Exodus 5:2 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And Pharaoh said, Who is the LORD, that I should obey his voice to let Israel go? I know not the LORD, neither will I let Israel go. ”

Exodus 5:2 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

I know not the Lord - Either Pharaoh had not heard of Yahweh, or he did not recognize Him as a God.
Exodus 5:2 - 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 5:2 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Who is the LORD? Figure of speech Erotesis (App-6). Note the repetition of Pharaoh's "I", answered by Jehovah's "I "eighteen times in Exodus 6:1-8 . voice . Figure of speech Metonymy (of Cau...
Exodus 5:2 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

2. And Pharaoh said, Who is the Lord? It is scarcely credible that there should be such madness in a mortal as, by thus wantonly scorning God, to fly, as it were, in the face of heaven! (67...
Exodus 5:2 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

DISCOURSE: 67 PHARAOH’S IMPIETY Exodus 5:2 . And Pharaoh said, Who is the Lord, that I should obey his voice, to let Israel go? I know not the Lord, neither will I let Israel go. MANY of the c...
Exodus 5:2 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And Pharaoh said, Who is the LORD, that I should obey his voice to let Israel go? I know not the LORD, neither will I let Israel go. Who is the Lord - Who is Jehovah, that I should obey his voice?...
Exodus 5:2 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Pharaoh said, Who is the Lord?— Who is Jehovah? His thoughts were full of the superstitious belief of local or tutelar deities; an opinion which prevailed generally among the Heathens. He does no...
Exodus 5:2 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And Pharaoh said, Who is the LORD, that I should obey his voice to let Israel go? I know not the LORD, neither will I let Israel go. Pharaoh said, Who is the Lord? - rather, "Yahweh." Lord wa...
Exodus 5:2 - 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 5:2 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Who is the Lord ? — Heb., Who is Jehovah? If Jehovah was a name, the use of which had been laid aside, as would seem to have been the case by the later Chapter s of Genesis, and which was revived...
Exodus 5:2 - 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 5:2 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

the Request to Worship Jehovah Answered by Oppression Exodus 5:1-14 The bondage of Israel in Egypt is an apt type of our bondage to sin. See John 8:34-36 ; Romans 7:23-25 . The weary tyranny...
Exodus 5:2 - 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 5:2 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Reader! Pause over this awful confession of the impious monarch: he knew not the Lord! a dreadful state. And yet this want of the knowledge of the Lord is the cause of all the sin and contempt of the...
Exodus 5:2 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And Pharaoh said, who is the Lord ,.... Jehovah, they made mention of, which, whether he took it for the name of a deity, or of a king, whose ambassadors they declared themselves to be, was a name h...
Exodus 5:2 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

And Pharaoh said, Who [is] the LORD, that I should obey his voice to let Israel go? I know not the LORD, neither will I let Israel go. Ver. 2. Who is the Lord? ] God's attributes either show what...
Exodus 5:2 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Who is the Lord, that I should obey his voice? I am the sovereign lord of Egypt, and I own no superior here. The Hebrew name Jehovah ought to have been retained in this and the preceding verse, a...
Exodus 5:2 - 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 5:2 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Sufferings of the Israelites Increased. B. C. 1491. 1 And afterward Moses and Aaron went...
Exodus 5:2 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

I am the sovereign lord of Egypt, and I own no superior here.
Exodus 5:2 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

The Situation Worsens ( Exodus 5:1-23 ). After the wonder of what they had seen probably all the parties involved considered that the future would be plain sailing. For who could resist such wonde...
Exodus 5:2 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES.— Exodus 5:1 . Hold a feast] That is, of course, a religious festival,—a “holyday,” as the same word is rendered Psalms 42:4 ; “with processions and dancing,” of we keep close to...
Exodus 5:2 - 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 5:2 - The Biblical Illustrator

Who is the Lord that I should obey His voice? Pharaoh’s question answered If we would know God as He is, we should neither take our own idea nor adopt the world’s estimates, but see Him as He h...
Exodus 5:2 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

FIRST APPEAL OF MOSES TO PHARAOH , AND INCREASE OF THE OPPRESSION . EXPOSITION Exodus 5:1-2 Having secured the adhesion of the Israelitish people, Moses and Aaron sough...
Exodus 5:2 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Taskmasters Instructed to Burden the People
Exodus 5:2 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

who. Exodus 3:19 2 Kings 18:35 2 Chronicles 32:15 2 Chronicles 32:19 Job 21:15 Psalms 10:4 Psalms 12:4 Psalms 14:1 I know not. 1 Samuel 2:12 John 16:3 Romans 1:28 2 Thessalonia...
Exodus 5:2 - 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 5:2 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Who is the Lord that I should obey his voice? — Being summoned to surrender, he thus hangs out the flag of defiance. Who is Jehovah? I neither know him nor care for him; neither value nor fear him....

Exodus 5:2 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Exodus 5:2 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Exodus 5:2 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Exodus 5:2 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Exodus 5:2 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

Exodus 5:2 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Exodus 5:2 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Exodus 5:2 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Exodus 5:2 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Exodus 5:2 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Exodus 5:2 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Exodus 5:2 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Exodus 5:2 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Exodus 5:2 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Exodus 5:2 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Exodus 5:2 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Exodus 5:2 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Exodus 5:2 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Exodus 5:2 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Exodus 5:2 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Exodus 5:2 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Exodus 5:2 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Exodus 5:2 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Exodus 5:2 - The Biblical Illustrator

Exodus 5:2 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Exodus 5:2 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Exodus 5:2 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Exodus 5:2 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

Exodus 5:2 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes