Exodus 20:6 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And shewing mercy unto thousands of them that love me, and keep my commandments. ”

Exodus 20:6 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The Hebrew name which is rendered in our King James Version as the ten commandments occurs in Exodus 34:28 ; Deuteronomy 4:13 ; Deuteronomy 10:4 . It literally means “the Ten Words.” The Ten Com...
Exodus 20:6 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

And shewing mercy unto (e) thousands of them that love me, and keep my commandments. (e) So ready is he rather to show mercy than to punish.
Exodus 20:6 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Exodus 20-24, 34. The Codes in Exodus. Recent study has by many converging lines of argument, based on subject matter, choice of words, relation to the context, idiomatic phrasing, comparison with...
Exodus 20:6 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And shewing mercy unto thousands of them that love me, and keep my commandments. And showing mercy unto thousands - Mark; even those who love God and keep his commandments merit nothing from him, and...
Exodus 20:6 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth: Thou shalt not...
Exodus 20:6 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

The Ten Commandments (vv. 1-21) Exodus 20-23, containing (1) the Decalogue (Gk. = 'Ten Words' or 'Commandments') and (2) a code of laws regulating the religious and social life of the people, and...
Exodus 20:6 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Shewing mercy unto thousands. — Rather, to the thousandth generation, as is distinctly expressed in Deuteronomy 7:9 . God’s mercy infinitely transcends His righteous anger. Sin is visited on thr...
Exodus 20:6 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

the “Ten Words” Spoken at Sinai Exodus 20:1-17 The Law was given by the disposition of angels, through the medium of Moses. See John 1:17 ; Acts 7:53 . It tells us, not what God is, for that...
Exodus 20:6 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Here we have the Ten Words of the moral Law. They are introduced by a proclamation of God concerning Himself: first as to His name, "I am Jehovah"; second, as to His relation to them, "thy God"; and,...
Exodus 20:6 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

These verses contain the second commandment, in which the ordinances of divine worship are pointed out, the prohibition of all creature adoration, and the reasons on which the worship of God alone is...
Exodus 20:6 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And showing mercy unto thousands of them that love me ,.... And show their love by worshipping God, and him only, by serving him acceptably with reverence and godly fear, by a cheerful obedience to...
Exodus 20:6 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

And shewing mercy unto thousands of them that love me, and keep my commandments. Ver. 6. Unto thousands. ] Of succeeding generations. Personal goodness is profitable to posterity. And this promi...
Exodus 20:6 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The first commandment is concerning the object of our worship, Jehovah , and him only: Thou shalt have no other gods before me The Egyptians, and other neighbouring nations, had many gods, creatur...
Exodus 20:6 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

THE TEN COMMANDMENTS (vs.1-17) Before God gives the ten commandments, He makes is abundantly clear that Israel's obedience to law had nothing to do with God's previous grace toward them in delive...
Exodus 20:6 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Ten Commandments. B. C. 1491. 1 And God spake all these words, saying, 2 I am th...
Exodus 20:6 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Unto thousands, to wit, of their generations, i.e. for ever; whereas his punishment extended only to three or four of them: so far is God's mercy exalted above his justice. Compare Psalms 103:17...
Exodus 20:6 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

MAIN HOMILETICS OF THE PARAGRAPH.— Exodus 20:4-6 THE SECOND COMMANDMENT The Being and Spirituality of God seem to be among the most simple ideas of which the human mind is susceptible; and yet...
Exodus 20:6 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Exodus 20:1-3 . And God spake all these words saying, I am the LORD thy God, which have brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage. Thou shalt have no other gods before me....
Exodus 20:6 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Exodus 20:1 . God spake all these words. In compassion to man, and the increasing weakness of human traditions, it has pleased the infinitely wise and Holy One to renew the evidences of revelation...
Exodus 20:6 - The Biblical Illustrator

Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them. The law of worship I. A revelation of the will of God. 1. What is forbidden is not the culture of the plastic arts, but their abuse i...
Exodus 20:6 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION THE DELIVERY OF THE MORAL LAW . Every necessary preparation had now been made. The priests, as well as the people, had "sanctified themselves." A wholesome dread of "brea...
Exodus 20:6 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Decalogue
Exodus 20:6 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

shewing Deuteronomy 4:37 Deuteronomy 5:29 Deuteronomy 7:9 Jeremiah 32:39 Jeremiah 32:40 Acts 2:39 Romans 11:28 Romans 11:29 love me John 14:15 John 14:21 1 John 4:19 1 John 5:3...
Exodus 20:6 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

Breaking the Ten Commandments Exodus 20:1-17 INTRODUCTORY WORDS We have today a study on the Ten Commandments. These Commandments were written upon two tables of stone. The first four, written...

Exodus 20:6 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Exodus 20:6 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Exodus 20:6 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Exodus 20:6 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Exodus 20:6 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Exodus 20:6 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Exodus 20:6 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Exodus 20:6 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Exodus 20:6 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Exodus 20:6 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Exodus 20:6 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Exodus 20:6 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Exodus 20:6 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Exodus 20:6 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Exodus 20:6 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Exodus 20:6 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Exodus 20:6 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Exodus 20:6 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Exodus 20:6 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Exodus 20:6 - The Biblical Illustrator

Exodus 20:6 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Exodus 20:6 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Exodus 20:6 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Exodus 20:6 - Wells of Living Water Commentary