## Rashi on Job Chapter 6

###### Rashi on Job 6:1:1
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**(מענה איוב):**


###### Rashi on Job 6:2:1
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**וְהַוָּתִי.** שִׁבְרִי:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and my calamity** my ruin.


###### Rashi on Job 6:2:2
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**יִשְׂאוּ יָחַד.** עִם מִשְׁקָל שֶׁכְּנֶגְדָּם, וַאֲפִלּוּ הֵם חוֹל יַמִּים, יִכְבַּד מִמֶּנּוּ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**placed together on a scale** with a weight opposite it. even if [this weight] were the sand of the seas, it would outweigh it.


###### Rashi on Job 6:3:1
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**לָעוּ.** מְגֻמְגָּמִין, כְּאָדָם שֶׁאֵין בּוֹ כֹּחַ לְהוֹצִיא דָּבָר מִפִּיו כְּתִקּוּנוֹ; וְכֵן ״וְשָׁתוּ וְלָעוּ״ (עובדיה א:טז), שֶׁכֵּן דֶּרֶךְ שִׁכּוֹר לְגַמְגֵּם בִּדְבָרָיו:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**stammer** Heb. לעו. They are uncertain, like a person who has no strength to pronounce a word properly. Likewise (Obad. 16), “And they shall drink and stammer (ולעו),” because it is usual for a drunkard to stammer in his speech.


###### Rashi on Job 6:4:1
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**חֲמָתָם.** אֶרֶס שֶׁלָּהֶם. דֶּרֶךְ פַּרְסִיִּים לָתֵת אֶרֶס שֶׁל נָחָשׁ בְּחִצֵּיהֶם:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**venom** Heb. חמתם, their poison. It was the custom of the Persians to apply snake venom to their arrows.


###### Rashi on Job 6:5:1
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**הֲיִנְהַק פֶּרֶא וְגוֹ׳.** כְּלוֹמַר: וְכִי לְחִנָּם אֲנִי צוֹעֵק? וַהֲלֹא בְּהֵמָה שׁוֹטָה אֵינָהּ נוֹהֶקֶת בִּזְמַן שֶׁיֵּשׁ לָהּ דֶּשֶׁא, וְכֵן **שׁוֹר לֹא יִגְעֶה** אֶלָּא אִם כֵּן אֵין לוֹ **בְּלִיל** תְּבוּאָה. **בְּפֶרֶא** נוֹהֵג לְשׁוֹן ׳נְהַק׳, וּבְשׁוֹר – לְשׁוֹן ׳גְּעִיָּה׳:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Does a wild donkey bray** That is to say, do I cry out for nothing? Even a stupid animal does not bray when it has food, neither does an ox low unless it does not have grain fodder. With a wild donkey, the expression used is נַהַק, braying, and with an ox, the expression of געיה, lowing.


###### Rashi on Job 6:6:1
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**הֲיֵאָכֵל תָּפֵל.** דָּבָר שֶׁהוּא בְּלִי מֶלַח וְצָרִיךְ לְהַמְלִיחוֹ, וְלֹא נִמְלַח, קָרוּי תָּפֵל בִּלְשׁוֹן מִשְׁנָה (שבת קכח.; חלין קיג.; נדרים נא.):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Can bland food be eaten** A thing that has no salt and must be salted, but was not salted, is called תָּפֵל in Mishnaic Hebrew (Shabbath 128a, Hullin 113a, Nedarim 51a).


###### Rashi on Job 6:6:2
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**אִם יֵשׁ טַעַם בְּרִיר.** הַבָּא מֵחֲמַת הַחֲלָמוֹת כְּשֶׁאוֹכֵל דָּבָר חָזָק שֶׁמַּרְבֶּה רִיר וְרוֹק, כְּגוֹן שׁוּם. כְּלוֹמַר: וְכִי סְבוּרִים אַתֶּם שֶׁיִּהְיוּ מִתְקַבְּלוֹת תְּשׁוּבוֹת שֶׁאֵין בָּהֶם מַמָּשׁ? **רִיר**, כְּמוֹ ״וַיּוֹרֶד רִירוֹ עַל זְקָנוֹ״ (שמואל א כא:יד):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**or is there taste in the saliva** that comes from strong tasting foods, for the one who eats a strong-tasting food that increases the saliva, e.g. garlic. That is to say, Do you think their replies that have no substance are acceptable? רִיר [means saliva] as in (I Sam. 2 1:14), “and let his saliva (ריר) run down upon his beard.”


