Bible Commentaries

Job 16:18 — 18. my blood—that is, my undeserved suffering. He compares himself to one murdered, whose blood the earth refuses to drink up until he is avenged (Genesis 4:10; Genesis 4:11; Ezekiel 24:1; Ezekiel 24:8; Isaiah 26:21). The Arabs say that the dew of heaven will not descend on a spot watered with innocent blood (compare Isaiah 26:21- :). no place—no resting-place. "May my cry never stop!" May it go abroad! "Earth"

Job 29:24 — 24. When I relaxed from my wonted gravity (a virtue much esteemed in the East) and smiled, they could hardly credit it; and yet, notwithstanding my condescension, they did not cast aside reverence for my gravity. But the parallelism is better in UMBREIT'S translation,

Psalms 115:1-18 — (25:10; 36:6) es la gloria de su nombre, que se desea ilustrar en la liberación de su pueblo, como la manera implícita de su manifestación. En vista del escarnio de los incrédulos, se reconoce la fe en el dominio de Dios entronizado en los cielos (2:4; 11:4). ¿Dónde está ahora?—Ahora no es adverbio de tiempo, sino como en el sentido de pues. 4-7. (Cf. Isaías 40:18; Isaías 44:9). no hablarán, etc.—lit., refunfuñan (presente), ni hacen sonido articulado. 8. que en ellos confían—sean o no sus fabricantes.

Psalms 54:1-7 — Salmo 54 Cf. el título de los Salmo 4 y 32; para su historia, cf. 1 Samuel 23:19, 1 Samuel 23:29; 1 Samuel 26:1. Después de un clamor ferviente por el socorro, el salmista promete la alabanza en la seguridad de ser oído. 1. por tu nombre—( 1 Samuel 5:11),

Psalms 89:1-52 — tipifique las promesas y las adversidades del reino de Cristo, y las expresiones de confiada súplica a Dios son oraciones muy propias para conseguir el socorro divino y la bendición prometida. 1. misericordias—las prometidas ( Isaías 55:3; Hechos 13:34). tu verdad—antes, tu fidelidad, eso es, en cumplir las promesas. 2. dije—he dado expresión a mis convicciones ( 2 Corintios 4:13). 3, 4. El objeto de esta confianza está expresada en las palabras de Dios ( 2 Samuel 7:11). alianza—el pacto está en

Song of Solomon 8:7 — 7. waters—in contrast with the "coals of fire" (Song of Solomon 8:6; 1 Kings 18:33-38). Persecutions (Acts 8:1) cannot quench love (Hebrews 10:34; Revelation 12:15; Revelation 12:16). Our many provocations have not quenched His love (Revelation 12:16- :). if . . . give all the substance . . . contemned—Nothing short of Jesus Christ Himself, not even heaven without Him, can satisfy the saint

Isaiah 32:4 — 4. rash—rather, "the hasty"; contrast "shall not make haste" ( :-); the reckless who will not take time to weigh religious truth aright. Or else, the well-instructed [HORSLEY]. stammers—those who speak confusedly on divine things (compare Exodus 4:10-12; Jeremiah

Isaiah 36:7 — 7. The Assyrian mistakes Hezekiah's religious reforms whereby he took away the high places (2 Kings 18:4) as directed against Jehovah. Some of the high places may have been dedicated to Jehovah, but worshipped under the form of an image in violation of the second commandment: the "brazen serpent," also (broken in pieces by Hezekiah, and called Nehushtan,

Jeremiah 11:4 — 4. in the day—that is, when. The Sinaitic covenant was made some time after the exodus, but the two events are so connected as to be viewed as one. iron furnace— (Deuteronomy 4:20; 1 Kings 8:51). "Furnace" expresses the searching ordeal; "iron," the

Jeremiah 31:12 — 12. height of Zion— ( :-). flow—There shall be a conflux of worshippers to the temple on Zion (Isaiah 2:2; Micah 4:1). to the goodness of . . . Lord—(See Jeremiah 31:14). Beneficence, that is, to the Lord as the source of all good things (Hosea 3:5), to pray to Him and praise Him for these blessings of which He is the Fountainhead. watered garden— (Hosea 3:5-

