Bible Commentaries

Genesis 42:5 — 5. the famine was in the land of Canaan—The tropical rains, which annually falling swell the Nile, are those of Palestine also; and their failure would produce the same disastrous effects in Canaan as in Egypt. Numerous caravans of its people, therefore, poured over the sandy desert of Suez, with their beasts of burden, for the purchase of corn; and among others, "the sons of Israel" were compelled to undertake a journey from which painful associations made them strongly averse.

Genesis 6:5 — 5, 6. God saw it . . . repented . . . grieved—God cannot change (Malachi 3:6; James 1:17); but, by language suited to our nature and experience, He is described as about to alter His visible procedure towards mankind—from being merciful and long-suffering, He was about to show Himself a God of judgment; and, as that impious race had filled up the measure of their iniquities, He was about to introduce a terrible display of His justice (Ecclesiastes 8:11).

Ezra 2:5 — 5. children of Arah, seven hundred seventy and five—The number is stated in :- to have been only six hundred fifty-two. It is probable that all mentioned as belonging to this family repaired to the general place of rendezvous, or had enrolled their names at first as intending to go; but in the interval of preparation, some died, others were prevented by sickness or insurmountable obstacles, so that ultimately no more than six hundred fifty-two came to Jerusalem.

Job 15:19 — 19. Eliphaz speaks like a genuine Arab when he boasts that his ancestors had ever possessed the land unmixed with foreigners [UMBREIT]. His words are intended to oppose Job's ( :-); "the earth" in their case was not "given into the hand of the wicked." He refers to the division of the earth by divine appointment (Genesis 10:5; Genesis 25:32). Also he may insinuate that Job's sentiments had been corrupted from original purity by his vicinity to the Sabeans and Chaldeans [ROSENMULLER].

Job 20:25 — 25. It is drawn—Rather, "He (God) draweth (the sword, Joshua 5:13) and (no sooner has He done so, than) it cometh out of (that is, passes right through) the (sinner's) body" (Deuteronomy 32:41; Deuteronomy 32:42; Ezekiel 21:9; Ezekiel 21:10). The glittering sword is a happy image for lightning. gall—that is, his life (Job 16:13). "Inflicts a deadly wound." terrors—Zophar repeats Bildad's words (Job 17:11; Psalms 88:16; Psalms 55:4).

Job 6:5 — 5. Neither wild animals, as the wild ass, nor tame, as the ox, are dissatisfied when well-supplied with food. The braying of the one and the lowing of the other prove distress and want of palatable food. So, Job argues, if he complains, it is not without cause; namely, his pains, which are, as it were, disgusting food, which God feeds him with (end of :-). But he should have remembered a rational being should evince a better spirit than the brute.

Psalms 143:1-12 — justo, no hay inocente ( Job 14:3; Romanos 3:20). 3, 4. El por qué de su oración—sus aflicciones—motivaron la confesión que acaba de hacer: ahora presenta la queja, o querella. como los ya muertos—privado de las comodidades de la vida (cf. el Salmo 40:15; Salmo 88:3). 5, 6. La aflicción se agrava por el contraste del bienestar anterior (Salmo 22:3), cuya restitución anhela. tierra sedienta—que necesita la lluvia, como su espíritu anhelaba la comunión y la gracia de Dios (Salmo 28:1; Salmo 89:17). 7.

Psalms 148:1-14 — de este Salmo es el mismo que el del anterior. 1. cielos … alturas—son términos sinónimos. 2. ejércitos—(Cf. el Salmo 103:21). 4. cielos de los cielos—los mismos altísimos. aguas—las nubes, que están sobre los cielos visibles (cf. Génesis 1:7). 5. el nombre—que representa sus perfecciones. él mandó—El es enfático, lo que atribuye la creación a Dios sólo. 6. La perpetuidad de la forma de la creación está, por supuesto, sujeta a la voluntad del que la creó. ley … quebrantada—Sus decretos que

Psalms 4:1-8 — hombres—Hombres de renombre y prominencia (cf. 2 Crónicas 21:9). volveréis mi honra—mi dignidad real. en infamia—en ignominia o reproche. la vanidad—una empresa necia y vana ( 2 Crónicas 2:1). 3. al pío—un objeto tanto como un sujeto del favor divino (cf. 105:14, 15). 4. temblad, y no pequéis—( Efesios 4:26) de la versión de los Setenta—airaos. Ambas frases regidas por el negativo (no os airéis). 5. No sólo deben arrepentirse, sino manifestarlo también con sacrificios de justicia, eso es, con sacrificios

