Bible Commentaries

Esther 2:18 — feast — Feasts are never more in season than at the recovery of the lost rib. See Trapp on " Genesis 29:22 " Unto all his princes and his servants — So did Mauritius, the emperor of Greece, when he married Constantina (Niceph. 1. 18, c. 8), and Henry III, emperor of Germany, when he married Agnes, daughter to the prince of Pictavia, at Ingelheim; whither when a great sort of players, fiddlers, jesters, and magicians resorted, he not only sent them away without reward, but also

Esther 4:8 — the labouring Church. That was given at Shushan — Which if ever it were full of judgment, and white as a lily (according to the name), is now stained with blood of innocents; if ever righteousness did lodge in it, yet now murderers, as Isaiah 1:21 . To show it unto Esther — That her eye might affect her heart, Lamentations 3:51 , and her heart set all awork for her people; that is, herself, according to that, "Physician, heal thyself"; that is, thine own countrymen, Luke 4:23

Job 1:8 — God’s account a considerable person, and such a one as whose praise was not of men, but of God. Such are all godly people, but especially those that are eminent tall Christians; full of goodness, filled with all knowledge, as those Romans, Job 15:14 , men of choice spirits as Caleb, that walk up and down the world as so many conquerors, 1 John 5:4 , that are clothed with the sun, and tread upon the moon, Revelation 12:1 . These are men of mark, et undique spectabiles, worthy looking after.

Job 23:12 — rather be without meat, drink, light, anything, everything, saith one, than that sweet text, "Come unto me, all ye that are weary and heavy laden," … (Selneccer). I would not for all the world, saith another, than that one verse, John 17:24 ("Father, I will that they also, whom thou hast given me, be where I am; that they may behold my glory, which thou hast given me: for thou lovedst me before the foundation of the world"), had been left out of the Bible (Mr Baxter’s

Job 31:1 — footsteps, and striving to express him to the world; who against all the cavils and calumnies of his foe friends, makes it out here, that he is no hypocrite or flagitious person as they falsely charged him, but a man fearing God and eschewing evil, Job 1:1 . Let therefore as many as would be perfect be thus minded and thus mannered; propounding to themselves the highest pitch and the best patterns; resolving to resemble them as much as may be. Here we have Job’s holy care to flee fornication as

Psalms 18:1 — Salmo 18:1 «Al Músico principal, [Salmo] de David, siervo del SEÑOR, que habló al SEÑOR las palabras de este cántico en el día [que] el SEÑOR lo libró de la mano de todos sus enemigos y de la mano de Saúl. Y él dijo: Te amaré, oh SEÑOR, fortaleza mía. Al Músico

Proverbs 30:9 — Lest I be full, and deny [thee], and say, Who [is] the LORD? or lest I be poor, and steal, and take the name of my God [in vain]. Lest I be full and deny thee, … — Fulness breeds forgetfulness, saturity security Deuteronomy 32:14 ; See Trapp on " Deuteronomy 32:14 " 1 Timothy 6:17 See Trapp on " 1 Timothy 6:17 " every grain of riches hath a vermin of pride and ambition in it. A man may desire them, as one desires a ship to pass over the sea from one country

Ecclesiastes 5:2 — subject, saith another, Jul. Scalig. no words will so well become us as those, quae ignorantiam nostram praetendunt, that most discover our small knowledge of him. "How little a portion or pittance is heard of him," saith holy Job; Job 26:14 the Hebrew word signifies a little bit or particle - nay, a little piece of a word, such as an echo resoundeth, "But the thunder of his power who can understand?" it is ineffable, because inconceivable. Here, if ever, “Claudicat ingenium,

Ecclesiastes 7:10 — 23:30 , great business would have been done. Ay, no doubt of it, saith our Saviour, whereas you "fill up the measure of your fathers’ sins," and are every whit as good at "resisting of the Holy Ghost" as they were. Acts 7:51 Or if there were any good heretofore more than is now, it may be said of these wise fools, as it was anciently of Demosthenes, that he was excellent at praising the worthy acts of ancestors - not so at imitating of them. επαινεσαι

Song of Solomon 1:1 — have fancied, and have therefore held it no part of the sacred canon - but a most excellent Epithalamium, a very divine ditty, a heavenly allegory, a mystical marriage song, called here the Song of Songs, as God is called the God of gods, (Deuteronomy 10:17) as Christ is called the King of kings, (Revelation 19:16) as the Most Holy is called the Holy of holies, to the which the Jewish doctors liken this canticle, as they do Ecclesiastes to the holy place, and Proverbs to the court, to signify that

Song of Solomon 1:5 — appeared to them that saw not her inward beauty, should ever hope to have love from the "fairest among men." We read how Aaron and Miriam murmured against Moses, who was "fair to God," because of the brown skinned woman whom he had married. (Numbers 12:1) For answer to whom the spouse here grants that she is black, or blackish at least: - (1.) As having some hypocrites in her bosom, that as that blasted grain (Matthew 13:25) smutcheth and sullieth the better sort; (2.) As being not fully freed from

