִקְרְעִי בַפּוּךְ עֵינַיִךְ״ (ירמיהו ד:ל):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Keren-happuch** Because of the horn in which they put stibium and lixivium, as it is stated (Jer. 4: 30): “that you enlarge your eye with paint (בפוך).”


###### Rashi on Job 42:15:1
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**וְלֹא נִמְצָא נָשִׁים יָפוֹת כִּבְנוֹת אִיּוֹב וְגוֹ׳.** וְלֹא נִמְצָא מַעֲשֶׂה שֶׁל נָשִׁים יָפוֹת, כְּמַעֲשֵׂה יֹפִי שֶׁל בְּנוֹת אִיּוֹב; וּמִקְרָא זֶה דּוּגְמַת ״וַיְהִי אֲנָשִׁים אֲשֶׁר הָיוּ טְמֵאִים״ (במדבר ט:ו); וְכֵן הַרְבֵּה:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Nowhere...were women as beautiful as Job’s daughters to be found** An instance of beautiful women like the phenomenon of the beauty of Job’s daughters was not found. This verse is on the pattern of (Num. 9:6), “But there was [an incident of] men who were unclean.”


###### Rashi on Job 42:15:2
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**וַיִּתֵּן לָהֶם אֲבִיהֶם נַחֲלָה בְּתוֹךְ אֲחֵיהֶם.** מִתּוֹךְ חֲשִׁיבוּתָן וְיָפְיָן, נָתַן לָהֶם נַחֲלָה עִם הָאַחִים:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and their father gave them an inheritance among their brothers** Because of (their esteem and) their beauty, he gave them an inheritance with their brothers.


###### Rashi on Job 42:17:1
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**וּשְׂבַע יָמִים.** מִן שָׂבֵעַ יֹאמַר שְׂבַע בִּדְבֵקוּת:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and sated with days** Heb. וּשְׂבַע.From וְשָׂבֵעַ he says וּשְׂבַע, in the construct state.