## Rashi on Job Chapter 7

###### Rashi on Job 7:1:1
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**הֲלֹא צָבָא וְגוֹ׳.** זֶה הַדָּבָר אֲשֶׁר אָמַרְתִּי לָכֶם הוֹאִילוּ פְּנוּ בִי, כִּי אֵיךְ אַחֲרִישׁ מִלִּזְעוֹק עַל הַוָּתִי? הֲלֹא יְדַעְתֶּם כִּי יֵשׁ צָבָא וּזְמַן לֶאֱנוֹשׁ, כַּמָּה יִחְיֶה:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Is not man on earth for a limited time** This is what I said to you. ‘Agree and turn to me.’ because how can I be silent from crying our about my misfortune? Do you not know that the time a man has to live is limited?


###### Rashi on Job 7:1:2
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**וְכִימֵי שָׂכִיר.** שֶׁנִּשְׂכַּר לְשָׁנָה, וְיוֹדֵעַ שֶׁיִּכְלוּ יְמֵי שְׂכִירוּתוֹ, כֵּן זֶה יוֹדֵעַ שֶׁיִּכְלוּ שָׁנִים הַקְּצוּבוֹת לוֹ. וַאֲנִי – אוֹתוֹ צָבָא הַנִּתָּן לִי:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and...like the days of a hireling** and I—that time that is allotted to me...


###### Rashi on Job 7:2:1
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**כְּעֶבֶד יִשְׁאַף צֵל.** כְּעֶבֶד שֶׁהוּא יָגֵעַ כָּל הַיּוֹם, וְיִשְׁאַף וְיִתְאַוֶּה מָתַי יִהְיֶה **צֵל** הָעֶרֶב; **וּכְשָׂכִיר אֲשֶׁר יְקַוֶּה פָעֳלוֹ** לָעֶרֶב, לְפִי שֶׁהָיָה לוֹ כָּל הַיּוֹם לְעָמָל, וְיִתְאַוֶּה לְבִיאַת הַשֶּׁמֶשׁ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**As a slave who longs for the shadow** As a slave, who toils all day through and longs and yearns, “When will the shadow of evening come?” And as a hireling, who hopes for his wages at eventide, because the whole day was to him for toil, and he yearns for the sunset.


###### Rashi on Job 7:3:1
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**כֵּן הָנְחַלְתִּי לִי.** מִשָּׁמַיִם **יַרְחֵי שָׁוְא** וְיִסּוּרִין, אוֹתוֹ ״צָבָא הַנִּתָּן לֶאֱנוֹשׁ עֲלֵי אָרֶץ״ (איוב ז:א):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**So was I made to possess** from Heaven **months of futility** and torments, that limited time that is given to man upon earth.


###### Rashi on Job 7:3:2
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**וְלֵילוֹת עָמָל מִנּוּ לִי.** (מִן הַשָּׁמַיִם):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and they appointed wearisome nights for me** from Heaven


###### Rashi on Job 7:4:1
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**אִם שָׁכַבְתִּי.** בַּלַּיְלָה, צָפִיתִי **וְאָמַרְתִּי וְגוֹ׳**:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**If I would lie down** at night, I would hope and say, etc.


###### Rashi on Job 7:4:2
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**וּמִדַּד עֶרֶב.** מָתַי יָאִיר, וְיָבֹא עֵת קִימָה וְעֵת מִידוּד הַנֶּשֶׁף – לְשׁוֹן ״וַתִּדַּד שְׁנָתִי״ (בראשית לא:מ), וְהַמֵּ״ם הוּא עִקָּר נוֹפֵל, כְּמוֹ ״מַאֲמַר״ (אסתר א:טו), ״מִשְׁמָר״ (בראשית מב:יז):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and the evening depart** When will it become light and when will the time of arising come, and when will the evening depart? [The word מדד ] is an expression of (Gen. 31:40) “and sleep was banished (ותדד).” The “mem” is a defective radical, as in מאמר, statement; משמר, watch.


###### Rashi on Job 7:4:3
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**וְשָׂבַעְתִּי נְדוּדִים.** וְאֶשְׂבַּע נְדוּדִים עַל מִטָּתִי בַּיּוֹם עַד נָשֶׁף, לְפִי שֶׁלֹּא הָיִיתִי יָכוֹל לִישֹׁן מִפְּנֵי יִסּוּרִים עַד נֶשֶׁף שֶׁל יוֹם, לְפִי שֶׁלָּבַשׁ בְּשָׂרִי רִמָּה:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**And I was sated with restlessness** I was sated with restlessness on my bed by day until twilight, because, due to the torments I could not sleep until the twilight of day, since my flesh was clothed with worms.


