Bible Commentaries

Genesis 49:1-33 — - Jacob Blesses His Sons5. מכרה mekêrāh, “weapon;” related: כיר kārar or כרה kārāh dig. “Device, design?” related: מכר mākar “sell,” in Arabic “take counsel. Habitation.”10. מחקק mechoqēq, “lawgiver, judge, dispenser of laws.” This word occurs in six other places - Numbers 21:18; Deuteronomy 33:21; Jud. Deuteronomy 5:14; Psalms 60:9; Psalms 108:9; Isaiah 33:22; in five of which it clearly denotes ruler, or judge. The

Exodus 25:31-39 — Exodus 25:31A candlestick of pure gold - (Compare Exodus 37:17-24.) A lampstand rather than a candlestick. Its purpose was to support seven oil-lamps. Its height appears to have been about three feet, and its width two feet. The original foot was lost or stolen

Job 19:27 — Finalmente saldrá, y se me permitirá verlo, y tendré la deliciosa seguridad de que resuelve esta controversia a mi favor y declara que soy su amigo. A Job se le permitió ver a Dios Job 42:5 y escuchar su voz a su favor. Le habló desde el torbellino Job 38:1, y pronunció la frase a su favor que había deseado. Y no otro - Margen, un extraño. Así en el hebreo. El significado es que a sus propios ojos se les permitiría verlo. Tendría la satisfacción de ver a Dios mismo y de escuchar la oración a su favor.

Job 21:15 — contemptuously disowns and rejects!And what profit should we have, if we pray unto him? - What advantage would it be to us should we worship him? Men still ask this question, or, if not openly asked, they “feel” the force of it in their hearts. Learn hence,(1) That wicked people are influenced by a regard to “self” in the inquiry about God, and in meeting his claims. They do not ask what is “right,” but what “advantage” will accrue to them.(2) If they see no immediate benefit arising from worshipping God,

Job 3:25 — that the source of his lamentation is not merely the greatness of his losses and his trials considered in the “aggregate,” but the extraordinary rapidity with which they succeeded each other, thus rendering them much more difficult to be borne; see Job 1:0: He apprehended calamity, and it came suddenly.When one part of his property was taken, he had deep apprehensions respecting the rest; when all his property was seized or destroyed, he had alarm about his children; when the report came that they were

Job 31:15 — Did not he that made me in the womb make him? - Had we not one and the same Creator, and have we not consequently the same nature? We may observe in regard to this sentiment, (1.) That it indicates a very advanced state of view in regard to man. The attempt has been always made by those who wish to tyrannize over others, or who aim to make slaves of others, to show that they are of a different race, and that in the design for

Job 40:15 — el significado de un pasaje difícil, podemos referirnos a algunas de las opiniones que se han entretenido en Respecto a este animal. Se toman principalmente de la colección de opiniones hechas por Schultens, in loc. Entre ellos están los siguientes: (1) Que los animales salvajes en general se denotan. Esta parece haber sido la opinión de los traductores de la Septuaginta. (2) Algunos de los rabinos suponían que se refería a un enorme monstruo, que comía todos los días "la hierba de mil montañas". (3)

Job 5:17 — designed to show that afflictions are followed by so important advantages as to make it proper that we should submit to them without a complaint. The sentiment in this verse, if not expressly quoted, is probably alluded to by the apostle Paul in Hebrews 12:5. The same thought frequently occurs in the Bible: see James 1:12; Proverbs 3:11-12. The sense is plain, that God confers a favor on us when he recalls us from our sins by the corrections of his paternal hand - as a father confers a favor on a child

Job 9:15 — judgment in the case, or on his? Shall they adhere obstinately to their views, and refuse to yield to God, or shall they act on the truth of his declarations? Now that Job was right in his views of the case, may appear from the following considerations.(1) God knows the heart. He cannot be deceived; we may be. In nothing are we more liable to be deceived than in regard to our own character. We should, therefore, distrust our own judgment in this case, but we should never distrust God.(2) God is infinitely

Psalms 117:1 — be in the possession of the true religion, and would unite in the worship of the same God. This doctrine, however, was not fully made known until the coming of the Redeemer. The announcement of this was made by the Redeemer himself (compare Matthew 8:11; Matthew 12:21; Matthew 28:19); it was the occasion of no small part of the trouble which the Apostle Paul had with his countrymen (compare Acts 13:46; Acts 18:6; Acts 21:21; Acts 22:21; Acts 26:20, Acts 26:23); it was one of the doctrines which Paul

Psalms 39:13 — look away from;” and it here means, “Look away from me;” that is, Do not come to inflict death on me. Preserve me. The idea is this: God seemed to have fixed his eyes on him, and to be pursuing him with the expressions of his displeasure (compare Job 16:9); and the psalmist now prays that he would “turn away his eyes,” and leave him.That I may recover strength - The word used here - בלג bâlag - means, in Arabic, to be bright; to shine forth; and then, to make cheerful, to enliven one’s countenance,

Psalms 41:6 — and a real test has been applied, all his religion has been found false and hollow; his impatience, his complaining, his murmuring, and his unwillingness to die, all showing that he was a hypocrite, and was at heart a bad man. Compare the notes at Job 1:9-11.

