Bible Commentaries

Nehemiah 10:28 — separated themselves from the people of the lands unto the law of God, their wives, their sons, and their daughters, every one having knowledge, and having understanding; That had separated themselves — In St Paul’s sense, 2 Corinthians 6:17 , "Come out from among them, and be ye separate," …, from such stand off; stand up from the dead; save yourselves from this untoward generation, shun their sins, lest ye share in their plagues. These holy separates, or proselytes,

Job 10:12 — Me has dado vida y gracia, y tu visitación ha preservado mi espíritu. Ver. 12. Me has concedido la vida ] es decir, en mi cuerpo, así formado y organizado, has infundido un alma; ese principio de vida me avivó en el útero y me sacó vivo de él; que, por ser un milagro de misericordia, Job añade favor, "me has concedido" (heb.

Job 19:8 — much troubleth in his journey as hedges and darkness. God, saith Job, hath every way hedged me out of content and comfort, so that, though I seek it never so, I cannot find it. God’s people are oft brought into greatest straits, as David, Psalms 31:1-24 and Psalms 142:1-7 , Israel at the Red Sea, Jehoshaphat, 2 Chronicles 20:1-29 , that they may learn to depend upon the Divine providence, … And he hath set darkness in my paths — I am benighted, and know not whither to go or how to

Job 6:11 — peaceable behaviour under God’s chastisement, I shall go to my grave in a good old age, …, but, alas, it is now past time of day with me for that matter: "my breath is corrupt, my days are extinct, the graves are ready for me," Job 17:1 . Were I as young and lusty as ever I have been, some such things as ye have promised me might be hoped for; but, alas, the map of age is figured on my forehead, the calendars of death appear in the furrows of my face, besides my many sores and sicknesses

Job 9:19 — Si [hablo] de fuerza, he aquí [él es] fuerte; y si de juicio, ¿quién me dará tiempo [para suplicar]? Ver. 19. Si hablo de fuerza, he aquí que es fuerte ] Ni con fuerza ni con derecho podré tratar con él. Broughton lo traduce: En cuanto a la fuerza, es valiente. El Señor es un hombre de guerra, dice Moisés, Éxodo 15:3 . Sí, él es el Señor de las armas, dice

Psalms 26:4 — I have not sat with vain persons, neither will I go in with dissemblers. I have not sat with vain persons — Who are void of God’s holy fear, but filled with all unrighteousness, wickedness, covetousness, maliciousness, …, Romans 1:29 . Courtiers are such for most part, and David never delighted in such company, to sit with them, especially when they were acting mischief; which while Cromwell did at the condemnation of Lambert, martyr, and Sir John Cheek at other such like meetings,

Psalms 26:4 — No me he sentado con vanidosos, ni entraré con farsantes. Ver. 4. No me he sentado con personas vanas ] Quienes están desprovistos del santo temor de Dios, pero llenos de toda injusticia, iniquidad, codicia, malicia, etc., Romanos 1:29 . Los cortesanos son en su mayor parte, y David nunca se deleitó en tal compañía, para sentarse con ellos, especialmente cuando estaban actuando mal; lo cual, si bien Cromwell hizo ante la condena de Lambert, mártir, y Sir John Cheek en otras reuniones

Psalms 31:19 — Salmo 31:19 [Oh] cuán grande es tu bondad, que has guardado para los que te temen; [que] hiciste para los que en ti confían delante de los hijos de los hombres! Ver. 19. Oh, cuán grande es tu bondad ] El profeta se expresa a sí mismo por medio de exclamación,

Psalms 69:26 — out of their company: so here. Now, if it could be said of Mithridates, that he hated such as maliciously persecuted virtue forsaken of fortune; much more may we think doth God abhor such cruel criminals as are here spoken of. See Isaiah 47:6 Obadiah 1:1 Zechariah 1:15 . And they talk to the grief of those whom thou hast wounded — Narrationes contexunt, they frame discourses to the grief of thy wounded ones, pouring into their wounds not oil, or balsam, but vinegar, or salt water, Heb. they

Psalms 97:10 — love the LORD, hate evil: he preserveth the souls of his saints; he delivereth them out of the hand of the wicked. Ye that love the Lord — As having tasted of Christ’s sweetness, being justified by his merit, and sanctified by his Spirit, 1 Peter 2:4 1 Corinthians 6:11 ; carried after him with strength of desire, Psalms 42:1 , and delight, Psalms 73:25 . Such as these only are Christ’s true subjects; others will pretend to him, but they are but hangbys, unless the love of Christ

Psalms 97:10 — Los que aman al SEÑOR, aborrecen el mal: él guarda las almas de sus santos; los libra de la mano de los impíos. Ver. 10. Los que aman al Señor ] Como habiendo gustado la dulzura de Cristo, siendo justificados por sus méritos y santificados por su Espíritu, 1 Ped 2: 4 1 Corintios 6:11 ; llevado tras él con fuerza de deseo, Salmo 42:1 , y deleite, Salmo 73:25 . Sólo

Proverbs 24:9 — locura es pecado. ] Las escuelas hacen bien en observar que los pecados externos son maioris infamiae, de mayor infamia; pero los pecados internos del corazón son maioris reatus, de mayor culpabilidad, como vemos en los demonios. Ver Trapp en " Pro 14:22 " Y el escarnecedor es una abominación para los hombres.] Fíjense en Julian, Lucian, Porphyry, Julius Scaliger, ese orgulloso hipercrítico ( qui neminem prae se duxit hominem ), Laurentius Valla, que se mofó de otros lógicos y ensalzó su propia

Proverbs 5:15 — Bebe el agua de tu propia cisterna y el agua corriente de tu propio pozo. Ver. 15. Bebe agua de tu propia cisterna. ] Después de otros preservativos de la fornicación, para no pensar o hablar con la ramera, no acercarse a las puertas de su casa, etc., sino para considerar las muchas travesuras que le siguen: un cuerpo enfermo, un

Isaiah 43:1 — thou [art] mine. But now, thus saith the Lord. — Here the prophet comforteth those with the gospel whom he had frighted with the law, saith Oecolampadius. That created thee, O Jacob. — By a new creation, especially. Isaiah 29:23 Ephesians 2:10 2 Corinthians 5:17 Magna sunt opera Dei creatoris, Dei recreatoris longe maxima. Augustine. The work of redemption is far beyond that of creation. And he that formed thee, O Israel. — As the potter formeth to himself a vessel of honour, and distinguisheth

Isaiah 43:10 — divinity, his oracles and miracles for instance. And my servant whom I have chosen, — i.e., Christ, saith the Chaldee paraphrast; the prophet Isaiah, say others; or, which is more likely, Cyrus, who is called God’s elect servant, Isaiah 42:1 and his testimony concerning God is to be read in Ezra 1:3 , "The Lord God of Israel he is God." Every true believer doth as much, if not more; for "He that believeth hath set to his seal that God is true," John 3:33 hath given him

Ezekiel 25:12 — and hath greatly offended, and revenged himself upon them; By taking vengeance. — Heb., By revenging revengement; out of a vindictive spirit rejoicing at Judah’s harms, and saying, They were well enough served. See the prophecy of Obadiah 1:10-16 and Psalms 137:7 Their father Esau was of a spiteful spirit, Genesis 27:41 and they took after him, proceeding upon the old score. Hence they are put for God’s and the Church’s enemies by a specialty. Isaiah 63:1-6 Joel 3:9-17 Amos

Ezekiel 47:1 — death of Christ. The prophet seems to allude to those waters, which by conduits were conveyed to the altar to wash away the blood of the sacrifices and filth of the temple, which else would have been very offensive and noisome. See the like in Zechariah 14:8 , where the eastern and western Churches also are pointed out. See Revelation 22:1 . From under the threshold. — Quod gloria Dei dudum triverat. Oecolamp. Christ is that door, John 10:7 and fountain of living water. Jeremiah 2:13 Isaiah 12:3

Micah 6:12 — violence — After that they have once enriched themselves by fraud and false dealing, they take the boldness openly to oppress, and to exercise regiment without righteousness, which is no better than robbery with authority; of which before, Micah 2:1-13 ; Micah 3:1-12 Thus wicked men wax worse and worse, 2 Timothy 3:13 , "till wrath come upon them to the utmost," 1 Thessalonians 2:16 . And the inhabitants thereof have spoken lies — Not the rich men only are in fault; but as the Cretians,

Matthew 22:11 — — He is in the assemblies of his saints to observe their behavior, and to apportion to them in blessing as they do to him in preparation; he goes down into his garden to see whether the vine flourish, and the pomegranates bud, Song of Solomon 6:11 ; he walketh in the midst of the seven golden candlesticks, Revelation 2:1 . Now therefore we are all here present before God, said Cornelius, Acts 10:33 . Which had not on a wedding garment — i.e. Christ apprehended by faith, and expressed in

Matthew 5:48 — the likeness of the heavenly pattern. Our summum bonum consists in communion with God and conformity to him; in keeping inward peace with God, that he "abhor us not because of the provoking of his sons, and of his daughters," Deuteronomy 32:19 ; and in seeking and keeping (as much as may be) peace with all men and holiness; purifying ourselves as he is pure, 1 John 3:3 ; (in quality, though we cannot in an equality), from the love of every lust (the ground of all our wranglings, James 4:1