Midrash for Bava Batra 31:18
אמר לו הרבה נימין בראתי באדם וכל נימא ונימא בראתי לה גומא בפני עצמה שלא יהו שתים יונקות מגומא אחת שאלמלי שתים יונקות מגומא אחת מחשיכות מאור עיניו של אדם בין גומא לגומא לא נתחלף לי בין איוב לאויב נתחלף לי
Raba said: This shows that Job denied the resurrection of the dead. For he breaketh me with a tempest and multiplieth my wounds without cause.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Ibid. IX, 17. ');"><sup>31</sup></span> Rabbah said: Job blasphemed with [mention of] a tempest, and with a tempest he was answered. He blasphemed with [mention of] a tempest, as it is written, For he breaketh me as with a tempest. Job said to God: Perhaps a tempest has passed before thee, and caused thee to confuse Iyob [Job] and Oyeb [enemy]. He was answered through a tempest, as it is written, <i>Then the Lord answered Job out of the whirlwind<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The Hebrew word is se'arah, which can also be translated 'hair'. ');"><sup>32</sup></span></i>
Explore midrash for Bava Batra 31:18. In-depth commentary and analysis from classical Jewish sources.