###### Rashi on Job 6:6:3
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**חַלָּמוּת.** כְּמוֹ ״יֶחֶלְמוּ בְנֵיהֶם״ (איוב לט:ד), לְשׁוֹן חוֹזֶק. וְיֵשׁ פּוֹתְרִים לְשׁוֹן חֲלוֹם, וְאֵין נִרְאֶה בְּעֵינַי, מִפְּנֵי דַּגְשׁוּת הַלָּמֶ״ד:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
חַלָמוּת is like (below 39:4), “Their sons wax strong (יחלמו),” an expression of strength. Some interpret it as an expression of a dream (חלום), but this does not appeal to me because of the dagesh in the “lammed.”


###### Rashi on Job 6:7:1
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**מֵאֲנָה לִנְגּוֹעַ נַפְשִׁי.** כְּלוֹמַר: הַרְבֵּה יֵשׁ לִי לִזְעוֹק, כִּי דְבָרִים שֶׁהָיְתָה נַפְשִׁי מְמָאֶנֶת וְקָצָה לִנְגּוֹעַ בָּהֶן, לְשׁוֹן נְגִיעָה:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**What my body refused to touch** That is to say, I have reason to cry increasingly, because things that my body refused [to touch] and was disgusted to touch... [לנגוֹע] is an expression of touching.


###### Rashi on Job 6:7:2
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**הֵמָּה כִּדְוֵי לַחְמִי.** הֵמָּה לִי עַתָּה נְכוֹנִים לְמַשְׁמֵשׁ בָּהֶם כִּמְפוֹת שֻׁלְחָנִי, שֶׁלַּחְמִי נָתוּן בָּהֶם. כִּדְוֵי לְשׁוֹן ״וַיִּכְרֹת אֶת מִדְוֵיהֶם״ (שמואל ב י:ד). כָּךְ שָׁמַעְתִּי מִפִּי רַבִּי מְשֻׁלָּם רוֹפֵא. עִנְיָן אַחֵר: כִּמְפוֹת שֶׁמְּסַנְּנִין בָּהֶן אֶת הַתַּבְשִׁיל וּמַאֲכָל זָב מֵהֶם, דְּוֵי לְשׁוֹן דָּוָה זָבָה (ויקרא טו:לג, יט):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**as cloths for my food** Now they are prepared for me to touch them like my tablecloths upon which my food is placed. כִּדְוֵי is an expression like (II Sam. 10:4), “and he cut off their garments (מדויהם).” I heard this from Rabbi Meshullam the physician. Another interpretation: Like cloths with which they strain the cooked foods and the food runs out of them. דְוֵי is an expression of דָוֶה, running.


###### Rashi on Job 6:7:3
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**לַחְמִי.** כָּל מַאֲכָל קָרוּי לֶחֶם, כְּמוֹ ״עֲבַד לְחֶם רַב״ (דניאל ה:א), וּכְמוֹ ״נַשְׁחִיתָה עֵץ בְּלַחְמוֹ״ (ירמיהו יא:יט), וְתִרְגֵּם יוֹנָתָן: ״סַמָּא דְמוֹתָא בְּמֵיכְלֵיהּ״. לָשׁוֹן אַחֵר: הֵמָּה כְּמַבָּטֵי מַאֲכָלִי, כְּלוֹמַר: גַּס לִבִּי לְהִסְתַּכֵּל בָּהֶם בְּרִמָּה, כַּאֲשֶׁר אֲנִי מִסְתַּכֵּל בְּמַאֲכָלִי. וּלְשׁוֹן מִשְׁנָה הוּא: ״וּמְסַגּוֹ כִּי דָווּ״, בְּמַסֶּכֶת שַׁבָּת (שבת נג:):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**my food** Heb. לחמי, lit. my bread. All food is called לחם, as in (Dan. 5:1), “made a great feast (לחם).” and as in (Jer. 11:19), “Let us destroy his food (בלחמו) with wood.” which Jonathan renders: poison into his food. Another explanation: They are as the sights of my food. That is to say: I am accustomed to looking at them, at the worms, as I look at my food. This is Mishnaic Hebrew: “and they walk when they look (דוי)” in Tractate Shabbath (53b).


###### Rashi on Job 6:9:1
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**וְיוֹאֵל.** וְיִרְצֶה:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**desire** and may He want.


