Bible Commentaries

Job 26:6 — 6. (Job 38:17; Psalms 139:8; Proverbs 5:11). destruction—the abode of destruction, that is, of lost souls. Hebrew, Abaddon (Proverbs 5:11- :). no covering—from God's eyes.

Job 5:8 — 8. Therefore (as affliction is ordered by God, on account of sin), "I would" have you to "seek unto God" (Isaiah 8:19; Amos 5:8; Jeremiah 5:24).

Psalms 147:4 — 4, 5. God's power in nature ( :-, and often) is presented as a pledge of His power to help His people. telleth . . . stars—what no man can do (Genesis 15:5).

Psalms 25:13 — 13. inherit the earth—(compare Matthew 5:5). The phrase, alluding to the promise of Canaan, expresses all the blessings included in that promise, temporal as well as spiritual.

Proverbs 2:12 — 12-15. To deliver—as from great danger (Proverbs 6:5). way . . . man— (Proverbs 6:5- :). froward things—perversity (Proverbs 6:14; Proverbs 23:23), what is opposed to truth.

Proverbs 3:11 — 11, 12. The true intent of afflictions considered; they do not contradict the assertion of the blessed state of the pious (Job 5:17; Hebrews 12:5; Hebrews 12:6).

Ecclesiastes 2:10 — 10. my labour—in procuring pleasures. this—evanescent "joy" was my only "portion out of all my labor" (Ecclesiastes 3:22; Ecclesiastes 5:18; Ecclesiastes 9:9; 1 Kings 10:5).

Ecclesiastes 7:5 — 5. (Psalms 141:4; Psalms 141:5). Godly reproof offends the flesh, but benefits the spirit. Fools' songs in the house of mirth please the flesh, but injure the soul.

Isaiah 13:7 — 7. faint . . . melt—So :-; compare Joshua 7:5. Babylon was taken by surprise on the night of Belshazzar's impious feast (Daniel 5:30). Hence the sudden fainting and melting of hearts.

Isaiah 37:6 — 6. servants—literally, "youths," mere lads, implying disparagement, not an embassy of venerable elders. The Hebrew is different from that for "servants" in Isaiah 37:5. blasphemed me— (Isaiah 37:5- :).

Isaiah 53:5 — 5. wounded—a bodily wound; not mere mental sorrow; literally, "pierced"; minutely appropriate to Messiah, whose hands, feet, and side were pierced ( :-). The Margin, wrongly, from a Hebrew root, translates, "tormented." for . . . for— (Romans 4:25; 2

Jeremiah 30:9 — 30:8- :). David, their king—No king of David's seed has held the scepter since the captivity; for Zerubbabel, though of David's line, never claimed the title of "king." The Son of David, Messiah, must therefore be meant; so the Targum (compare Isaiah 55:3; Isaiah 55:4; Ezekiel 34:23; Ezekiel 34:24; Ezekiel 37:24; Hosea 3:5; Romans 11:25-32). He was appointed to the throne of David (Isaiah 9:7; Luke 1:32). He is here joined with Jehovah as claiming equal allegiance. God is our "King," only when we

Ezekiel 20:11 — 11. which if a man do, he shall . . . five in them—not "by them," as though they could justify a man, seeing that man cannot render the faultless obedience required (Leviticus 18:5; Galatians 3:12). "By them" is the expression indeed in Romans 10:5; but there the design is to show that, if man could obey all God's laws, he would be justified "by them" (Romans 10:5- :); but he cannot; he therefore needs to have justification by "the

Daniel 6:10 — sight of heaven might draw his mind off from earthly thoughts. To Christ in the heavenly temple let us turn our eyes in prayer, from this land of our captivity (1 Kings 8:44; 1 Kings 8:48; 2 Chronicles 6:29; 2 Chronicles 6:34; 2 Chronicles 6:38; Psalms 5:7). chamber—the upper room, where prayer was generally offered by the Jews (Psalms 5:7- :). Not on the housetop (Psalms 5:7- :), where he would be conspicuous. upon his knees—Humble attitudes in prayer become humble suppliants. three times a day—

Luke 18:2 — 2. feared not . . . neither regarded—defying the vengeance of God and despising the opinion of men. widow—weak, desolate, defenseless (1 Timothy 5:5, which is taken from this).

Ephesians 4:13 — us at the unity," c. faith and . . . knowledge—Full unity of faith is then found, when all alike thoroughly know Christ, the object of faith, and that in His highest dignity as "the Son of God" [DE WETTE] (Ephesians 3:17 Ephesians 3:19; 2 Peter 1:5). Not even Paul counted himself to have fully "attained" (2 Peter 1:5- :). Amidst the variety of the gifts and the multitude of the Church's members, its "faith" is to be ONE: as contrasted with the state of "children carried about with EVERY WIND OF

Ephesians 6:14 — is, maintaining our ground, not yielding or fleeing, is the grand aim of the Christian soldier. Translate as Greek, "Having girt about your loins with truth," that is, with truthfulness, sincerity, a good conscience (2 Corinthians 1:12; 1 Timothy 1:5; 1 Timothy 1:18; 1 Timothy 3:9). Truth is the band that girds up and keeps together the flowing robes, so as that the Christian soldier may be unencumbered for action. So the Passover was eaten with the loins girt, and the shoes on the feet (Exodus

Philippians 2:8 — Philippians 2:8 the emphasis is on "humbled" (which stands before the Greek "Himself"); He not only "emptied Himself" of His previous "form of God," but submitted to positive HUMILIATION. He "became obedient," namely, to God, as His "servant" (Romans 5:19; Hebrews 5:8). Therefore "God" is said to "exalt" Him (Hebrews 5:8- :), even as it was God to whom He became voluntarily "obedient." "Even unto death" expresses the climax of His obedience (Hebrews 5:8- :).

Colossians 1:20 — 20. The Greek order is, "And through Him (Christ) to reconcile again completely (see on :-) all things (Greek, 'the whole universe of things') unto Himself (unto God the Father, 2 Corinthians 5:19), having made peace (God the Father having made peace) through the blood of His (Christ's) cross," that is, shed by Christ on the cross: the price and pledge of our reconciliation with God. The Scripture phrase, "God reconciles man to Himself," implies

1 John 5:21 — eating things sacrificed to idols. The moment we cease to abide "in Him that is true (by abiding) in Jesus Christ," we become part of "the world that lieth in the wicked one," given up to spiritual, if not in all places literal, idolatry (Ephesians 5:5; Colossians 3:5).