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La Bibbia di Giovanni Diodati
Geremia 40:16
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Ma Ghedaliah, figlio di Ahikam, disse a Johanan, figlio di Kareah: "Non fare una tale cosa, perch ci che tu dici di Ishmael falso".
Ma Ghedalia, figliuolo di Ahikam, disse a Johanan, figliuolo di Kareah: "Non lo fare perché quello che tu dici d’Ismael è falso".
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
Thou shalt: Jeremiah 41:2, Matthew 10:16, Matthew 10:17, Romans 3:8
Reciprocal: 2 Kings 25:25 - Ishmael Job 31:31 - the men Isaiah 33:15 - stoppeth
Gill's Notes on the Bible
But Gedaliah the son of Ahikam said unto Johanan the son of Kareah,.... In answer to his request, and the motion made by him:
thou shalt not do this thing; or, "do not do this thing" z; dissuading him from it, as being unlawful to take away a man's life in such a secret manner, without any legal process against him; though it seems to carry more in it, that he laid his commands upon him not to do it, and threatened him if he did:
for thou speakest falsely of Ishmael; or "a lie" a; a falsehood, a mere calumny; which was not using Johanan well, neither kindly nor genteelly, who had expressed such a concern for him, and for the public good. The event related in the following chapter shows that the information was good, and that it was no lie or calumny that was told; and it would have been well for Gedaliah, and the people of the Jews, had he given credit to it; but the time was not come for the Jewish commonwealth to be restored; and things were thus suffered to be, for the further punishment of the sins of that people.
z אל תעש את הדבר "noli facere hoc verbum", V. L. "ne facias verbum hoc", Pagninus, Montanus, Schmidt. a שקר "mendacium", Schmidt; "falsum", Pagninus, Montanus.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Jeremiah 40:16. Thou shalt not do this thing — He cannot be so base.
Thou speakest falsely of Ishmael. — He thought it quite possible that the man who was capable of becoming an assassin was capable of telling a lie; and therefore he would not credit what he said. Had he been a little more distrustful, he would have saved his own life. The next chapter shows that Johanan's information was too true. So noble Gedaliah lost his life by not believing that evil of others of which he himself was incapable.
