Bible Commentaries

Exodus 4:11 — Verse Exodus 4:11. Who hath made man's mouth? &c. — Cannot he who formed the mouth, the whole organs of speech, and hath given the gift of speech also, cannot he give utterance? God can take away those gifts and restore them again. Do not provoke him: he who created the eye, the ear, and the mouth, hath also made the blind, the deaf, and the dumb.

Exodus 7:7 — Verse Exodus 7:7. Moses was fourscore years old — He was forty years old when he went to Midian, and he had tarried forty years in Midian; (see Exodus 2:11, and Acts 7:30); and from this verse it appears that Aaron was three years older than Moses. We have already seen that Miriam their sister was older than either, Exodus 2:4.

1 Kings 2:4 — Verse 1 Kings 2:4. That the Lord may continue his word — The prosperity which God has promised to grant to my family will depend on their faithfulness to the good they receive; if they live to God, they shall sit for ever on the throne of Israel. But alas! they did not; and God's justice cut off the entail made by his mercy.

2 Kings 25:2 — Verse 2 Kings 25:2-4. And the city was besieged, &c. — Nebuchadnezzar, having routed the Egyptian army, returned to Jerusalem, and besieged it so closely that, being reduced by famine, and a breach made in the wall, the Chaldeans entered it on the ninth day of the fourth month, (Wednesday, July 27,) Zedekiah and many others endeavouring to make their escape by night.

Nehemiah 5:1 — CHAPTER V The people complain that they are oppressed and enthralled by their richer brethren, 1-3. Nehemiah calls them to account; upbraids them for their cruelty; and obliges them to swear that they will forgive the debts, restore the mortgaged estates, and free their servants, 4-13. Nehemiah's generosity and liberality, 14-17. The daily provision for his table, 18, 19. NOTES ON CHAP. V

Job 12:4 — Versículo Job 12:4 . Soy como quien se burla de su prójimo. Aunque estoy invocando a Dios por ayuda y salvación, mis amigos se burlan de mí en esta obra tan solemne y sagrada. Pero Dios me responde. El justo es objeto de burla. Este es un verso muy difícil, en el que

Psalms 33:4 — Verse Psalms 33:4. The word of the Lord is right — He is infinitely wise, and can make no mistakes; and all his works are done in truth. All the words, laws, promises, and threatenings of God are perfectly true and just. The dispensations of his providence and mercy are equally so. When he rewards or punishes, it is according to truth and justice.

Psalms 84:4 — Verse Psalms 84:4. Blessed are they that dwell in thy house — They who have such a constant habitation in thy temple as the sparrow or the swallow has in the house wherein it has built its nest.They will be still praising thee. — They will find it good to draw nigh unto God, as he always pours out his Spirit on his sincere worshippers.

Ecclesiastes 12:14 — Versículo Eclesiastés 12:14 . Porque Dios traerá toda obra a juicio. Esta es la razón por la que debemos "temer a Dios y guardar sus mandamientos". 1. Porque habrá un día de juicio . 2. Cada alma del hombre se parará en esa barra. 3. Dios, el infinitamente sabio, el Dios que escudriña

Isaiah 4:6 — Verse Isaiah 4:6. A tabernacle — In countries subject to violent tempests, as well as to intolerable heat, a portable tent is a necessary part of a traveller's baggage, for defence and shelter. And to such tents the words of the text make evident allusion. They are to be met with in every part of Arabia and Egypt, and in various other places in the East.

Isaiah 44:17 — Verse Isaiah 44:17. He falleth down unto it — There were four forms of adoration used among the Hebrews:1. השתחוה HISHTACHAVAH, The prostration of the whole body.2. קדד KADAD, The bowing of the head.3. כרע CARA, The bending of the upper part of the body down to the knees.4. ברך BARACH, Bowing the knee, or kneeling. See on Isaiah 49:23.

Deuteronomy 4:1 — CAPÍTULO IV Exhortaciones a la obediencia , 1. Nada que añadir o quitar de los testimonios de Dios , 2. Se exhorta al pueblo a recordar cómo Dios había destruido los impíos entre ellos , 3; y preservó a los que fueron fieles , 4. La excelencia de la ley divina , 5, 6. Ninguna nación en el mundo podría jactarse de tales estatutos , sentencias, etc. , 7, 8. Son exhortados a la obediencia por las maravillosas manifestaciones de Dios a favor de ellos , 9-13. Moisés les exhorta

Deuteronomy 4:24 — Verse Deuteronomy 4:24. Thy God is a consuming fire — They had seen him on the mount as an unconsuming fire, while appearing to Moses, and giving the law; and they had seen him as a consuming fire in the case of Korah, Dathan, Abiram, and their company. They had, therefore, every good to expect from his approbation, and every evil to dread from his displeasure.

Deuteronomy 4:43 — Verse Deuteronomy 4:43. Bezer in the wilderness — As the cities of refuge are generally understood to be types of the salvation provided by Christ for sinners; so their names have been thought to express some attribute of the Redeemer of mankind. See them explained Joshua 20:7-8.I SUPPOSE the last nine verses of this chapter to have been added by either Joshua or Ezra.

2 Corinthians 13:2 — que estaba poseído de un poder milagroso, por el cual podía infligir el castigo a los infractores; que podía entregar el cuerpo a Satanás para la destrucción de la carne, para que el espíritu pudiera ser salvado en el día del Señor Jesús,  1 Corintios 4:21 ; 1 Corintios 5:5 . Lo que dice que les dijo antes probablemente se relacione con1 Corintios 4:21 : ¿Vendré con vara , etc.?

2 Corinthians 4:3 — Verso 2 Corintios 4:3 . Pero si nuestro Evangelio está oculto... κεκαλυμμενον. velado ; se refiere al tema que había tratado tan particularmente en la conclusión del capítulo anterior. Si hay un velo sobre el Evangelio , es sólo para los ciegos voluntariamente; y si el

Galatians 4:1 — Evangelio, llegaron en plena madurez, y fueron redimidos de la ley , 1-3. Muestra, además, que cuando llegó el cumplimiento del tiempo, Dios envió a su Hijo, para que obtengamos la adopción de hijos, y tienen la evidencia más fuerte de esa adopción , 4-6. Los que son hijos de Dios son herederos del cielo , 7. Compara su estado anterior y posterior, y muestra la razón tenía que temer que su trabajo por ellos fuera en vano , 8-11. Menciona sus pruebas entre ellos, y su bondad para con él , 12-16. Muestra

Joshua 15:4 — Verse Joshua 15:4. Toward Azmon — This was the last city they possessed toward Egypt.The river of Egypt — The most eastern branch of the river Nile. Joshua 13:3. But there is much reason to doubt whether any branch of the Nile be meant, and whether the promised land extended to that river. On this subject it is impossible to decide either way.

Joshua 3:4 — Verse Joshua 3:4. About two thousand cubits — This distance they were to keep,1. For the greater respect, because the presence of the ark was the symbol and pledge of the Divine presence.2. That the ark, which was to be their pilot over these waters, might be the more conspicuous which it could not have been had the people crowded upon it.

1 Samuel 4:9 — Verse 1 Samuel 4:9. Be strong, c. — This was the address to the whole army, and very forcible it was. "If ye do not fight, and acquit yourselves like men, ye will be servants to the Hebrews, as they have been to you and you may expect that they will avenge themselves of you for all the cruelty you have exercised towards them."