AZAMRA BS"D KNOW YOUR BIBLE: Job 27-28 Study Notes by Avraham ben Yaakov
AZAMRA BS"D KNOW YOUR BIBLE: Job 27-28 Study Notes by Avraham ben Yaakov BS"D KNOW YOUR BIBLE: Job 27-28 Study Notes by Avraham ben Yaakov JOB CHAPTER 27 V 1: "And Job ADDED, bearing his parable, and he said…" When Job saw that his companions had stopped answering him (for which Eli-hu later castigated them, Job 32:16), he added further arguments, raising his voice and speaking in similes, metaphors and parables. The following chapters are replete with such parables (e.g. in Job 28:16, where wisdom is said to be incomparable with finest gold; see Rashi, Metzudas David and Ramban on our verse). V 2: "By the living God – who has turned away my just cause, and the Almighty has embittered my soul". With these words Job takes a solemn oath that God has caused him evil despite his being innocent