Deuteronomio 29:18

Filipino Cebuano Bible

18 Tingali unya sa taliwala ninyo adunay lalake, kun babaye, kun panimalay, kun banay, kinsang kasingkasing motalikod gikan kang Jehova nga atong Dios, aron sa pag-adto sa pag-alagad sa mga dios niadtong mga nasud; tingali unya kaninyo adunay gamot nga makahilo, ug ajenjo;

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

among you man: Deuteronomy 11:16, Deuteronomy 11:17, Deuteronomy 13:1-15, Deuteronomy 17:2-7, Hebrews 3:12

among you a root: Jeremiah 9:15, Hosea 10:4, Amos 6:12, Acts 8:23, Hebrews 12:15

gall and wormwood: or, a poisonful herb, Heb. rosh

Reciprocal: Numbers 5:18 - the bitter water Deuteronomy 30:1 - the blessing Deuteronomy 30:17 - if thine Deuteronomy 31:29 - and evil Deuteronomy 32:32 - their grapes Joshua 24:15 - or the gods Judges 2:12 - forsook 2 Kings 22:16 - all the words 2 Chronicles 15:13 - whether small 2 Chronicles 34:21 - great 2 Chronicles 36:17 - who slew Psalms 69:24 - Pour Proverbs 14:34 - but Isaiah 34:5 - the people Jeremiah 26:4 - If Jeremiah 28:8 - prophesied Jeremiah 36:7 - for Lamentations 1:5 - for Lamentations 2:17 - done Ezekiel 33:26 - and shall Daniel 9:27 - that determined Amos 5:7 - turn Revelation 8:11 - Wormwood

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Lest there should be among you man or woman, or family, or tribe,.... These words stand in connection with Deuteronomy 29:15, with

Deuteronomy 29:16 being in a parenthesis, as may be observed, and show the design of this solemn appearance of the people, and their entering afresh into covenant; which was to prevent their falling into idolatry, and preserve them from it, whether a single person of either sex, or a whole family, or even a tribe, which might be in danger of being infected with it, and so all the people:

whose heart turneth away this day from the Lord our God, to go [and] serve the gods of those nations; whose heart is enticed and drawn aside at the remembrance of the idols he has seen worshipped by others; and is looking off from the Lord God, his faith in him being weakened, his fear of him removed, and his affections for him lessened; and is looking towards the idols of the nations, with a hankering mind to serve and worship them:

lest there should be among you a root that beareth gall and wormwood: the word "rosh", which we render "gall", signifies, according to Jarchi, a bitter herb, which better suits with a root than gall, and is elsewhere by us rendered "hemlock", Hosea 10:4; and is by him very rightly interpreted of a wicked man among them; for not a principle of immorality, or heresy, rooted in the mind, productive of bitter fruits, or evil actions, is meant; but a bad man, particularly an idolater, who is rooted in idolatry, and is guilty of and commits abominable actions; the issue of which will be bitterness and death, if not recovered; which agrees with what the apostle says, Hebrews 12:15; who manifestly alludes to this passage; see the Apocrypha:

"In those days went there out of Israel wicked men, who persuaded many, saying, Let us go and make a covenant with the heathen that are round about us: for since we departed from them we have had much sorrow.'' (1 Maccabees 1:11)

and is confirmed by what follows.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The word here and in Deuteronomy 32:32 rendered “gall,” is in Hosea 10:4 translated “hemlock.” It is the name of a plant of intense bitterness, and of quick growth; and is therefore repeatedly used in conjunction with “wormwood” (compare Jeremiah 9:15; Lamentations 3:19; Amos 6:12), to express figuratively the nature and effects of sin (compare the marginal references.). The herb is probably the poppy. Hence, the “water” (i. e. juice) “of gall” Jeremiah 8:14; Jeremiah 23:15 would be opium. This would explain its employment in the stupefying drink given to criminals at the time of execution (compare Psalms 69:21; Matthew 27:34), and the use of the word as synonymous with poison (compare Deuteronomy 32:33; Job 20:16).

Wormwood - is the plant “absinthium.” It is used to denote metaphorically the distress and trouble which result from sin.

“The root that beareth gall and wormwood,” means in this place any person lurking among them who is tainted with apostasy.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Deuteronomy 29:18. A root that beareth gall and wormwood — That is, as the apostle expresses it, Hebrews 3:12, An evil heart of unbelief departing from the living God; for to this place he evidently refers. It may also signify false doctrines, or idolatrous persons among themselves.