Bible Commentaries

Exodus 27:5 — 5. put it under the compass of the altar beneath—that is, the grating in which they were carried to a clean place (Leviticus 4:12).

2 Kings 1:5 — 5. the messengers turned back—They did not know the stranger; but his authoritative tone, commanding attitude, and affecting message determined them at once to return.

Job 20:19 — 19. oppressed—whereas he ought to have espoused their cause ( :-). forsaken—left helpless. house—thus leaving the poor without shelter (Isaiah 5:8; Micah 2:2).

Psalms 36:6 — 6. righteousness [and] judgments—qualities of a good government (Psalms 5:8; Psalms 31:1). These all are set forth, by the figures used, as unbounded.

Psalms 49:5 — 5. iniquity—or, "calamity" (Psalms 40:12). of my heels—literally "my supplanters" (Psalms 40:12- :), or oppressors: "I am surrounded by the evils they inflict."

Psalms 69:19 — 19, 20. Calling God to witness his distress, he presents its aggravation produced by the want of sympathizing friends (compare Isaiah 63:5; Mark 14:50).

Psalms 86:5 — 5-7. unto all . . . that call upon thee—or, "worship Thee" (Psalms 50:15; Psalms 91:15) however undeserving (Exodus 34:6; Leviticus 11:9-13).

Proverbs 22:5 — 5. he that . . . them—Those who properly watch over their own souls are thus preserved from the dangers which attend the way of perverse men ( :-).

Proverbs 25:21 — 21, 22. (Compare Matthew 5:44; Romans 12:20). As metals are melted by heaping coals upon them, so is the heart softened by kindness.

Proverbs 4:1 — 1, 2. (Compare :-). to know—in order to know. doctrine—the matter of learning (Proverbs 1:5), such as he had received (Lamentations 3:1).

Proverbs 5 overview — CHAPTER 5 :-. A warning against the seductive arts of wicked women, enforced by considering the advantages of chastity, and the miserable end of the wicked.

Proverbs 5:11 — 11. at the last—the end, or reward (compare Proverbs 5:4). mourn—roar in pain. flesh and . . . body—the whole person under incurable disease.

Isaiah 31:3 — 3. not spirit—not of divine power (Psalms 56:4; Psalms 146:3; Psalms 146:5; Zechariah 4:6). he that helpeth—Egypt. holpen—Judah.

Isaiah 63:5 — 5. The same words as in :-, except that there it is His "righteousness," here it is His "fury," which is said to have upheld Him.

Jeremiah 2:21 — 21. The same image as in Deuteronomy 32:32; Psalms 80:8; Psalms 80:9; Isaiah 5:1, &c. unto me—with respect to Me.

Ezekiel 48:5 — 5. Ephraim—This tribe, within its two dependent tribes, Manasseh and Benjamin, for upwards of four hundred years under the judges held the pre-eminence.

Zechariah 8:5 — 5. boys and girls playing—implying security and a numerous progeny, accounted a leading blessing among the Jews. Contrast Jeremiah 6:11; Jeremiah 9:21.

Luke 1:65 — 65. fear—religious awe; under the impression that God's hand was specially in these events (compare Luke 5:26; Luke 7:16; Luke 8:37).

Luke 13:4 — 4, 5. tower in Siloam—probably one of the towers of the city wall, near the pool of Siloam. Of its fall nothing is known.

1 Thessalonians 3:1-13 — Pablo, Silas y Timoteo, antes de la salida de Pablo de Berea, y que entonces él con ellos resolvió ser “dejado solo en Atenas”, cuando hubiera de llegar allá; no acompañándole Silas y Timoteo, sino quedando en Berea. De esta manera el “yo” en el v. 5 expresa que el acto de enviar a Timoteo, cuando llegó en Atenas, fué el de Pablo, mientras que la decisión de que Pablo fuera dejado solo en Atenas fué la de los hermanos como también de él mismo, en Berea, por lo cual usa en v. 1 “nosotros”. El que