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Midrash for Job 15:23

נֹ֘דֵ֤ד ה֣וּא לַלֶּ֣חֶם אַיֵּ֑ה יָדַ֓ע ׀ כִּֽי־נָכ֖וֹן בְּיָד֣וֹ יֽוֹם־חֹֽשֶׁךְ׃

He wandereth abroad for bread: ‘Where is it?’ He knoweth that the day of darkness is ready at his hand.

Ein Yaakov (Glick Edition)

(Fol. 32b) R. Nathan b. Abba said in the name of Rab: "Whosoever is dependent upon the table of his neighbor, to him the world is dark; as it is said (Job 15, 23) He wandereth abroad for bread, [saying], Where is it? he knoweth that there is ready at his hand the day of darkness." R. Chisda said: "His very life is no life at all. Our Rabbis were taught: There are three men whose lives are not worth while living: "He who depends on his neighbor's table; he whose wife dominates over him; and he who has bodily suffering."
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