###### Rashi on Job 6:9:2
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**וִידַכְּאֵנִי.** לְשׁוֹן מִיתָה:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and crush me** [This is] an expression of death.


###### Rashi on Job 6:9:3
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**יַתֵּר יָדוֹ.** יְגַדֵּל יָדוֹ בְּמַכָּתוֹ, כְּמוֹ ״הִנֵּה יַד ה׳ הוֹיָה״ (שמות ט:ג):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**enlarge his hand** May He enlarge His hand with His plague like (Exod. 9:3), “Behold God’s hand is.”


###### Rashi on Job 6:9:4
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**וְיִבַצְּעֵנִי.** וִיכַלֵּנִי, כְּמוֹ ״בִּצַּע אֶמְרָתוֹ״ (איכה ב:יז), ״יָדָיו תְּבַצַּעְנָה״ (זכריה ד:ט):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and finish me off** Heb. ויבצעני, and finish me off, as in (Lam. 2:17), “He has carried out (בצע) His word,” and (Zech. 4:9), “and his hands shall finish it (תבצענה).”


###### Rashi on Job 6:10:1
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**וּתְהִי עוֹד נֶחָמָתִי.** וּתְהִי עוֹד זֹאת לִי לְנֶחָמָה:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Then should I yet have comfort** And this shall yet be to me for comfort.


###### Rashi on Job 6:10:2
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**וַאֲסַלְּדָה בְחִילָה וְלֹא יַחְמוֹל.** וַאֲבַקֵּשׁ מִמֶּנּוּ סְלִיחָה שֶׁלֹּא יַחְמוֹל מִלְּבַצְּעֵנִי, וַאֲנִי אֵינִי מוֹצֵא לוֹ דִּמְיוֹן בַּמִּקְרָא, זוּלָתִי שֶׁבִּלְשׁוֹן מִשְׁנָה הוּא לְשׁוֹן יָרֵא וְדוֹאֵג (חולין קה:): שֶׁהַיָּד סוֹלֶדֶת בָּהֶן מִלִּכָּווֹת בָּרוֹתְחִין; כְּלוֹמַר: אֶתְחוֹלֵל בִּדְאָגָה וּבְחִילָה בַּקָּשָׁה זוֹ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and I will beg, shuddering, that He should have no pity** And I will beg of Him with shuddering (Shem Ephraim) that He not refrain from finishing me off: I cannot find any similar word in Scriptures, except that in Mishnaic Hebrew it is an expression of fear and concern, that the hand fears them lest it be scalded in boiling water. That is to say, I will shudder with concern and with shuddering request this.


###### Rashi on Job 6:10:3
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**כִּי לֹא כִחַדְתִּי.** וְלֹא חָסַרְתִּי אֲמָרָיו מִלְּקַיְּמָן:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**for I have not denied** I did not fail to fulfill His words.


###### Rashi on Job 6:11:1
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**מַה כֹּחִי.** חָזָק לִסְבּוֹל:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**What is my strength** How strong is it to bear [my pains]?


###### Rashi on Job 6:11:2
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**כִּי אֲיַחֵל.** כִּי אֲמְתִּין עַד יוֹם רְפוּאָה אוֹ עַד יוֹם מִיתָה:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**that I should wait** That I should wait until the day of recovery or until the day of death?


###### Rashi on Job 6:11:3
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**אֲיַחֵל.** כְּמוֹ ״וַיָּחֶל עוֹד״ דְּנֹחַ (בראשית ח:י):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**I should wait** Heb. איחל, like (Gen. 8:10), “And he waited (ויחל) again,” concerning Noah.


###### Rashi on Job 6:11:4
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**וּמַה קִּצִּי.** וּמָה חָשׁוּב קִצִּי וְחָזָק כִּי אֲיַחֵל, כִּי לֹא אוּכַל לְהַאֲרִיךְ קִצִּי מִלִּסְבּוֹל:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and what** Of what importance is my end that I should be able to restrain my desire to bear?


###### Rashi on Job 6:11:5
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**נַפְשִׁי.** הוּא יֵצֶר תַּאֲוַת אָדָם, בְּכַמָּה מְקוֹמוֹת, כְּמוֹ ״אִם יֵשׁ אֶת נַפְשְׁכֶם״ (בראשית כג:ח):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**my desire** Heb. נפשי. This [word denoting] a person’s temptation toward desire [is used] in many places, as (Gen. 23:8), “If it is truly your will (נפשכם).”


