Exodus 23:5 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ If thou see the ass of him that hateth thee lying under his burden, and wouldest forbear to help him, thou shalt surely help with him. ”

Exodus 23:5 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

So far was the spirit of the law from encouraging personal revenge that it would not allow a man to neglect an opportunity of saving his enemy from loss. Exodus 23:5 The sense appears to be:...
Exodus 23:5 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

If thou see the (c) ass of him that hateth thee lying under his burden, and wouldest forbear to help him, thou shalt surely help with him. (c) If God commands us to help our enemy's donkey under his...
Exodus 23:5 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Exodus 23:1-9 R. Justice. Form and substance also separate this group from the Judgments and ally it with the Words of Yahweh in the Covenant Book. Circulating groundless reports ( Exodus 23:1...
Exodus 23:5 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

help . Hebrew. Homonym. 'azab two words (1) 'azab = to leave, or forsake. (2) 'azab . to help, or restore (hence strengthen, or fortify). No.. in Genesis 2:24 ; Genesis 39:6 ; Nehemiah 5:10...
Exodus 23:5 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

If thou see the ass of him that hateth thee lying under his burden, and wouldest forbear to help him, thou shalt surely help with him.
Exodus 23:5 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

And wouldest forbear to help him— The meaning of this verse is evident enough from the parallel passage, Deuteronomy 22:4 . But it is difficult to make out the literal construction of the Hebrew,...
Exodus 23:5 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

If thou meet thine enemy's ox or his ass going astray, thou shalt surely bring it back to him again. If thou meet thine enemy's ox ... going astray. The ox and the donkey are specified as sam...
Exodus 23:5 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

The Book of the Covenant (concluded) 1-19. Miscellaneous Laws.
Exodus 23:5 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

XXIII. (1-19) The “miscellaneous laws” are here continued. From Exodus 23:1 to Exodus 23:9 no kind of sequence in the laws can be traced; from Exodus 23:10 to the first clause of Exodus 23:...
Exodus 23:5 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

THE LESSER LAW. Exodus 20:18 - Exodus 23:33 . With the close of the Decalogue and its universal obligations, we approach a brief code of laws, purely Hebrew, but of the deepest moral interest...
Exodus 23:5 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Laws of Conduct and Worship Exodus 23:1-17 We may apply these various precepts to our own hearts. Many of them breathe the very spirit of Christ. We must watch our speech, so that no man's char...
Exodus 23:5 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

The enactments now recorded have to do with the administration of justice. A study of them reveals that true justice is always merciful and yet makes sterner demand than any moral code of laws. The d...
Exodus 23:5 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

All these are so many repeated commands of one and the same rule of equity, and which the Lord Jesus hath given a full commentary of. Matthew 7:12 .
Exodus 23:5 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

If thou see the ass of him that hateth thee lying under his burden ,.... Fallen down, and such a burden upon him that he cannot rise up again, but lies under it, and the owner of it is not able of h...
Exodus 23:5 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

If thou see the ass of him that hateth thee lying under his burden, and wouldest forbear to help him, thou shalt surely help with him. Ver. 5. Thou shalt surely help with him. ] So the Spirit help...
Exodus 23:5 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

And wouldest forbear to help him The duty inculcated in this verse is inculcated also Deuteronomy 22:4 , although not in the same words in the original. And the intention of both verses is plain,...
Exodus 23:5 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

INSISTENCE ON HONESTY (vs.1-9) Consistently with the language of law, the question of honesty is looked at from a negative viewpoint, that is, emphasizing what one should not do. How easily one m...
Exodus 23:5 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Judicial Laws. B. C. 1491. 1 Thou shalt not raise a false report: put not thine hand wit...
Exodus 23:5 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

This translation depends upon this supposition, that the Hebrew verb azab , which is thrice used in this verse, signifies not only to leave, but also to help , or erect , or lift up , or strengt...
Exodus 23:5 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Regulations Concerning Behaviour to One's Neighbour ( Exodus 23:1-9 ). There is an interesting pattern to the following verses. (Compare Exodus 23:1 with Exodus 23:7 ; Exodus 23:2 with Exodu...
Exodus 23:5 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES.— Exodus 23:1 Thou shalt not raise] = tissa , from the inf. napa , in its simple sense, “to carry,” and in its ethical, “to bear about in the heart.” Hence tissa is a pregna...
Exodus 23:5 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Exodus 23:1 . Put not thine hand with the wicked, do not conspire or agree with them. Exodus 23:3 . Neither shalt thou countenance a poor man. The meaning of this and the former verse is, ther...
Exodus 23:5 - The Biblical Illustrator

Thine enemy’s ox. On duties to enemies I. That duties to enemies are enjoined ( Proverbs 24:17 ; 1 Thessalonians 5:15 ). 1. It is our duty to protect the interests of our enemy. (1) If t...
Exodus 23:5 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

THE BOOK OF THE COVENANT .— Continued . EXPOSITION Exodus 23:1-2 MISCELLANEOUS LAWS — continued . The same want of logical arrangement appears in this chapter as in the preced...
Exodus 23:5 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Further Ordinances Regarding Social Relations
Exodus 23:5 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

if thou see Deuteronomy 22:4 and wouldest forbear to help him. or wilt thou cease to help

Exodus 23:5 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Exodus 23:5 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Exodus 23:5 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Exodus 23:5 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Exodus 23:5 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Exodus 23:5 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Exodus 23:5 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Exodus 23:5 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Exodus 23:5 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Exodus 23:5 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Exodus 23:5 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Exodus 23:5 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Exodus 23:5 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Exodus 23:5 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Exodus 23:5 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Exodus 23:5 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Exodus 23:5 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Exodus 23:5 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Exodus 23:5 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Exodus 23:5 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Exodus 23:5 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Exodus 23:5 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Exodus 23:5 - The Biblical Illustrator

Exodus 23:5 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Exodus 23:5 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Exodus 23:5 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge