What is "Havasi"?
Rashi: My breakage. Ibn Ezra - this is like "Hovah Al Hovah 1 ."
Devar Eliyahu: It is the affliction itself.
Rashi (Yechezkel 7:26): Hovah is an occurrence. Menachem (and Targum Yonason and Radak) say that it is breakage.
What is the meaning of "Yis'u Yachad"?
Rashi: They weigh the same.
Malbim: You 'proved' my sin from my complaint, that I did not stand in a test. This shows that I did not serve from love. If my suffering was no greater than my complaint, I would have been quiet, and accepted it with love! You said that your reply came from Hashem. If so, He should have told me, to calm my Ru'ach - you are no more worthy than me!
What was the theme of Iyov's reply?
Devar Eliyahu: You said that I should bear my afflictions pleasantly. This is impossible - they are too great!
Malbim: Iyov proved from his afflictions that the Ma'arachah determines everything; a Tzadik can perish 1 . Elifaz rejected this - they are to atone for a sin, and save him from a greater loss. Iyov now refutes this - I am stricken so harshly that I cannot recover. If you will say that I am Chayav Misah for my sins - tell me my sins! Chachamim argued about whether man can reach his perfection through some deeds, or if he must toil his entire life (Sanhedrin 101). Either way, this refutes Elifaz' claim that the afflictions are to cleanse sin. They totally nullify him from Avodah! If the king's servant slackened from his job, incarcerating him does not atone for him. It only increases the Bitul of his Avodah! Afflictions of love are those that do not cause Bitul Torah and Tefilah!
Malbim: Chazal said that Iyov denied Techiyas ha'Mesim. He said that there is no reward. He denied Hashgachah - Hashem, who is so elevated, does not oversee lowly man. Does he afflict man to atone for sin, and guard his life? What need does Hashem have for man's life?!
