Bible Commentaries

Genesis 47:7 — Verse Genesis 47:7. Jacob blessed Pharaoh. — Saluted him on his entrance with Peace be unto thee, or some such expression of respect and good will. For the meaning of the term to bless, as applied to God and man, Genesis 2:3; Genesis 2:3.

1 Kings 7:15 — Verse 1 Kings 7:15. He cast two pillars - eighteen cubits high — That is, about thirty feet in English measure.A line of twelve cubits — In circumference. It would be difficult even now to procure a founder who could cast such massive pillars, whether solid or hollow.

2 Kings 7:3 — Verse 2 Kings 7:3. There were four leprous men — The Gemara in Sota, R. Sol. Jarchi, and others, say that these four lepers were Gehazi and his three sons.At the entering in of the gate — They were not permitted to mingle in civil society.

1 Chronicles 8:1 — CHAPTER VIII The genealogy of Benjamin down to Saul, 1-32. The children and descendants of Saul, 33-40. NOTES ON CHAP. VIIIVerse 1 Chronicles 8:1. Now Benjamin begat, c. — See what has been said on the preceding chapter, see 1 Chronicles 7:6.

Nehemiah 12:7 — Versículo Nehemías 12:7 . El jefe de los sacerdotes. Eran veinticuatro órdenes o turnos en número, todos subordinados unos a otros; como lo estableció David, 1 Crónicas 24:18 . Y estas órdenes o turnos continuaron hasta la destrucción de Jerusalén por los romanos. Véase Calmet .

Nehemiah 6:7 — Versículo Nehemías 6:7 . También has designado profetas. Personas que pretenden ser comisionadas para predicar al pueblo, y dicen: ¡ Nehemías reina ! Ven, pues, ahora, y tomemos consejo. Ven y justifícate delante de mí. Este fue un truco para poner a Nehemías en su poder.

Job 10:7 — Versículo Job 10:7 . Tú sabes que no soy malvado. Mientras tú tienes este conocimiento de mí y de mi conducta, ¿por qué pareces estar zarandeándome como para descubrir el pecado? y aunque no se puede encontrar ninguno, tratándome como si fuera un transgresor?

Job 31:7 — Verse Job 31:7. If my step hath turned out of the way — I am willing to be sifted to the uttermost-for every step of my foot, for every thought of my heart, for every look of mine eye, and for every act of my hands.

Job 31:7 — Versículo Job 31:7 . Si mi paso se ha desviado del camino , estoy dispuesto a ser zarandeado hasta el extremo, por cada paso de mi pie , por cada pensamiento de mi corazón , por cada mirada de mis ojos y por cada acto de mis manos .

Psalms 26:7 — Versículo Salmo 26:7 . Para que pueda publicar. Me he esforzado en actuar para mantener siempre una conciencia libre de ofensas hacia ti y hacia los hombres. He hecho profesión de fe en ti, y salvación de ti, y mi práctica no desmiente mi profesión.

Psalms 7:13 — Versículo Salmo 7:13 . También le ha preparado instrumentos de muerte. Todo parece ser una profecía de la trágica muerte de Saúl . Fue herido por las flechas de los filisteos ; ¡ y su propia espada afilada , sobre la que cayó, puso fin a sus tristes días!

Psalms 7:8 — Versículo Salmo 7:8 . El Señor juzgará al pueblo. Él hará justicia y mantendrá la verdad entre ellos. No serán como ovejas sin pastor. Júzgame, oh Señor. Deja que mi inocencia sea traída a la luz, y mi justo trato sea claro como el mediodía.

Leviticus 7:4 — Verse Leviticus 7:4. The fat that is on them — Chiefly the fat that was found in a detached state, not mixed with the muscles; such as the omentum or caul, the fat of the mesentery, the fat about the kidneys, &c. Leviticus 3:9, &c.

Ecclesiastes 3:7 — Verse Ecclesiastes 3:7. A time to rend, - sew, - keep silence, - speak — _______________ "Intestine broils And factions rend a state: at length the breach Is heal'd, and rest ensues. Wisdom restrains The tongue, when words are vain: but now, 'Tis time to speak, and silence would be criminal."

Isaiah 65:5 — Verse Isaiah 65:5. For I am holier than thou — So the Chaldee renders it.קדשתיך kedashticha is the same with קדשתי ממך kadashti mimmecha. In the same manner חזקתני chazaktani, Jeremiah 20:7, is used for חזקת ממני chazacta mimmenni, "thou art stronger than I." - L.

Isaiah 65:7 — Verse Isaiah 65:7. Your iniquities, and the iniquities of your fathers - "Their iniquities, and the iniquities of their fathers"] For the pronoun affixed of the second person חם chem, your, twice, read הם hem, their, in the third person; with the Septuagint and Houbigant. - L.

Ezekiel 7:25 — Verse Ezekiel 7:25. They shall seek peace — They see now that their ceasing to pay the tribute to the king of Babylon has brought the Chaldeans against them; and now they sue for peace in vain. He will not hear: he is resolved on their destruction.

Numbers 7:9 — Verse Numbers 7:9. Unto the sons of Kohath he gave none — Because they had the charge of the ark, table, candlestick, altars, c., Numbers 4:5-15, which were to be carried upon their shoulders for those sacred things must not be drawn by beasts.

Joshua 13:5 — Verse Joshua 13:5. The land of the Giblites — This people dwelt beyond the precincts of the land of Canaan, on the east of Tyre and Sidon. See Ezekiel 27:9; Psalms 83:7; their capital was named Gebal. See Dodd.All Lebanon — Joshua 11:17.

2 Samuel 7:2 — Verse 2 Samuel 7:2. I dwell in a house of cedar — That is, a house whose principal beams, ceiling, and wainscot, were cedar.Dwelleth within curtains. — Having no other residence but the tabernacle, which was a place covered with the skins of beasts, Exodus 26:14.