###### Rashi on Job 6:13:1
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**הַאִם אֵין עֶזְרָתִי בִי.** לְשׁוֹן תֵּימָא: הֲגַם זֹאת תָּבֹא עָלַי, שֶׁאֵין עֶזְרָתִי בִּי – אוֹתָם רֵיעִים שֶׁהָיוּ לִי לְעָזְרֵנִי, אֵינָם בְּעֶזְרָתִי?!

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Have I no help** This is an expression of wonder. Will this too come upon me, that I have no help? Those friends that I had to help me are not helping me.


###### Rashi on Job 6:13:2
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**וְתוּשִׁיָּה נִדְּחָה.** עֵצָה שֶׁל יוֹעֲצִים נִדְּחָה מִמֶּנִּי, שֶׁקָּמָה עָלַי לְהַקְנִיט וְלִדְחוֹת:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**or is counsel lost** The counsel of counselors is lost from me, because you have risen against me to provoke and to reject.


###### Rashi on Job 6:14:1
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**לַמָּס מֵרֵעֵהוּ חָסֶד.** לְמִי שֶׁמּוֹנֵעַ חֶסֶד מֵחֲבֵירוֹ. וְהַלָּמֶ״ד – מְשַׁמֶּשֶׁת, כְּמוֹ ״לָרָב״ (במדבר כו:נד), ״לָצָו״ (ישעיהו כח:י), לָשָׁב. **מָס** גַּם הוּא לְשׁוֹן פּוֹעֵל, כְּמוֹ בָּא, שָׁב, נָד, גַּם אֵלֶּה לְשׁוֹן עוֹשֶׂה:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**By one who withholds kindness from his friend** Heb. למס, by one who withholds kindness. The “lammed” is a prefix, as in (Num. 26:54), “to the numerous one (לָרַב)”; “to the one who returns (?) (לָשָב),” and (Isa. 28:10, 13) “for a precept (לצו).” מָס too is an expression of a verb, like בָּא, comes: שָב, returns; גָר, dwells; these also are an expression of doing [i.e., the present tense]:


###### Rashi on Job 6:14:2
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**לַמָּס** הַחֶסֶד. מְכַלֶּה אוֹתוֹ, כְּמוֹ ״וְחַם הַשֶּׁמֶשׁ וְנָמָס״ (שמות טז:כא):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**who withholds kindness**, who destroys it, like (Exod. 16:21), “when the sun grew hot, it melted (ונמס).”


###### Rashi on Job 6:15:1
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**אַחַי.** בְּנֵי מְלִיצָתִי:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**My brethren** Those who defend me.


###### Rashi on Job 6:15:2
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**בָּגְדוּ.** בִּי, כְּמוֹ הַנַּחַל הַבּוֹגֵד בְּגִידוֹת כְּמוֹ שֶׁמְּפָרֵשׁ בָּעִנְיָן:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**betrayed** me like the stream that betrays [many] betrayals, as is explained in this chapter.


###### Rashi on Job 6:15:3
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**כַּאֲפִיק נְחָלִים.** מוֹצָא נְחָלִים יַעַבְרוּ מִמִּדָּה נְכוֹחָה וְרֵיעוּת. וּמַה הִיא בְּגִידוּתוֹ שֶׁל נַחַל?

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**like the source of streams** the source of streams, they pass from the proper trait of friendship. Now what is the betrayal of a stream?


###### Rashi on Job 6:16:1
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**הַקּוֹדְרִים מִנִּי קָרַח.** אִם בָּא עֲלֵיהֶם קֶרַח נִקְמָטִים וְנַעֲשִׂים קְרִים (קרשים קרים):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**which wrinkle from the ice** if ice comes upon them, they wrinkle and become like boards (Shem Ephraim),


###### Rashi on Job 6:16:2
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**וְעָלֵימוֹ יִתְעַלֶּם.** מִתְכַּסֶּה הַשֶּׁלֶג שֶׁנּוֹפֵל עַל הַקֶּרַח. הֲרֵי בְּגִידָה אַחַת: שֶׁנִּתְכַּסָּה מִן הָעַיִן, וְאֵין הַצָּמֵא מוֹצֵא מַיִם לִשְׁתּוֹת:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and upon them the snow disappears**—it is covered, for it falls with the ice. This is one betrayal, for it [the stream] is hidden from the eye, and a thirsty man does not find water to drink.