Psalms 9:14 — invoked His interposition that it might be done. The phrase “gates of death” relates to the prevalent views about the unseen world - the world where the dead abide. That world was represented as beneath; as a dark and gloomy abode; as enclosed Psalms 115:17, “The dead praise not the Lord, neither any that go down into silence.” See the notes at Psalms 6:5. It is not necessary to say that the sacred writers had brighter views at times than these. But who can keep the mind always from desponding when

Isaiah 7:17 — undertaken was not at this time successful, yet they returned the year after with stronger forces, and with counsels better concerted, and again besieged the city. This was in consequence of the continued and increasing wickedness of Ahaz; 2 Chronicles 28:1-5. In this expedition, a great multitude were taken captives, and carried to Damascus; 2 Chronicles 28:5. Pekah at this time also killed 120,000 of the Jews in one day 2 Chronicles 28:6; and Zichri, a valiant man of Ephraim, killed Maaseiah the son

Daniel 7 overview — apropiado, para su exposición más clara, establecer los diferentes métodos que se han propuesto para interpretarlo, o las diferentes opiniones de su aplicación que se han adoptado. El capítulo comprende los siguientes puntos principales: la visión, Daniel 7:1; y la explicación, Daniel 7:15. I. La visión, Daniel 7:1. El sueño ocurrió en el primer año del reinado de Belsasar, y fue escrito de inmediato. Daniel es representado como parado cerca del mar, y un viento violento se desata sobre el mar, sacudiendo

Micah 4:3 — y no queda ninguna nación poderosa en la tierra, que no profese el Nombre de Cristo. Él los reprenderá - Porque era un oficio del Espíritu Santo "para reprobar al mundo su pecado, la justicia de Cristo, el juicio del príncipe de este mundo ” Juan 16:8. El Evangelio conquistó el mundo, no por compromisos o concordantes, sino por condenarlo. Solo podría "reprender" con poder; porque era, como su autor, todo sagrado. Podría reprender con eficacia; porque era la palabra de Aquel que sabía lo que hay

Ephesians 2:22 — simplemente "agregado" a él, sino que eres parte del edificio. Para una habitación de Dios - Para la morada o la morada de Dios. Anteriormente vivía en el templo. Ahora él habita en la iglesia y en los corazones de su pueblo; vea las notas en 2 Corintios 6:16. Observaciones sobre Efesios 2 1. Estábamos por naturaleza muertos en pecado; Efesios 2:1. No teníamos vida espiritual. Fuimos insensibles a los llamados de Dios, a la belleza de la religión, a los reclamos del Creador. Éramos como cadáveres en la

Revelation 16:2 — from heaven, where the seat of the vision was laid.And poured out his vial upon the earth - That is, upon the land, in contradistinction from the sea, the rivers, the air, the seat of the beast, the sun, as represented in the other vials. In Revelation 16:1, the word earth is used in the general sense to denote this world as distinguished from heaven; in this verse it is used in the specific sense, to denote land as distinguished from other things. Compare Mark 4:1; Mark 6:47; John 6:21; Acts 27:29,

Revelation 6 overview — the writer. In the epistles to the seven churches, and in the introductory scenes to the main visions, there can be no doubt, in the main, as to what the writer had in view, and what he meant to describe. He addressed churches then existing Revelation 1:0; Revelation 3:0, and set before them their sins and their duties; and he described scenes passing before his eyes as then present Rev. 4–5, which were merely designed to impress his own mind with the importance of what was to be disclosed, and to

Revelation 6:4 — claro, no solo de la naturaleza del emblema, sino que de la explicación agregó inmediatamente: "Y se le dio poder que se sentó en el mismo para tomar la paz de la tierra, y que deberían matarse mutuamente". En el color, comparar Bochart, Hieroz. P. 1, lib. 2, c. 7: p. 104. Consulte también Zacarías 1:8. No hay posibilidad de confundir esto, que se denota un momento de matanza con este emblema. (c) El poder que le dio que se sentó en el caballo: y se le dio poder que se sentó allí para tomar la