Bible Commentaries

Job 15:29 — indirectly accuses of having been a tyrant and oppressor. The threatened evils are,1. He shall not be rich, though he labours greatly to acquire riches.2. His substance shall not continue - God will blast it, and deprive him of power to preserve it.3. Neither shall he prolong the perfection thereof - all his works shall perish, for God will blot out his remembrance from under heaven.

Job 2:3 — Verse Job 2:3. To destroy him without cause. — Thou wishedst me to permit thee to destroy a man whose sins have not called for so heavy a judgment. This seems to be the meaning of this saying. The original word, לבלעו leballeo, signifies to swallow down or

Job 3:15 — Verse Job 3:15. Or with princes that had gold — Chief or mighty men, lords of the soil, or fortunate adventurers in merchandise, who got gold in abundance, filled their houses with silver, left all behind, and had nothing reserved for themselves but the empty

Job 35:11 — Verse Job 35:11. Who teacheth us more than the beasts — "The ox knoweth his owner, and the ass his master's crib; but Israel doth not know me, my people do not consider; " Isaiah 1:3. Beasts, bards, fowls, and in many cases pond-fishes, know and seem thankful

Job 5:17 — we were subject to them: how much more should we be subject to the Father of spirits, and live? for he corrects that we may be partakers of his holiness, in order that we may be rendered fit for his glory. See Hebrews 12:5; James 1:12; and Proverbs 3:12.

Psalms 106:3 — Verse Psalms 106:3. Blessed are they that keep judgment, and he that doeth righteousness at all times. — How near do the Anglo-Saxon, the ancient Scottish Version, and the present translation, approach to each other!Anglo-Saxon. [A.S.]. "Blessed they that holdeth

Psalms 106:37 — Verse Psalms 106:37. They sacrificed their sons and their daughters unto devils. — See the places referred to in the margin (2 Kings 16:3; Isaiah 57:5; Ezekiel 16:20; Ezekiel 20:26). That causing their sons and their daughters to pass through the fire to Moloch

Psalms 25:3 — Verse Psalms 25:3. Let none that wait on thee be ashamed — Though he had burden enough of his own, he felt for others in similar circumstances, and became an intercessor in their behalf.Transgress without cause. — Perhaps בוגדים bogedim may here mean idolatrous

Psalms 3:5 — Verse Psalms 3:5. I laid me down and slept — He who knows that he has God for his Protector may go quietly and confidently to his bed, not fearing the violence of the fire, the edge of the sword, the designs of wicked men, nor the influence of malevolent spirits.I

Proverbs 10:3 — Verse Proverbs 10:3. But he casteth away the substance of the wicked. — But instead of רשעים reshaim, the wicked, בוגדים bogedim, hypocrites, or perfidious persons, is the reading of twelve or fourteen of Kennicott's and De Rossi's MSS., and some editions; but it

Proverbs 12:3 — Verse Proverbs 12:3. A man shall not be established by wickedness — Evil is always variable: it has no fixed principle, except the root that is in the human heart; and even that is ever assuming new forms. Nothing is permanent but goodness; and that is unchangeable,

Proverbs 17:3 — Verse Proverbs 17:3. The fining pot is for silver — When silver is mixed, or suspected to be mixed, with base metal, it must be subjected to such a test as the cupel to purify it. And gold also must be purified by the action of the fire. So God tries hearts. He sends afflictions which penetrate the soul, and give a man to see his state, so that he may apply to the spirit of judgment and the spirit of burning, to destroy what cannot stand the fire, to separate and burn up all the dross.

Proverbs 3:12 — Verse Proverbs 3:12. Whom the Lord loveth — To encourage thee to bear correction, know that it is a proof of God's love to thee; and thereby he shows that he treats thee as a father does his son, even that one to whom he bears the fondest affection.The last clause

Proverbs 3:18 — Verse Proverbs 3:18. She is a tree of life — עץ חיים ets chaiyim, "the tree of lives," alluding most manifestly to the tree so called which God in the beginning planted in the garden of Paradise, by eating the fruit of which all the wastes of nature might have

Proverbs 3:19 — Verse Proverbs 3:19. The Lord by wisdom hath founded the earth — Here wisdom is taken in its proper acceptation, for that infinite knowledge and skill which God has manifested in the creation and composition of the earth, and in the structure and economy of the

Proverbs 3:4 — Verse Proverbs 3:4. So shalt thou find favour — Thou shalt be acceptable to God, and thou shalt enjoy a sense of his approbation.And good understanding — Men shall weigh thy character and conduct; and by this appreciate thy motives, and give thee credit

Proverbs 9:3 — Verse Proverbs 9:3. She hath sent forth her maidens — The wisdom of God has made use of the most proper means to communicate Divine knowledge to the inhabitants of the earth; as a good and gracious Creator wills to teach them whence they came, how they are supported,

Ecclesiastes 4:1 — CHAPTER IV The vanity of life is increased by oppression, 1-3; by envy, 4; by idleness, 5. The misery of a solitary life, and the advantages of society, 6-12. A poor and wise child; better than an old and foolish king, 13. The uncertainty of popular favour, 14-16. NOTES ON CHAP. IVVerse Ecclesiastes 4:1. Considered

Ecclesiastes 5:13 — Verse 13. Riches kept for the owners thereof to their hurt. — This may be the case through various causes:1. He may make an improper use of them, and lose his health by them.2. He may join in an unfortunate partnership and lose all.3. His riches may excite the desire of the robber; and he may spoil him of his goods, and even take away his life.4. Or, he may leave them to his son, who turns profligate, spends the whole, and ruins both his body and soul. I have seen this again and again.

Song of Solomon 4:3 — Verse Song of Solomon 4:3. Thy lips are like a thread of scarlet — Both lips and cheeks were ruddy; sicut fragmen mali punici. - VULGATE. Like the section of a pomegranate, that side cut off on which is the finest blush. This is a good and apt metaphor. But the inside