###### Rashi on Job 6:17:1
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**בְּעֵת יְזֹרְבוּ.** לְשׁוֹן יְצֹרְבוּ, כְּחוֹם הַשֶּׁמֶשׁ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**At the time they become warm** Heb. יזרבו, an expression of יְצֹרָבוּ, they become warm from the heat of the sun.


###### Rashi on Job 6:17:2
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**נִצְמָתוּ.** רֶטְרִי״שׁ בְּלַעַ״ז, כְּמוֹ ״וְחֹמֶץ צוֹמְתָן״ בִּלְשׁוֹן גְּמָרָא (פסחים מ:). צָדִ״י מִתְחַלֶּפֶת בְּזַיִ״ן, כְּמוֹ צְעָקָה זְעָקָה (בראשית כז:לד; ישעיהו סה:יט):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**they retreat** Heb. נצמתו, retrait in Old French, shrink, contract, as “and the vinegar shrinks them (צומתן), (Pesachim 41a) in Talmudic Hebrew. [In the word יְזֹרָבוּ], the “zaddi” is converted to a “zayin,” like צעקה and זעקה, a cry.


###### Rashi on Job 6:17:3
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**יְזֹרְבוּ.** לְשׁוֹן ״וְנִצְרְבוּ בָהּ כָּל פָּנִים״ (יחזקאל כא:ג), וּכְמוֹ ״אֵשׁ צָרֶבֶת״ (משלי טז:כז):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
[Therefore,] יְזֹרָבוּ is an expression of (Ezekiel 21:3), “and all faces shall be scorched (ונצרבו),” and like (Prov. 16:27), “searing (צרבת) fire.”


###### Rashi on Job 6:17:4
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**נִדְעֲכוּ.** נִקְפְּצוּ מִמְּקוֹמָם:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**they jump** they jump from their place.


###### Rashi on Job 6:18:1
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**יִלָּפְתוּ.** יֵאָחֲזוּ אָרְחוֹת דַּרְכָּם, כְּמוֹ ״וַיִּלְפֹּת שִׁמְשׁוֹן״ (שופטים טז:כט), וְכֵן ״וַיֶּחֱרַד הָאִישׁ וַיִּלָּפֵת״ (רות ג:ח) – שֶׁחִבְּקַתּוּ הָאִשָּׁה:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**are held** Heb. ילפתו. They hold the paths of their way, as in (Jud. 16:29), “And Samson grasped (וילפת),” and similarly (Ruth 3:8), “and the man quaked and was taken around (וילפת),” for the woman embraced him.


###### Rashi on Job 6:19:1
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**תֵּימָא.** אֶרֶץ יִשְׁמָעֵאל שֶׁהִיא נְמוּכָה, וְהַמַּיִם נִגָּרִים שָׁם:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**They look at the paths of Tema** The land of Ishmael, which is low, and the water flows there.


###### Rashi on Job 6:19:2
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**קִוּוּ.** לְשׁוֹן קַו נָטוּי (ישעיהו לד:יא). דָּבָר אַחֵר: לְשׁוֹן ״יִקָּווּ הַמַּיִם״ (בראשית א:ט):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**they make a line** Heb. קוו, an expression of an extended line. Another explanation: it is an expression of (Gen. 1:9) “Let the waters...gather (יקוו).”


###### Rashi on Job 6:20:1
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**בֹּשׁוּ כִּי בָטָח בָּאוּ עָדֶיהָ.** יֵבוֹשׁוּ שׁוֹתֶיהָ, כִּי בָטַח כָּל אִישׁ וְאִישׁ לִשְׁתּוֹת מֵהֶם:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**They are ashamed because they had hoped; they came to it** Those who drink it are ashamed because everyone had hoped to drink thereof.


###### Rashi on Job 6:21:1
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**כִּי עַתָּה הֱיִיתֶם לוֹ.** הֱיִיתֶם נִמְשָׁלִים לְאוֹתוֹ נַחַל:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**For now you are like it** You are compared to that stream


###### Rashi on Job 6:21:2
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**תִּירְאוּ חֲתַת.** וּפַחַד הַמַּכָּה, וַתִּירְאוּ לוֹמַר הָאֱמֶת; וּמַחֲנִיפִים אֶת בַּעַל רִיבִי:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**you fear ruin** The fear of the plague, and you are afraid to say the truth, thereby flattering my opponent.


###### Rashi on Job 6:22:1
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**וּמִכֹּחֲכֶם שִׁחֲדוּ בַעֲדִי.** וּמִמָּמוֹנְכֶם:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**or “Offer a bribe for me from your wealth”** [Heb. מכחכם, lit. from your strength.] And from your wealth.


