Deuteronomy 29:4 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Yet the LORD hath not given you an heart to perceive, and eyes to see, and ears to hear, unto this day. ”

Deuteronomy 29:4 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Ability to understand the things of God is the gift of God (compare 1 Corinthians 2:13-14 ); yet man is not guiltless if he lacks that ability. The people had it not because they had not felt thei...
Deuteronomy 29:4 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Yet the LORD hath not (d) given you an heart to perceive, and eyes to see, and ears to hear, unto this day. (d) He shows that it is not in man's power to understand the mysteries of God if it is not...
Deuteronomy 29:4 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Deuteronomy 29:1 belongs, as in the Heb. Bible, to the preceding chapter. It is the formal ending of the great discourse ( Deuteronomy 4:44 , Deuteronomy 12-26, Deuteronomy 28). Deuteronomy 29 (e...
Deuteronomy 29:4 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

4. Yet the Lord hath not given. By reproaching them with their past stupidity, he stirs up their desire for a better understanding, as if he had said, that they had been too long indifferent...
Deuteronomy 29:4 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

DISCOURSE: 221 MEN’S BLINDNESS IN SPIRITUAL THINGS Deuteronomy 29:4 . The Lord hath not given you an heart to perceive, and eyes to see, and ears to hear, unto this day. THERE is nothing more...
Deuteronomy 29:4 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Yet the LORD hath not given you an heart to perceive, and eyes to see, and ears to hear, unto this day. The Lord hath not given you a heart, etc. - Some critics read this verse interrogatively: And h...
Deuteronomy 29:4 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Ver. 4. Yet the Lord hath not given you an heart to perceive — The meaning of this complaint is, not that God was wanting in his assistance, much less that he actually operated upon them to make...
Deuteronomy 29:4 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

The great temptations which thine eyes have seen, the signs, and those great miracles: No JFB commentary on these verses.
Deuteronomy 29:4 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Exhortations and Warnings In this chapter the covenant is renewed and enforced with a reminder of God's goodness and the consequences of disobedience.
Deuteronomy 29:4 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Yet the Lord hath not given you an heart to perceive. — “To mark the mercies of the Holy One, blessed be He! and to cleave unto Him” (Rashi). And so in Psalms 106:7 , “Our fathers understood not T...
Deuteronomy 29:4 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

MOSES' FAREWELL SPEECHES Deuteronomy 4:1-40 , Deuteronomy 27:1-26 ; Deuteronomy 28:1-68 ; Deuteronomy 29:1-29 ; Deuteronomy 30:1-20 . WITH the twenty-sixth chapter the entirely homogeneous c...
Deuteronomy 29:4 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

the Covenant that Brings Prosperity Deuteronomy 29:1-13 In one great final convocation Moses rehearsed the Covenant, and endeavored to bind the people to its provisions. It becomes us all from...
Deuteronomy 29:4 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

The fourth discourse of Moses urged the people to be true to the Covenant, the terms of which had been given and are recorded in the previous chapter. It is to be carefully remembered that the first...
Deuteronomy 29:4 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

We shall do well, Reader, to ask our hearts whether this be our case. Oh! gracious GOD, above all blessings give me JESUS and his HOLY SPIRIT, that I may perceive what my mercies are, and enjoy hits,...
Deuteronomy 29:4 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Yet the Lord hath not given you an heart to perceive ,.... They had some of them seen the above miracles with their bodily eyes, but had not discerned with the eyes of their understanding the power...
Deuteronomy 29:4 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Yet the LORD hath not given you an heart to perceive, and eyes to see, and ears to hear, unto this day. Ver. 4. Yet the Lord hath not given you. ] Nor is he bound to do, "but on whom he will he sh...
Deuteronomy 29:4 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Lord hath not given you a heart to perceive Which he would have done had you sincerely and earnestly desired and asked it of him; and you are inexcusable that you have not, considering his sign...
Deuteronomy 29:4 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

THE CONDITIONAL COVENANT RENEWED (vs.1-29) Verse I speaks of a covenant the Lord commanded Moses to make with Israel in the land of Moab, "Beside the covenant which He made with them in Horeb." T...
Deuteronomy 29:4 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Mercies Called to Remembrance. B. C. 1451. 1 These are the words of the covenant, whic...
Deuteronomy 29:4 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

This verse comes in by way of correction or exception to the foregoing clause in this manner, I said indeed, Ye have seen , &c., Deuteronomy 29:2 , and thine eyes have seen , &c., but I...
Deuteronomy 29:4 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

A Quick Resume Of Their History ( Deuteronomy 29:2-8 ). In the light of the covenant which he had given ( Deuteronomy 29:1 ), he began by a quick reminder of their reasons for confidence in Yahwe...
Deuteronomy 29:4 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES .—The discourse is continued—the subject of that is the covenant of Israel with God—its privileges conferred and obligations imposed. Besides ( Deuteronomy 29:1 ), not a new covenan...
Deuteronomy 29:4 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Deuteronomy 29:1 . The words of the covenant; from co, con, or com; a social prefix; and venio, to come; the coming of two parties into one compact. The vendor gets the best terms he can, an...
Deuteronomy 29:4 - The Biblical Illustrator

The Lord hath not given you an heart to perceive. Men without heart, sight, or hearing Feeling, sight, hearing! What wonderful things these are! If we could exist without them, what a wretched...
Deuteronomy 29:4 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION RENEWAL OF THE COVENANT IN THE PLAINS OF MOAB . (Deuteronomy 29-30.) The first verse of this chapter is placed in the Hebrew text at the end of Deuteronomy 28:1-5 ;...
Deuteronomy 29:4 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Of the Deliverance from Egypt
Deuteronomy 29:4 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

2 Corinthians 3:15 ; 2 Thessalonians 2:10-12 ; 2 Timothy 2:25 ; Acts 28:26 ; Acts 28:27 ; Deuteronomy 2:30 ; Ephesians 4:18 ; Ezekiel 36:26 ; Isaiah 6:10 ; Isaiah 6:9 ; Isaiah 63:17 ; Jam...
Deuteronomy 29:4 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Yet the Lord — That is, you have perceived and seen them with the eyes of your body, but not with your minds and hearts; you have not yet learned rightly to understand the word and works of God, so...

Deuteronomy 29:4 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Deuteronomy 29:4 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Deuteronomy 29:4 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Deuteronomy 29:4 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Deuteronomy 29:4 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

Deuteronomy 29:4 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Deuteronomy 29:4 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Deuteronomy 29:4 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Deuteronomy 29:4 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Deuteronomy 29:4 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Deuteronomy 29:4 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Deuteronomy 29:4 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Deuteronomy 29:4 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Deuteronomy 29:4 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Deuteronomy 29:4 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Deuteronomy 29:4 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Deuteronomy 29:4 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Deuteronomy 29:4 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Deuteronomy 29:4 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Deuteronomy 29:4 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Deuteronomy 29:4 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Deuteronomy 29:4 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Deuteronomy 29:4 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Deuteronomy 29:4 - The Biblical Illustrator

Deuteronomy 29:4 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Deuteronomy 29:4 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Deuteronomy 29:4 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Deuteronomy 29:4 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes