AZAMRA BS"D KNOW YOUR BIBLE: Job 17-18
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BS"D KNOW YOUR BIBLE: Job 17-18
Study Notes by Avraham ben Yaakov
JOB CHAPTER 17
Our
present chapter completes Job's answer to Eliphaz' second speech, which
began in Chapter 16. Job continues to bemoan his lot, the pain of which
is exacerbated by what he perceives as the mockery of his companions.
V
3: "Give now a pledge…." Job turns from his companions to address the
Creator directly (Rashi), appealing to Him to give him a guarantee that
he will be able to pursue his disputation to the very end and arrive at
the truth.
V
4: Job complains that his companions' hearts are closed to true wisdom
and that God's glory will not be enhanced through their arguments
(Rashi).
V
5: His companions have used slippery talk in their debates with him and
they will be punished as a result, because their children will languish
(Rashi).
V
6: "He has made me also a byword of the nations and I shall be a horror
to every face." Job has indeed become the proverbial archetype of human
suffering. By simply switching around the order of the middle two
Hebrew letters of Job's name, EEYOV turns into OIYEIV, "an enemy" – as
if God has turned him into His enemy and is persecuting him.
V
8: "Upright men are astonished at this, and the innocent stirs himself
up against the godless." Job asserts that if truly righteous people were
to hear the mockery of his companions, they would be shocked.
V
9: "Yet the righteous will hold on his way, and he that has clean hands
will grow stronger." Eliphaz had accused Job of undermining people's
fear of God through implying that there is no reward for righteousness
and no retribution for sin (Job 15:4). Now Job retorts that the opposite
is true. "The righteous man will not abandon his pathway thinking that
it is futile to serve God, because he knows that he will receive
goodness – the delights of the soul. One whose hands are clean of
robbery and exploitation will become even more resolute in his path when
he sees how easily worldly acquisitions and success can be totally
lost. This will make him despise them and place his hope only in the
attainment of success in his spiritual endeavors, keeping well away from
engaging in the oppression of his fellow man" (Metzudas David).
V 10: Job is certain that eventually his friends will come to realize that the truth is with him.
Vv
11ff: Again Job complains how all his hopes in life have been dashed,
and how his companions' mockery turns his nights into day – because the
pain it causes him drives away his sleep – while the light of day is
short because of his troubles, which are dark as night (Rashi on v 12).
Vv
13-16: Contrary to his companions' promises that if he will repent, God
will give him a good end, Job complains that his only hope is to die in
order to find relief from his pain. "And where, then, is my hope?"
CHAPTER 18
Bildad
HaShoohi, the second of the three companions in order of seniority, now
gives his answer to Job in this second cycle of their speeches.
Metzudas David (on Job 18:21) summarizes Bildad's argument as follows:
"He answers Job by saying that he cannot agree to his claim that God
does not watch over the world providentially, despite Job's cries that
he is suffering despite having committed no crime such as to deserve it.
Bildad brings proof from the way the fall of the wicked comes about
through their very own counsels and stratagems to the point that their
name is forgotten. This does not happen in the case of the righteous. As
to the evil that has come upon Job, it is likely that it has come to
him because he fell short in the service of God and attained less wisdom
than was befitting to a man of such abundant understanding as he had.
In this respect he was equivalent to a sinner."
V
2: The commentators differ as to whether Bildad is addressing Job,
telling him to stop interrupting the companions but to hear them out in
order to understand what they are saying (Rashi) or addressing his
companions, asking why they put an end to their words in order to give
Job the opportunity to answer each one in turn, since there is nothing
to what he is saying and it is worthless to hear him out (Ramban).
V 3: Bildad asks rhetorically why Job looks on his companions as if they are on the level of animals, without wisdom?
V
4: Bildad castigates Job for tearing himself to shreds through his rage
and anger over his suffering. "Shall the earth be abandoned because of
you or shall the Rock be removed from His place?" – "Just because you
are crying out that you are righteous and that you are suffering for no
crime, why should we therefore conclude that the earth has been
abandoned to the rule of the heavenly order of stars and planets and
that the Creator has withdrawn from the world and does not watch over it
providentially?" (Metzudas David).
Vv
5ff: In returning again to the theme of the inevitable downfall of the
wicked, Bildad once again implies that Job is guilty of some sin even
though he will not admit it. "Indeed, the light of the wicked shall be
put out…" The apparent success of the wicked (="light") will be put out
and turn into darkness.
Vv
8ff: "For he is cast into a net by his own feet…" The very counsels and
stratagems employed by the wicked contain hidden traps that bring about
their downfall.
