Exodus 5:17 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ But he said, Ye are idle, ye are idle: therefore ye say, Let us go and do sacrifice to the LORD. ”

Exodus 5:17 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Ye are idle - The old Egyptian language abounds in epithets which show contempt for idleness. The charge was equally offensive and ingenious; one which would be readily believed by Egyptians who...
Exodus 5:17 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Exodus 5:1 to Exodus 6:1 ( Exodus 5:1 f. and Exodus 5:4 E, the rest J). Pharaoh's first refusal to let Israel go, and his increase of their burdens. The bulk of the story is taken from J,...
Exodus 5:17 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Ye are idle . Figure of speech Epizeuxis (App-6) for emphasis.
Exodus 5:17 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

DISCOURSE: 68 THE OPPOSITION THAT IS MADE TO RELIGION Exodus 5:17-18 . But he said, Ye are idle, ye are idle; therefore ye say, Let us go and do sacrifice to the Lord. Go therefore now and work....
Exodus 5:17 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

But he said, Ye are idle, ye are idle: therefore ye say, Let us go and do sacrifice to the LORD. Ye are idle - therefore ye say, Let us go and do sacrifice - It is common for those who feel unc...
Exodus 5:17 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And the taskmasters hasted them, saying, Fulfil your works, your daily tasks, as when there was straw. Taskmasters hasted ... officers ... beaten. Since the nearest fields were bared, and the...
Exodus 5:17 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Increase of the Oppression 1. Pharaoh ] probably P. Merenptah. See on Exodus 1:8 . His court may have been at Zoan or Tanis during the events that ensued: cp. Psalms 78:12 ; Psalms 78:43 ; Th...
Exodus 5:17 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Ye are idle. — Idleness was regarded by the Egyptians as one of the worst sins. It had to be specially disclaimed in the final judgment before Osiris (Birch, in Bunsen’s Egypt, vol. v. p. 254). M...
Exodus 5:17 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

CHAPTER V. PHARAOH REFUSES. Exodus 5:1-23 . After forty years of obscurity and silence, Moses re-enters the magnificent halls where he had formerly turned his back upon so great a place. The...
Exodus 5:17 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Moses Appeals from Pharaoh to God Exodus 5:15-23 ; Exodus 6:1 God's way is to bring men to an end of themselves before He arises to their help. Our efforts to deliver ourselves only end in inc...
Exodus 5:17 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Here we have the last picture of the people in bondage. As we follow the history, we shall be particularly interested in noticing the process through which Pharaoh passed. Here Moses and Aaron came t...
Exodus 5:17 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

While the Israelites were borne down under the pressure of the most severe labour, this monster of iniquity declared them to be idle. John 15:21 .
Exodus 5:17 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

But he said, ye are idle, ye are idle ,.... Instead of expressing indignation at the taskmasters, and relieving the officers and the people, he insults them in a flouting sarcastic way, charging the...
Exodus 5:17 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

But he said, Ye [are] idle, [ye are] idle: therefore ye say, Let us go [and] do sacrifice to the LORD. Ver. 17. Ye are idle. ] See Trapp on " Exo 5:4 " See Trapp on " Exo 5:8 "
Exodus 5:17 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

THE FIRST APPEAL TO PHARAOH AND THE RESULTS (vs.1-23) Moses and Aaron then gain an audience with Pharaoh, and simply tell him the message that the Lord God of Israel has for him, "Let My people g...
Exodus 5:17 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

15 Then the officers of the children of Israel came and cried unto Pharaoh, saying, Wherefore dealest thou thus with thy servants? 16 There is no straw given unto thy servants, and they say...
Exodus 5:17 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

No text from Poole on this verse.
Exodus 5:17 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Pharaoh's Vindictive Response to Their Approach ( Exodus 5:5-19 ). a Pharaoh says, the people of the land are many and you make them rest from their burdens ( Exodus 5:5 ). b Pharaoh commands...
Exodus 5:17 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

MAIN HOMILETICS OF THE PARAGRAPH.— Exodus 5:15-19 REQUIRING THE IMPOSSIBLE I. That there are some people in society who strive to make those under them do the impossible. Pharaoh tried to mak...
Exodus 5:17 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Exodus 5:1 . Moses and Aaron, accompanied by the elders, as in Exodus 6:26 , went to Pharaoh. Exodus 5:2 . Who is Jehovah? I know not JEHOVAH. The mythology of the gentiles supposed every cit...
Exodus 5:17 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Exodus 5:15-2 Smarting under the sense of injustice, the Israelite officers "came and cried to Pharaoh" ( Exodus 5:15 ), supposing that he could not have intended such manifest u...
Exodus 5:17 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The People Complain to Pharaoh
Exodus 5:17 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Matthew 26:8 John 6:27 2 Thessalonians 3:10 2 Thessalonians 3:11
Exodus 5:17 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

The Controversy Between Pharaoh and God Exodus 5:1-23 INTRODUCTORY WORDS The concluding verses of chapter 4, which link our last message with this one, are most interesting. It would hardly do...

Exodus 5:17 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Exodus 5:17 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Exodus 5:17 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Exodus 5:17 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

Exodus 5:17 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Exodus 5:17 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Exodus 5:17 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Exodus 5:17 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Exodus 5:17 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Exodus 5:17 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Exodus 5:17 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Exodus 5:17 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Exodus 5:17 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Exodus 5:17 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Exodus 5:17 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Exodus 5:17 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Exodus 5:17 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Exodus 5:17 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Exodus 5:17 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Exodus 5:17 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Exodus 5:17 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Exodus 5:17 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Exodus 5:17 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Exodus 5:17 - Wells of Living Water Commentary