Bible Commentaries

Genesis 43:16 — Verse Genesis 43:16. Slay, and make ready — טבח טבח teboach tebach, slay a slaying, or make a great slaughter - let preparations be made for a great feast or entertainment. See a similar form of speech, Proverbs 9:2; 1 Samuel 25:11; and Genesis 31:54.

Exodus 23:9 — Verse Exodus 23:9. Ye know the heart of a stranger — Having been strangers yourselves, under severe, long continued, and cruel oppression, ye know the fears, cares, anxieties, and dismal forebodings which the heart of a stranger feels. What a forcible appeal to humanity and compassion!

1 Kings 21:23 — Verse 23. The dogs shall eat Jezebel — This was most literally fulfilled; see 2 Kings 9:36. The carcasses of poor Hindoos, and of persons who have received public punishment, are thrown into the rivers, and floating to the side, are devoured by dogs, vultures, and crows.

Job 36:9 — Verse Job 36:9. He showeth them their work — He shows them the exceeding sinfulness of sin.That they have exceeded. — יתגברו yithgabbaru, "that they have strengthened themselves," and did not trust in the living God; and therefore they would not help themselves when trouble came.

Psalms 25:9 — Verse Psalms 25:9. The meek will he guide — ענוים anavim, the poor, the distressed; he will lead in judgment - he will direct them in their cause, and bring it to a happy issue, for he will show them the way in which they should go.

Psalms 37:9 — Verse Psalms 37:9. They shall inherit the earth. — The word ארץ arets, throughout this Psalm, should be translated land, not earth; for it is most probable that it refers to the land of Judea; and in this verse there is a promise of their return thither.

Psalms 38:9 — Versículo Salmo 38:9 . Señor, todo mi deseo está delante de ti. Nada anhelo tanto como tu favor; y por esto mi corazón está continuamente en pos de ti. En lugar de אדני Adonai, Lord , varios de los MSS del Dr. Kennicott . tiene יהוה Yehovah .

Psalms 9:3 — Verse Psalms 9:3. When mine enemies are turned back — It is a sure sign of a nearly approaching complete conquest over sin, when, by resistance to its influences, it begins to lose its power. That is the time to follow on to know the Lord.

Psalms 95:9 — Verse Psalms 95:9. When your fathers tempted me — Tried me, by their insolence, unbelief, and blasphemy. They proved me - they had full proof of my power to save and to destroy. There they saw my works - they saw that nothing was too hard for God.

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.

Daniel 10:7 — Verse Daniel 10:7. The men that were with me saw not the vision — An exactly parallel case with what occurred at the conversion of Saul of Tarsus, Acts 9:7. There was a Divine influence which they all felt, but only Daniel saw the corporeal appearance.

Joel 1:9 — Verse 9. The meat-offering and the drink-offering is cut off — The crops and the vines being destroyed by the locusts, the total devastation in plants, trees, corn, &c., is referred to and described with a striking variety of expression in this and the following verses.

Amos 9:4 — Verse Amos 9:4. I will set mine eyes upon them for evil — I will use that very providence against them which before worked for their good. Should they look upward, they shall see nothing but the terrible lightning-like eye of a sin-avenging God.

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.

Nahum 3:9 — Verse 9. Ethiopia and Egypt were her strength — The land of Cush, not far from Diospolis; for it was in Arabia, on the Red Sea.Put and Lubim — A part of Africa and Libya, which were all within reach of forming alliances with No-Ammon or Diospolis.

Zechariah 9:5 — Verse Zechariah 9:5. Ashkelon shall see it, and fear — All these prophecies seem to have been fulfilled before the days of Zechariah; another evidence that these last chapters were not written by him.Her expectation shalt be ashamed — The expectation of being succoured by Tyre.

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.

Joshua 17:9 — Verse Joshua 17:9. Unto the river Kanah — Literally, the river or valley of the reeds, translated by the Vulgate, vallis arundintei. The tribe of Manasseh appears to have been bounded on the north by this torrent or valley, and on the south by the Mediterranean Sea.

1 Samuel 23:9 — Verse 1 Samuel 23:9. Bring hither the ephod. — It seems as if David himself, clothed with the ephod, had consulted the Lord; and 1 Samuel 23:10-12 contain the words of the consultation, and the Lord's answer. But see on 1 Samuel 23:2.

1 Samuel 27:9 — Verse 1 Samuel 27:9. David smote the land — Here was a complete extirpation of all these people, not one being left alive, lest he should carry tidings of the disasters of his country! The spoil which David took consisted of sheep, oxen, asses, camels, and apparel.