Bible Commentaries

Genesis 25:12-18 — נבית nebāyot, Nebajoth, “heights.” קדר qēdār, Qedar, “black.” אדבאל 'adbe'ēl, Adbeel, “miracle of God?” מבשׂם mı̂bśām Mibsam, “sweet odor.”14. משׁמע mı̂shma‛, Mishma‘, “hearing.” דוּמה dûmâh, Dumah, “silence.” משׂא maśā', Massa, “burden.”15. חדר chădar, Chadar, “chamber;” or חדד chădad, Chadad, “sharpness;” תימא tēymā', Tema. יטוּר yeṭûr, Jetur, “enclosure,” akin to טוּר ṭûr, “a wall,” and טירה ṭı̂yrâh, “a wall.” נפישׁ nāpı̂ysh, Naphish, “breathing.” קדמה qēdemâh, Qedemah,

Genesis 49:1-33 — - Jacob Blesses His Sons5. מכרה mekêrāh, “weapon;” related: כיר kārar or כרה kārāh dig. “Device, design?” related: מכר mākar “sell,” in Arabic “take counsel. Habitation.”10. מחקק mechoqēq, “lawgiver, judge, dispenser of laws.” This word occurs in six other places - Numbers

Exodus 9:13-34 — when the Israelites could gather stubble, i. e. in May and April: the second mission, when the plagues began, was probably toward the end of June, and they went on at intervals until the winter; this plague was in February; see Exodus 9:31.Exodus 9:15For now ... - Better, For now indeed, had I stretched forth my hand and smitten thee and thy people with the pestilence, then hadst thou been cut off from the earth. Exodus 9:16 gives the reason why God had not thus inflicted a summary punishment once

Job 14:19 — rendered “the things which grow out” ספיח sâphı̂yach, means properly that which “is poured out” - from ספח sâphach, to pour out, to spread out - and is applied to grain produced spontaneously from kernels of the former year, without new seed. Lev 25:5-11; 2 Kings 19:29. See the notes at Isaiah 37:30. But here it probably means a flood - that which flows out - and which washes away the earth.The dust of the earth - The earth or the land on the margin of streams. The sense is, that as a flood sweeps

Job 21:15 — What is the Almighty, that we should serve him? - compare for similar expressions, Exodus 5:2; Proverbs 30:9. The meaning here is, “What claim has the Almighty, or who is he, that we should be bound to obey and worship him? What authority has he over us? Why should we yield our will to his, and why submit to his claims?” This is the language

Job 37:9 — winds which were supposed to be pent up there, and which raged tumultuously until they broke open the doors of their prison, and then poured forth with violence over the earth; compare the description of the storm in Virgil, as quoted above in Job 37:5. There are frequent allusions in the Scriptures to the fact that whirlwinds come from the South; see the notes at Isaiah 21:1; compare Zechariah 9:14. Savary says of the south wind, which blows in Egypt from February to May, that it fills the atmosphere

Job 4:17 — the lower classes or ranks of people; see the notes at Isaiah 8:1. The common opinion in regard to this word is, that it is derived from אנשׁ 'ânash, to be sick, or ill at ease; and then desperate, or incurable - as of a disease or wound; Jeremiah 15:18; Micah 1:9; Job 34:6. Gesenius (Lex) calls this derivation in question; but if it be the correct idea, then the word used here originally referred to man as feeble, and as liable to sickness and calamity. I see no reason to doubt that the common

Job 5:17 — designed to show that afflictions are followed by so important advantages as to make it proper that we should submit to them without a complaint. The sentiment in this verse, if not expressly quoted, is probably alluded to by the apostle Paul in Hebrews 12:5. The same thought frequently occurs in the Bible: see James 1:12; Proverbs 3:11-12. The sense is plain, that God confers a favor on us when he recalls us from our sins by the corrections of his paternal hand - as a father confers a favor on a child

Psalms 27:4 — fitted to elevate, to comfort, and to sanctify the soul; and it was in the contemplation of those truths that the psalmist sought to elevate and purify his own mind, and to sustain himself in the troubles and perplexities of life. Compare Psalms 73:15-17.And to inquire in his temple - Or tabernacle. The word used here would be applicable to either, considered as the “palace” or the residence of Yahweh. As the temple was not, however, built at this time, the word must here be understood to refer to

Psalms 84:7 — meaning evidently is, that they who are referred to in the previous verses as going up to Zion will be seen there, or will come before God, in the place of worship. There is a change of number here, from the plural to the singular - as, in Psalms 84:5, there is a change from the singular to the plural. Such changes are frequent in the Scriptures as in other writings, and the one here can be accounted for on the supposition that the author of the psalm, in looking upon the moving procession, at one

