Job 5:2 Commentary: Rashi & Malbim

כִּֽי־לֶֽ֭אֱוִיל יַהֲרָג־כָּ֑עַשׂ וּ֝פֹתֶ֗ה תָּמִ֥ית קִנְאָֽה׃

For anger killeth the foolish man, And envy slayeth the silly one.

Rashi on Job

a fool like you, anger will kill him, for had you remained silent, perhaps the Divine standard of clemency would return upon you.
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Malbim on Job

He had not only questioned the existence of Providence but had also wrongly asserted that a person's fate is determined by the stars not by his behavior
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Rashi on Job

wrath That is anger and fury, as in (Deut. 32:21), “They have provoked Me (קנאוני) to wrath.”
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