###### Rashi on Job 7:5:1
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**וְגוּשׁ עָפָר.** גּוּשַׁת עָפָר, וְהִיא הֶעֶלְתָה חֲלוּדָּה; שֶׁדֶּרֶךְ גּוּשׁ עָפָר לְלַחְלֵחַ וּלְהַעֲלוֹת חֲלוּדָּה:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and clods of earth** Clods of earth (?) Now this is the development of rust, because it is the custom of clods of earth to moisten and cause rust.


###### Rashi on Job 7:5:2
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**רָגַע.** נִקְמַט, כְּמוֹ ״רֹגַע הַיָּם״ (ישעיה נא:טו). פֵּרוּשׁ אַחֵר: **עוֹרִי רָגַע.** לְשׁוֹן נוֹחַ, גַּל אַחַר גַּל, כַּקְּמָטִים הַלָּלוּ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**wrinkled** Heb. רגע wrinkled, as in (Isa. 51:15), “Who wrinkles (רגע) the sea.” Another explanation: עוֹרִי רָגַע is an expression of resting a wave after a wave, like wrinkles (?).


###### Rashi on Job 7:6:1
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**יָמַי קַלּוּ.** יְמֵי טוֹבָתִי מִהֲרוּ לָלֶכֶת:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**My days are swifter** The days of my prosperity hastened to go away.


###### Rashi on Job 7:6:2
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**מִנִּי אָרֶג.** מִנִּי אֲרִיגָה הַנַּעֲשֵׂית מְהֵרָה, וְכֵן אָמַר חִזְקִיָּה: ״קִפַּדְתִּי כָאֹרֵג חַיַּי״ (ישעיה לח:יב):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**than a weaver’s shuttle** Than weaving that is done swiftly. So said Hezekiah (Isa. 38:12), “I severed, like a weaver, my life.”


###### Rashi on Job 7:6:3
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**בְּאֶפֶס תִּקְוָה.** אֵינִי מְקַוֶּה עוֹד לְטוֹבָה:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**without hope** I no longer hope for good.


###### Rashi on Job 7:7:1
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**לֹא תָשׁוּב עֵינִי.** לְאַחַר מִיתָה. וְכָאן כָּפַר אִיּוֹב בִּתְחִיַּת הַמֵּתִים:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**my eye will not return** after death. Here Job denies the dogma of the Resurrection of the Dead.


###### Rashi on Job 7:8:1
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**לֹא תְשׁוּרֵנִי.** לֹא יִרְאֵנִי עוֹד עַיִן שֶׁתַּחְפֹּץ לִרְאוֹתִי אַחַר שֶׁאָמוּת:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**shall see me no more** The eye that wishes to see me shall see me no more after I die.


###### Rashi on Job 7:8:2
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**עֵינֶיךָ בִּי וְאֵינֶנִּי.** לְהַקָּדוֹשׁ בָּרוּךְ הוּא מְדַבֵּר: לָמָּה הֻצְרַכְתָּ לְפַצְּעֵנִי וּלְדַכְּאֵנִי בְּיִסּוּרִים? בִּרְאִיָּה אַחַת, שֶׁתָּשִׂים עֵינֶיךָ עָלַי, וְאֵינֶנִּי בָּעוֹלָם!

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**set Your eyes upon me and I will be here no longer** He is addressing the Holy One, blessed be He: “Why did You have to finish me off and crush me with pains? With one look that you set Your eyes on me, I am no longer in the world.”


###### Rashi on Job 7:11:1
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**גַּם אֲנִי לֹא אֶחֱשָׂךְ פִּי.** הוֹאִיל וְאֵינְךָ חָדֵל מִמֶּנִּי, גַּם אֲנִי לֹא אֶמְנַע דִּבּוּר מִלִּצְעֹק עַל מִדּוֹתֶיךָ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Neither will I restrain my mouth** Since You do not desist from me, neither will I restrain my speech from complaining about Your ways.


###### Rashi on Job 7:12:1
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**הֲיָם אָנִי.** שֶׁשַּׂמְתָּ עָלַי חוֹל לְמִשְׁמָר?!

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Am I a sea** that You placed sand over me as a guard?