Psalms 9:14 — invoked His interposition that it might be done. The phrase “gates of death” relates to the prevalent views about the unseen world - the world where the dead abide. That world was represented as beneath; as a dark and gloomy abode; as enclosed Psalms 115:17, “The dead praise not the Lord, neither any that go down into silence.” See the notes at Psalms 6:5. It is not necessary to say that the sacred writers had brighter views at times than these. But who can keep the mind always from desponding when

Isaiah 41:2 — Quién levantó - Esta palabra (העיר hē‛yr) generalmente se aplica al acto de despertar a uno de dormir Cantares de los Cantares 2:7; Cantares de los Cantares 3:5; Cantares de los Cantares 8:4; Zacarías 4:1; luego despertar, despertar o agitar a cualquier empresa. Aquí significa, que Dios había causado que el hombre al que se refería, despertara para el derrocamiento de sus enemigos; fue por su agencia que

Daniel 2 overview — 192, 193), is substantially this: “that if the account here is true, the records of ancient times could not exhibit a more finished tyrant than Nebuchadnezzar was, if he doomed so many persons to death, on so slight and foolish an occasion, Daniel 2:5. This cruelty, it is said, is wholly contrary to the general character of Nebuchadnezzar as it is reported to us, and wholly incredible. It is further said, that, though it was common in the East to trust in dreams, and though the office of interpreting

Daniel 2 overview — (Com. Pp. 192, 193) es sustancialmente esto: "si la cuenta aquí es cierta, los registros de la antigüedad no podrían exhibir un tirano más completo que Nabucodonosor, si condenó a muerte a tantas personas, en una ocasión tan leve y tonta, Daniel 2:5. Se dice que esta crueldad es totalmente contraria al carácter general de Nabucodonosor tal como se nos informa, y ​​es totalmente increíble. Se dice además que, aunque era común en Oriente confiar en los sueños, y aunque el oficio de interpretarlos

Amos 1:11 — afraid of you, and ye shall take exceeding heed to yourselves. Quarrel not with them, for I will give you, of their land, no, not so much as the treading of the sole of the foot, for I have given Mount Seir unto Esau for a possession” Deuteronomy 2:4-5.From this time until that of Saul, there is no mention of Edom; only that the Maonites and the Amalekites, who oppressed Israel Judges 6:3; Judges 10:12, were kindred tribes with Edom. The increasing strength of Israel in the early days of Saul seems

Romans 3:25 — en vergüenza; y así morir para atraer hacia la escena los ojos de los ángeles y de los habitantes de todos los mundos. Para ser una propiciación - ἱλαστήριον hilastērion. Esta palabra aparece pero en otro lugar en el Nuevo Testamento. Hebreos 9:5, “y sobre él (el arca) los querubines de gloria que sombrean el propiciatorio. Se usa aquí para denotar la tapa o cubierta del arca del pacto. Estaba hecho de oro, y sobre él estaban los querubines. En este sentido, a menudo es usado por la Septuaginta

Hebrews 6:20 — account, to prepare a place for us; John 14:3. Having such a friend and advocate there, we should be firm in the hope of eternal life, and amidst the storms and tempests around us, we should be calm.Made an high priest forever - see the notes on Hebrews 5:6, Hebrews 5:10. To illustrate this fact, was the object for which this discussion was introduced, and which had been interrupted by the remarks occurring in this chapter on the danger of apostasy. Having warned them of this danger, and exhorted them

Hebrews 6:20 — Teniendo un amigo y un defensor allí, deberíamos ser firmes en la esperanza de la vida eterna, y en medio de las tormentas y tempestades que nos rodean, deberíamos estar tranquilos. Hecho un sumo sacerdote para siempre - vea las notas en Hebreos 5:6, Hebreos 5:1. Para ilustrar este hecho, fue el objeto por el cual se introdujo esta discusión, y que había sido interrumpido por los comentarios que se hicieron en este capítulo sobre el peligro de la apostasía. Habiéndoles advertido de este peligro

1 John 5:16 — occurred, they were very rare, and even if a disease came upon a man miraculously in consequence of sin, it could not be certainly known whether it was, or was not, unto death. All who were visited in this way did not certainly die. Compare 1 Corinthians 5:4-5, with 2 Corinthians 2:6-7. See also 1 Corinthians 11:30. (c) It cannot be shown that it refers to the case of those who were condenmed by the civil magistrate to death, and for whom there was no hope of reprieve or pardon, for it is not certain

1 John 5:16 — casos, eran muy raros, e incluso si una enfermedad surgió con un hombre milagrosamente en consecuencia de Sin, no se podía saber si era, o no fue, hasta la muerte. Todos los que fueron visitados de esta manera no fueron ciertamente. Comparar 1 Corintios 5:4-5, con 2CO 2: 6-7 . Ver también 1 Corintios 11:30. (c) No se puede demostrar que se refiere al caso de aquellos que fueron condenados por el magistrado civil hasta la muerte, y para quienes no había esperanza de reprender o perdón, porque no es seguro