Bible Commentaries

Psalms 38:13 — Were. 1 Paralipomenon xxix. 15. I can expect aid from no other but thee. (Calmet) --- Heaven is our home. (Worthington) --- "Life is a travelling from home." (Plato in Axiocho.)

Psalms 49:6 — Heavens. Apostles, (St. Jerome) or angels. (Chaldean) (St. Athanasius) --- God is judge. His sentence must therefore be just, (Menochius) and we ought to tremble, 1 Corinthians iv. 4. (Haydock)

Psalms 67:21 — The issues from death. The Lord alone is master of the issues, by which we may escape from death. (Challoner) --- He killeth and giveth life, 1 Kings ii. 6.

Proverbs 10:19 — Sin. A prolix discourse on subjects of importance is not reprehended. (St. Augustine, Retrac. 1.) --- But it is very difficult to speak much, without going against some virtue. (Calmet)

Ecclesiastes 3:17 — And then. Protestants, "for there is a time there (ver. 1.) for every purpose, and for every work." At the day of judgment all will receive their due. (Haydock)

Ecclesiastes 4:6 — Mind. These are the words of the slothful, (Calmet) or of truth. (Haydock) (Proverbs xvii. 1.) --- The indolent will not observe moderation in the application of this sentence. (Menochius)

Isaiah 28:6 — Puerta. Ezequías reunió a los reinos divididos e inspiró a sus tropas con coraje, llevándolas de regreso victoriosas, 2 Paralipomenon xxx. 1., y 4 Reyes xviii. 7. (Calmet)

Isaiah 60:13 — Gloria; cedro, que se utilizó principalmente en la construcción del templo, 1 Esdras iii. 7. (Calmet) &mdash Los emperadores se hicieron cristianos, con las naciones más poderosas. (Worthington)

Jeremiah 20:9 — And there, or "for," &c. I was grieved continually. (Sanctius) --- I could not however refrain from speaking, Acts xvii. 16., and 1 Corinthians ix. 16., and Job xxxii. 18.

Jeremiah 31:38 — Come, is only in the margin of the Hebrew, but is found properly in some manuscripts. (Kennicott) --- Corner. On the south, opposite to the former, 2 Esdras iii. 1.

Hosea 2:24 — That which is not my people, &c. This relates to the conversion of the Gentiles, (Challoner) as the apostles explain it, 1 Peter ii. 10., and Romans ix. (Worthington)

Amos 6:14 — Nada: en tus ídolos, que no son nada, (1 Corintios VIII. 4.) o en tus propias fuerzas, fortificaciones o aliados. &mdash Pa rata tollo cornua. (Horacio, época 6.)

Numbers 32:34 — Built, or repaired; for they had been cities of the Amorrhites before. --- Aroer was occupied by the Moabites after the Israelites were led into captivity, Jeremias xlviii. 1, 19.

Acts 12:4 — To four files of soldiers.[1] To four times four soldiers, or to sixteen soldiers, each band or file consisting of four. =============================== [BIBLIOGRAPHY] Quatuor quaternionibus, Greek: tessarsi tetradiois stratioton.

Acts 26:5 — According to the most sure sect.[1] In the Greek, the most exact or approved: for such was esteemed that of the Pharisees. (Witham) =============================== [BIBLIOGRAPHY] Certissimam, Greek: akribestaten, accuratissimam.

1 Thessalonians 2:3 — Our exhortation was not proceeding from error.[1] That is, was not by promoting errors, or uncleanness. (Witham) =============================== [BIBLIOGRAPHY] De errore, &c. i.e. ex errore, Greek: ek planes, &c.

2 Timothy 2:24 — Fit to teach [9] and instruct others. (Witham) =============================== [BIBLIOGRAPHY] Docibilem, Greek: didaktikon. See 1 Timothy iii. 2. which is there translated doctorem, and it signifies one fit to teach.

Wisdom of Solomon 29:18 — Himself. Yet he will not engage his word for more than he can pay, (ver. 27., and chap. viii. 16.) nor encourage the negligence of debtors, Proverbs vi. 1.

Wisdom of Solomon 30:22 — Sadness. For temporal things, but trusting in Providence, 1 Peter v. 7. Grief for sin is alone of service, 2 Corinthians vii. 10. (Calmet) --- Pusillanimity must be avoided. (Worthington)

Wisdom of Solomon 38:10 — Sin. All diseases are in consequence of original sin, and may are inflicted for actual transgressions, John ix. 2., and 1 Corinthians xi. 30., and Numbers xii. 10. (Calmet)