###### Rashi on Job 7:12:2
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**אִם תַּנִּין.** דָּג גָּדוֹל שֶׁחֲבַשְׁתּוֹ בְּנִבְכֵי יָם, **כִּי תָשִׂים עָלַי מִשְׁמָר.** הַשָּׂטָן הַזֶּה, לְשׁוֹמְרֵנִי, שֶׁלֹּא תֵצֵא נַפְשִׁי?!

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**or a sea monster** A huge fish that You imprisoned in the depths of the sea, that You place this Adversary as a guard over me, to watch me lest my soul depart?


###### Rashi on Job 7:13:1
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**יִשָּׂא בְשִׂיחִי מִשְׁכָּבִי.** מִשְׁכַּב הַלַּיְלָה יִסְבֹּל בְּצָרָתִי מְעַט, וְאוּכַל לִמְנֹעַ שִׂיחִי:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**that my couch shall bear my speech** The couch upon which I sleep at night will bear my trouble somewhat, and I will be able to restrain my speech.


###### Rashi on Job 7:15:1
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**מָוֶת מֵעַצְמוֹתָי.** מָוֶת אֲנִי בּוֹחֵר יוֹתֵר מֵאֵיבָרִים הַלָּלוּ שֶׁבִּי:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**death rather than these my bones** I choose death rather than these limbs in my body.


###### Rashi on Job 7:16:1
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**מָאַסְתִּי.** בְּחַיַּי, כִּי סוֹף סוֹף **לֹא לְעוֹלָם אֶחְיֶה**:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**I despised** my life, because ultimately I will not live forever.


###### Rashi on Job 7:16:2
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**חֲדַל מִמֶּנִּי.** מִלְּהָרַע לִי, כִּי הֶבֶל וּמְעַט יָמָי:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**desist from me** From harming me, because my days are futile and few.


###### Rashi on Job 7:17:1
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**כִּי תְגַדְּלֶנּוּ.** לָשִׂית אֵלָיו לִבְּךָ, לִפְקֹד מַעֲשָׂיו בְּכָל בֹּקֶר, וְלִבְחֹן לְכָל רֶגַע:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**that You should give him importance** to pay attention to him, to visit his deeds every morning and test him every moment?


###### Rashi on Job 7:19:1
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**כַּמָּה.** עֵת אָרֹךְ אֲשֶׁר לֹא תִשְׁעֶה מִמֶּנִּי, כְּמוֹ (שמות ה:ט) ״וְאַל יִשְׁעוּ בְּדִבְרֵי שָׁקֶר״, וְכֵן (איוב יד:ו) ״שְׁעֵה מֵעָלַי וַחֲדָל״:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**How long** For what length of time will You not desist from me, like (Exod. 5:9), “and let them not turn (ישעו) to false words.” Similarly (below 14:6), “Turn away (שעה) from him and desist.”


###### Rashi on Job 7:19:2
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**בִּלְעִי רֻקִּי.** כְּדֵי בְּלִיעַת רֻקִּי:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**until I swallow my spit** long enough to swallow my spit.


###### Rashi on Job 7:20:1
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**לְמִפְגָּע לָךְ.** כְּפוֹגֵעַ הָאָדָם בְּעֵת חֲמָתוֹ, וּמְעוֹרֵר עָלָיו כָּל מַעֲשֵׂה אֵיבָתוֹ (ס״א חוֹבָתוֹ):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**as a mark for You** As an object that a man strikes when he is angry and vents upon it the entire act of his hatred (other editions: his sin).


###### Rashi on Job 7:20:2
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**וָאֶהְיֶה עָלַי לְמַשָּׂא.** זֶה אֶחָד מִן תֵּיבוֹת שֶׁכִּינָּה הַכָּתוּב, וְהֵן תִּיקּוּן סוֹפְרִים:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**so that I have become a burden to myself** [Etz Chayim ms: Like “and I have become a burden to You.”] This is one of the words in which Scripture euphemized, and they are known as the emendation of the scribes.


###### Rashi on Job 7:21:1
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**וּמֶה לֹא תִשָּׂא פִשְׁעִי.** וּמָה הַדָּבָר הַזֶּה, שֶׁאֵינְךָ נוֹשֵׂא לְפִשְׁעִי?

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Now why do You not forgive my transgression** What is this matter that You do not forgive my transgression?


###### Rashi on Job 7:21:2
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**וְשִׁחַרְתַּנִי.** תְּבַקְּשֵׁנִי וְלֹא תִמְצָאֵנִי:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and You shall seek me** You shall seek me and not find me.