Vv
13-14: The children of the wicked shall be consumed by "the firstborn
of death" – this is the angel of death (Rashi). "He shall be cut off
from the tent of his security" – this is the sinner's wife (Metzudas
David). "And shall be brought to the king of terrors" – this is the king
of the demons (Metzudas David).
Vv 16-21: In the end, the wicked face total extirpation of themselves and their seed for ever.
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Please Mr. Netanyahu, Mr. Ben Gvir, Mr. Smotrich and Mr. Gallant unite and bring Hashem’s Righteousness back to the Har HaBayit?
Under HaShem’s Righteousness the Har HaBayit shall become a Prayer House for all peoples. Jews, Muslims, and Christians when they put away Avoda Zara and their false doctrines……
By annulling that covenant made with the Islamic authorities in ’67 on the Har Habayit and all other covenants, banning all crimes and abominations by PA, Hamas and Islamic Jihad with an Iron fist declaring Jewish Sovereignty in all the Land Hashem gave the Jewish People in ’67. |
בבקשה מר נתניהו, מר בן גביר, מר סמוטריץ' ומר גלנט תתאחדו והחזירו את צדקת ה' להר הבית,?
תחת צדקת השם הר הבית יהפוך לבית תפילה לכל העמים: יהודים, מוסלמים ונוצרים כשהם מסירים עבודה זרה ואת דוקטרינות השקר שלהם... על ידי ביטול הברית שנכרתה עם השלטונות האיסלאמיים בשנת 67' על הר הבית וכל שאר הבריתות, איסור על כל הפשעים והתועבות שנעשות על ידי הרשות הפלסטינית, חמאס והג'יהאד האסלאמי. והכרזת ריבונות יהודית על כל ארץ ישראל. |
Come let us Pray that Hashem's Righteousness shall 'return' to the Har haBayit and the whole of Eretz Israel.
| בוא נתפלל שצדקת ה' 'תשוב' להר הבית ולארץ ישראל כולה. | Free to study all Jewish Scripture: | חופשי ללמוד את כל כתבי הקודש היהודיים: | Sefaria Calendar - לוח שנה ספריה
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Our Prayer and hope: All the gates to the Har haBayit have to be opened for Jews and non-Jews seven days in the week 24 hours a day. The Jews need to have the freedom to go with Tefillin, Tallit and Torah Scroll up on the Mountain to serve Hashem. And do קידה ('Kidah' prostate, laying down, before Hashem) Everyone showing his/her respect for the Jewish and all other religions. But NOT for the words/deeds/sins spoken against any word of the Torah of Moshe Rabbeinu and the 'real' teachings of the Jewish Rabbis. The Jews must be the guardians of the Har haBayit. |
תפילתנו ותקוותנו: כל שערי הר הבית צריכים להיפתח עבור יהודים ולא-יהודים שבעה ימים בשבוע 24 שעות ביממה. ליהודים צריך להיות חופש ללכת עם תפילין, טלית וספר תורה במעלה ההר כדי לשרת את ה' ולקוד קידה .מתוך הפגנת כבוד ליהודים ולכל הדתות האחרות, אבל לא למילים/למעשים/לחטאים הנאמרים נגד תורת משה רבנו. מלמודי רבנים, היהודים חייבים להיות שומרי הר הבית. |
Let's pray for a death sentence for the Palestinian Authority, Hamas, Hezbollah and for the continuation of the Jewish settlement in Judea and Samaria. The Palestinian Authority, Hamas and Hezbollah must disappear. Enough of the hatred from the world (the USA, the European Union, and the UN!) against the Jewish people. |
בואו נתפלל לגזר דין מוות לרשות הפלסטינית, חמאס, חיזבאללה ולמען התיישבות יהודית ביהודה ושומרון. הרשות הפלסטינית, חמאס וחיזבאללה חייבים להעלם. די לשנאה מהעולם (ארה"ב, האיחוד האירופי והאו"ם!) נגד העם היהודי! |
The Jews have the mission to change the Har HaBayit, from her situation now, into a Prayer House for all peoples based on the Torah Law of Moshe Rabbeinu.
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על היהודים מוטלת המשימה לשנות את הר הבית, ממצבו הקיים, לבית תפילה לכל העמים על פי חוק התורה של משה רבנו. | Ariel, hopefully your Representee | אריאל, מקווה שהנציג שלך | By Har HaBait Jewish Sovereign for all Israel I pray as a Jew when I bring your prayers. |
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