Jeremiah 32:7 — 7. son of Shallum thine uncle—therefore, Jeremiah's first cousin. field . . . in Anathoth—a sacerdotal city: and so having one thousand cubits of suburban fields outside the wall attached to it (Numbers 35:4; Numbers 35:5). The prohibition to sell these suburban fields (Leviticus 25:34) applied merely to their alienating them from Levites to another tribe; so that this chapter does not contravene that prohibition. Besides, what is here meant is only the

Ezekiel 21:3 — 3. righteous . . . wicked—not contradictory of Ezekiel 18:4; Ezekiel 18:9; Genesis 18:23. Ezekiel here views the mere outward aspect of the indiscriminate universality of the national calamity. But really the same captivity to the "righteous" would prove a blessing as a wholesome discipline, which to the "wicked" would

Habakkuk 2:2 — one running past"; but then it would be, "that he that runneth may read it." The true sense is, "so legible that whoever readeth it, may run to tell all whom he can the good news of the foe's coming doom, and Judah's deliverance." Compare Daniel 12:4, "many shall run to and fro," namely, with the explanation of the prophecy, then unsealed; also, Daniel 12:4- :, "let him that heareth (the good news) say (to every one within his reach), Come." "Run" is equivalent to announce the divine revelation

Zechariah 3:2 — Romans 11:5). The conclusive answer. If the issue rested on Jerusalem's merit or demerit, condemnation must be the award; but Jehovah's "choice" (John 15:16) rebuts Satan's charge against Jerusalem (Zechariah 1:17; Zechariah 2:12; Romans 8:33; Romans 8:34; Romans 8:37), represented by Joshua (compare in the great atonement, Romans 8:37- :, c.), not that she may continue in sin, but be freed from it (Zechariah 3:7). brand plucked out of . . . fire— (Amos 4:11 1 Peter 4:18; Judges 1:23). Herein God implies

Luke 22:3 — Him" (John 13:2), suggesting the thought to him that by this means he might enrich himself. (3) This thought was probably converted into a settled purpose by what took place in Simon's house at Bethany. (See John 13:2- :, and see on John 13:2- :.) (4) Starting back, perhaps, or mercifully held back, for some time, the determination to carry it into immediate effect was not consummated till, sitting at the paschal supper, "Satan entered into him" (see on John 13:2- :), and conscience, effectually

2 Corinthians 13:4 — 4. though—omitted in some of the oldest manuscripts; then translate, "For He was even crucified," c. through weakness—Greek, "from weakness" that is, His assumption of our weakness was the source, or necessary condition, from which the possibility of

Galatians 2:14 — 14. walked not uprightly—literally, "straight": "were not walking with straightforward steps." Compare Galatians 6:16. truth of the gospel—which teaches that justification by legal works and observances is inconsistent with redemption by Christ. Paul

Joshua 19:34 — 34. Aznoth-tabor—on the east of Tabor towards the Jordan, for the border ran thence to Hukkok, touching upon that of Zebulun; and as the territory of Zebulun did not extend as far as the Jordan, Aznoth-tabor and Hukkok must have been border towns on the

2 Timothy 4:17 — (Greek, :-). strengthened—Greek, "put strength in me." by me—"through me"; through my means. One single occasion is often of the greatest moment. the preaching—"the Gospel proclamation." might be fully known—might be fully made (see on 2 Timothy 4:5). that all the Gentiles—present at my trial, "might hear" the Gospel proclaimed then. Rome was the capital of the Gentile world, so that a proclamation of the truth to the Romans was likely to go forth to the rest of the Gentile world. I was delivered

Titus 2:13 — 3:21- :). This will prove the antidote to worldly lusts, and the stimulus to "live in this present world" conformably to this expectation. The Greek is translated, "waiting for," in Luke 2:25. that—Greek, "the." blessed—bringing blessedness (Romans 4:7; Romans 4:8). hope—that is, object of hope (Romans 8:24; Galatians 5:5; Colossians 1:5). the glorious appearing—There is but one Greek article to both "hope" and "appearing," which marks their close connection (the hope being about to be realized