Song of Solomon 4:16 — first purgeth, and then watereth the faithful, whom the Church here calleth her garden, though, indeed it be Christ’s, by reason of the nigh conjunction that is between him and her, Ephesians 5:30 so that they both make but one mystical Christ. 1 Corinthians 12:12 Now, we all know that to a complete garden are necessary (1.) That it be well enclosed; (2.) Well planted; (3.) Well watered; (4.) That it be amoena caeli aspiratione perflabilis, well situated for wind and air; (5.) That it be fruitful

Ezekiel 1:1 — that Ezekiel had sometimes been Jeremiah’s servant, as was afterwards Baruch. Now it came to pass in the thirtieth year, — scil., Since the book of the law was found, and that famous passover kept in King Josiah’s days, 2 Kings 22:1-20 ; 2 Kings 23:1-30 since the eighteenth year of his reign. 2 Kings 23:23 So elsewhere, they began their account from some memorable mercy or remarkable accident; as from the promise made to Abraham, the birth of Isaac, the departure out of Egypt,

Hosea 10:11 — corn]; but I passed over upon her fair neck: I will make Ephraim to ride; Judah shall plow, [and] Jacob shall break his clods. And Ephraim is as a heifer that is taught — sc. With the ox goad, which hath its name from teaching (Malmad), Judges 3:31 , because therewith oxen are taught to plough, saith R. David. Ephraim was a bullock unaccustomed to the yoke, Jeremiah 31:18 , but God brought her to it and taught her, though at first a backsliding heifer, Hosea 4:16 , See Trapp on " Hosea 4:16

Hosea 2:16 — And it shall be at that day, saith the LORD, [that] thou shalt call me Ishi; and shalt call me no more Baali. And it shall be in that day — A sweet promise of a thorough reformation, much like that Zechariah 13:2 . God will turn to his people a pure language, that they may all call upon the name of the Lord to serve him with one shoulder, Zephaniah 3:9 , for which end he forms their speech for them, and tutors them here how to term him. Ishi they must call

Amos 8:5 — que podamos vender maíz? y el día de reposo, para que hagamos trigo, reduciendo el efa, y el siclo grande, y falsificando la balanza con engaño? Ver. 5. Decir, ¿Cuándo se irá la luna nueva, etc.? ] "¡Oh, qué cansancio! Y lo habéis olido", Malaquías 1:13 . Vea la nota allí. Esto lo habéis dicho, o al menos pensado; y Dios conoce el idioma de vuestros corazones. No presiona a nadie; tampoco aceptará ese servicio que se exprime a la gente, como sazón de un cangrejo. Todos sus santos son de corazón

Zechariah 1:4 — imitar, para dejarse llevar más por sus ojos que por sus oídos; y los hijos piensan que pueden ser legítimamente como sus padres. Los conversos de San Pedro habían recibido su vana conversación de sus padres, por así decirlo, ex traduce, o por tradición, 1 Pedro 1:18 . Y San Esteban les dice a sus oyentes perversos que eran tan buenos resistiendo al Espíritu Santo como lo habían sido sus padres antes que ellos, Hechos 7:51 . Solían jactarse mucho de sus antepasados, Juan 8:33 , y apegarse mucho a su

Zechariah 13:2 — they shall no more be remembered: and also I will cause the prophets and the unclean spirit to pass out of the land. I will cut off the names of the idols — Heb. of the fray bugs, gnatsabim terriculorum, scarecrows (as they are likewise called, 1 Samuel 31:9 1 Chronicles 10:9 Psalms 115:4 ; in contempt, as Priapus in Horace - furum aviumque, Maxima formido - ), or, grievous idols, as Psalms 16:4 , because they tormented the minds of the superstitious, and put them to great pains to no purpose;

Malachi 3:16 — Entonces los que temían al SEÑOR se hablaban a menudo unos a otros; y el SEÑOR escuchó y oyó, y se escribió un libro de memorias delante de él para los que temían al SEÑOR y pensaban en su nombre. Ver. 16. Entonces los que temían al Señor, etc. ] Entonces, cuando toda carne había corrompido sus caminos, Génesis 6:12 , y el mundo entero se volvió ateo. Entonces, cuando no había verdad, ni misericordia, ni conocimiento de Dios en la tierra, de nadie

Matthew 3:12 — Cuyo aventador está en su mano, y limpiará completamente su piso, y recogerá su trigo en el granero; pero quemará la paja con un fuego inextinguible. Ver. 12. Cuyo aventador está en su mano ] Aunque el diablo y los impíos luchen poderosamente por arrancárselo de la mano; ¿Para qué, dicen ellos, necesitan este desprendimiento y este bajío? esta distinción y diferenciación de los hombres en santos y pecadores?