Bible Commentaries

Psalms 100:4 — Verse Psalms 100:4. Enter into his gates with thanksgiving — Publicly worship God; and when ye come to the house of prayer, be thankful that you have such a privilege; and when you enter his courts, praise him for the permission.The word בתודה bethodah, which we

Psalms 144:4 — Verse Psalms 144:4. Man is like to vanity — אדם להבל דמה Adam lahebel damah, literally, Adam is like to Abel, exposed to the same miseries, accidents, and murderers; for in millions of cases the hands of brothers are lifted up to shed the blood of brothers. What

Psalms 149:4 — Verse Psalms 149:4. The Lord taketh pleasure in his people — The pleasure or good will of God is in his people: he loves them ardently, and will load them with his benefits, while they are humble and thankful; for,He will beautify — יפאר yephaer, he will

Psalms 65:4 — Verse Psalms 65:4. Blessed is the man whom thou choosest — This is spoken in reference to the priests who were chosen of God to minister at the tabernacle; and who were permitted to approach, draw nigh, to the Divine Majesty by the various offerings and sacrifices

Ecclesiastes 4:16 — Verse Ecclesiastes 4:16. There is no end of all the people — This is supposed to refer to the multitudes of people who hail the advent and accession of a new sovereign; for, as Suetonius remarks, A plerisque adorari solem orientem, "Most people adore the rising sun."

Song of Solomon 3:1 — that on the night referred to here he did not come as usual. The bride troubled on the account, rose and sought him, inquired of the city guards, and continued to seek till at last she found him, and brought him to her apartment, Song of Solomon 3:2-4.

Song of Solomon 6:10 — MOON. She even surpasses her, for she is as clear and bright as the SUN; and dangerous withal to look on, for she is as formidable as the vast collection of lights that burn by night at the head of every company in a numerous caravan. Song of Solomon 6:4. The comparison of a fine woman to the splendour of an unclouded full moon is continually recurring in the writings of the Asiatic poets.

Isaiah 42:4 — Verse Isaiah 42:4. He shall not fail nor be discouraged - "His force shall not be abated nor broken"] Rabbi Meir ita citat locum istum, ut post ירוץ yaruts, addat כוחו cocho, robur ejus, quod hodie non comparet in textu Hebraeo, sed addendum videtur, ut sensus fiat

Isaiah 66:12 — have been omitted in the present text, from their likeness to the two words following; על צד al tsad, at the side. A very probable conjecture of Houbigant. The Chaldee and Vulgate have omitted the two latter words instead of the two former. Isaiah 60:4.

Jeremiah 47:4 — Verse Jeremiah 47:4. To spoil all the Philistines — These people, of whom there were five seignories, occupied the coast of the Mediterranean Sea, to the south of the Phoenicians.Tyrus and Zidon — Places sufficiently remarkable both in the Old and New Testament,

Lamentations 5:4 — Verse Lamentations 5:4. We have drunken our water for money — I suppose the meaning of this is, that every thing was taxed by the Chaldeans, and that they kept the management in their own hands, so that wood and water were both sold, the people not being permitted to

Ezekiel 47:10 — Verse Ezekiel 47:10. The fishers shall stand upon it — On the above plan of interpretation these must mean -1. The apostles of our Lord Jesus.2. The preachers of the everlasting Gospel. See Matthew 4:19.From En-gedi — At the southern extremity of the Dead

Hosea 4:14 — Verse Hosea 4:14. I will not punish — Why should you be stricken any more; ye will revolt more and more. When God, in judgment, removes his judgments, the case of that people is desperate. While there is hope, there is correction.Themselves are separated —

Hosea 4:6 — Verse Hosea 4:6. My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge — They have not the knowledge of God, nor of sacred things, nor of their own interest, nor of the danger to which they are exposed. They walk on blindly, and perish.Because thou hast rejected knowledge

Amos 4:6 — Verse Amos 4:6. Cleanness of teeth — Scarcity of bread, as immediately explained. Ye shall have no trouble in cleaning your teeth, for ye shall have nothing to eat.Yet have ye not returned unto me, saith the Lord. — This reprehension is repeated five

Micah 7:4 — Verse Micah 7:4. The best of them is as a brier — They are useless in themselves, and cannot be touched without wounding him that comes in contact with them. He alludes to the thick thorn hedges, still frequent in Palestine.The day of thy watchmen — The

Habakkuk 1:4 — Verse 4. The law is slacked — They pay no attention to it; it has lost all its vigour, its restraining and correcting power, it is not executed; right judgment is never pronounced; and the poor righteous man complains in vain that he is grievously oppressed

Matthew 14:4 — Verse Matthew 14:4. For John said unto him, It is not lawful for thee to have her. — Here is an instance of zeal, fidelity, and courage, highly worthy of imitation. Plainness, mildness, and modesty, are qualifications necessary to be observed when we reprove the

Matthew 26:3 — Pilate were both deposed by VITELLIUS, then governor of Syria, and afterwards emperor. Caiaphas, unable to bear this disgrace, and the stings of his conscience for the murder of Christ, killed himself about A. D. 35. See Joseph. Ant. b. xviii. c. 2-4.

John 6:47 — Verse 47. Hath everlasting life. — He is entitled to this, on his believing me to be the Messiah, and trusting in me alone for salvation. Our blessed Lord recapitulates here what he had said in the preceding discourse. The person who is saved is,1. drawn