Psalms 57:1-11 — Salmo 57 No destruyas—traducción de Al-taschith. Acaso sea una alusión enigmática a la circunstancia crítica relacionada con la historia, sobre la cual cf. 1 Samuel 22:1; 1 Samuel 26:1. En la oración de Moisés ( Deuteronomio 9:26), prominente petición es

Psalms 77:1-20 — maravillosas obras de Dios hechas en el pasado por su poder libertador y su gracia. 1. Expresa el propósito del Salmo, 2. su importunidad. mi mal (llaga) corría—lit., mi mano se extendía. (cf. el Salmo 44:20). no cesaba—no se debilitó (Génesis,Salmo 45:26; Salmo 38:8). mi alma, etc.—(cf. Génesis 37:35; Jeremias 31:15). 3-9. Su triste condición contrastada con los goces anteriores. gritaba—violentamente agitado (Jeremias 39:6; Jeremias 41:5). desmayaba mi espíritu—(Jeremias 107:5; Jonás 2:7.) tenías—tienes—velando—de

Psalms 83:1-18 — 48). Después de una petición general, se describen la sutileza y la crueldad de los enemigos, se recitan los tratos anteriores de Dios, y se pide una sumarisa y pronta destrucción similar para ellos 1. Se dirige a Dios como indiferente (cf. el Salmo 35:22; el 39:12). quieto—inactivo 2. tus enemigos—son tanto como nuestros (74:23; Isaías 37:23). 3. tus escondidos—especialmente protegidos por Dios ( Isaías 27:5; Isaías 91:1). 4. de ser pueblo—completa destrucción ( Isaías 7:8; Isaías 23:1). Israel—usado

Numbers 14:21 — 21. all the earth shall be filled with the glory of the Lord—This promise, in its full acceptation, remains to be verified by the eventual and universal prevalence of Christianity in the world. But the terms were used restrictively in respect to the occasion, to the report which would spread over all the land of the "terrible things in righteousness" [Psalms 65:5] which God would do in the infliction of the doom described, to which that rebellious race was now consigned.

Numbers 21:5 — 5. our soul loatheth this light bread—that is, bread without substance or nutritious quality. The refutation of this calumny appears in the fact, that on the strength of this food they performed for forty years so many and toilsome journeys. But they had been indulging a hope of the better and more varied fare enjoyed by a settled people; and disappointment, always the more bitter as the hope of enjoyment seems near, drove them to speak against God and against Moses ( :-).

2 Thessalonians 1:5 — 5. Which—Your enduring these tribulations is a "token of the righteous judgment of God," manifested in your being enabled to endure them, and in your adversaries thereby filling up the measure of their guilt. The judgment is even now begun, but its consummation

1 Timothy 2:8 — will—The active wish, or desire, is meant. that men—rather as Greek, "that the men," as distinguished from "the women," to whom he has something different to say from what he said to the men (1 Timothy 2:9-12; 1 Corinthians 11:14; 1 Corinthians 11:15; 1 Corinthians 14:34; 1 Corinthians 14:35). The emphasis, however, is not on this, but on the precept of praying, resumed from 1 Corinthians 14:35- :. everywhere—Greek, "in every place," namely, of public prayer. Fulfilling 1 Corinthians 14:35- :,

James 5:16 — 16. The oldest authorities read, "Confess, THEREFORE," c. Not only in the particular case of sickness, but universally confess. faults—your falls and offenses, in relation to one another. The word is not the same as sins. Matthew 5:23 Matthew 5:24; Luke 17:4, illustrate the precept here. one to another—not to the priest, as Rome insists. The Church of England recommends in certain cases. Rome compels confession in all cases. Confession is desirable in the case of (1) wrong done

1 Peter 5:1 — 1. elders—alike in office and age (1 Peter 5:5). I . . . also an elder—To put one's self on a level with those whom we exhort, gives weight to one's exhortations (compare 2 John 1:1; 2 John 1:2). Peter, in true humility for the Gospel's sake, does not put forward his apostleship here, wherein

Revelation 11:10 — in having at last seemingly silenced in death their Christian rebukers. Like her Lord, the Church will have her dark passion week followed by the bright resurrection morn. It is a curious historical coincidence that, at the fifth Lateran Council, May 5, 1514, no witness (not even the Moravians who were summoned) testified for the truth, as HUSS and JEROME did at Constance; an orator ascended the tribunal before the representatives of papal Christendom, and said, "There is no reclaimant, no opponent."

2 Samuel 4:5 — 5, 6. Rechab and Baanah went and came about the heat of the day to the house of Ish-bosheth, c.—It is still a custom in the East to allow their soldiers a certain quantity of corn, together with some pay and these two captains very naturally went to the palace the day before to fetch wheat, in order to distribute it to the soldiers, that it might be sent to the mill at the accustomed hour in the morning.