###### Rashi on Job 6:25:1
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**מַה נִּמְרְצוּ.** כְּמוֹ ״קְלָלָה נִמְרֶצֶת״ (מלכים א ב:ח), לְשׁוֹן ״דָּבָר דָּבוּר עַל אָפְנָיו״ (משלי כה:יא). וְכֵן ״נִמְלְצוּ לְחִכִּי״ (תהלים קיט:קג) – כֻּלָּן לְשׁוֹן מְלִיצָה הֵם, וְלָמֶ״ד מִתְחַלֶּפֶת בְּרֵי״שׁ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**How clear** Heb. נמרצו, like (I Kings 2:8), “a clear curse (נמרצת),” an expression of (Prov. 25:11) “a word spoken with proper basis.” and similarly (Ps. 119:103), “How clear (נמלצו) are Your words to my palate.” All of them are expressions of clarification (מליצה), and the “lammed” is converted to a “resh.”


###### Rashi on Job 6:25:2
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**אִמְרֵי יֹשֶׁר.** אִם אִמְרֵי יֹשֶׁר הֱיִיתֶם אוֹמְרִים, הָיוּ מְקֻבָּלִים; אֲבָל עַתָּה, **מַה יּוֹכִיחַ הוֹכֵחַ מִכֶּם**? כָּל תּוֹכָחָה שֶׁבְּאִיּוֹב – בֵּרוּר הַדְּבָרִים הֵם, וּמַעֲמִידִים עַל הָאֱמֶת:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**words of uprightness** If you were saying words of uprightness, they would be accepted, but now, what does your proof prove? Every expression of תוֹכָחָה in Job means the clarification and verification of matters.


###### Rashi on Job 6:26:1
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**הֲלְהוֹכַח מִלִּים תַּחְשֹׁבוּ.** הֲלְבָרֵר דְּבָרִים תַּחְשֹׁבוּ?

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Do you think to clarify words** Heb. הלהוכח, Do you think to clarify words?


###### Rashi on Job 6:26:2
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**וּלְרוּחַ.** הֵם מְשׁוּלִים:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**They are like wind** They are likened [to wind].


###### Rashi on Job 6:26:3
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**אִמְרֵי נוֹאָשׁ.** שֶׁאֵין בָּהֶם מַמָּשׁ, כְּמוֹ ״וַתֹּאמְרִי נוֹאָשׁ״ (ירמיה ב:כה) – אֵינִי חוֹשֵׁשׁ לְדִבְרֵי הַנְּבִיאִים:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**words of futility** which have no substance, like (Jer. 2:25), “but you said. I despair (נואש).” I am not concerned with the words of the prophets.


###### Rashi on Job 6:27:1
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**תַּפִּילוּ.** בְּדִינְכֶם אַתֶּם מַפִּילִים. הַאַף עַל עָנִי כָּמוֹנִי בְּקַו מִשְׁפָּט? **וְתִכְרוּ** שׁוּחָה **עַל רֵיעֲכֶם** לְהַפִּילוֹ?

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**You cast** with your judgment, you cast wrath upon a poor man like me, with the line of judgment; and you dig a pit for your friend into which to cast him.


###### Rashi on Job 6:28:1
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**הוֹאִילוּ.** הִתְרַצּוּ לִפְנוֹת אֵלַי וְלִשְׁמֹעַ דְּבָרַי, וְתִרְאוּ **אִם עַל פְּנֵיכֶם אֲכַזֵּב**:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**agree** Be willing to turn to me and to hear my words. Then you will see whether I lie to your face.


###### Rashi on Job 6:29:1
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**שׁוּבוּ נָא.** לִבְחוֹן, וְתִבְחֲנוּ, שֶׁלֹּא תְהֵא עוֹד עַוְלָה **וְשׁוּבוּ** לַחֲקוֹר, וַהֲרֵי צִדְקִי יִמָּצֵא בָהּ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Return now** to test, and you will determine that there shall be no more injustice; return to investigate, and behold, my righteousness will be found in it.


###### Rashi on Job 6:30:1
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**אִם חִכִּי לֹא יָבִין הַוּוֹת.** לֹא יָבִין כְּשֶׁאֲנִי מְדַבֵּר הַוּוֹת?

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**or will my palate not understand wickedness?** Will it not understand when I speak words of wickedness?