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

“ For since I came to Pharaoh to speak in thy name, he hath done evil to this people; neither hast thou delivered thy people at all. ”

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

The earnestness of this remonstrance, and even its approach to irreverence, are quite in keeping with other notices of Moses’ naturally impetuous character. See Exodus 3:13 .
Exodus 5:23 - 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 5:23 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

delivered Thy People at all . Figure of speech Polyptoton (App-6). Hebrew "delivering Thou hast not delivered Thy People". Figure of speech used for great emphasis. See Genesis 26:28 .
Exodus 5:23 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

For since I came to Pharaoh to speak in thy name, he hath done evil to this people; neither hast thou delivered thy people at all. He hath done evil to this people - Their misery is increased instead...
Exodus 5:23 - 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 5:23 - 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 5:23 - 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 5:23 - 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 5:23 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

It is right in all our distresses to return to the Lord. Provided we do not complain of God, we are commanded to complain to God. See Isaiah 37:14 . How different this from the conduct of Jeremiah....
Exodus 5:23 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

For since I came to Pharaoh to speak in thy name ,.... Had he come in his own name, it needed not be wondered at if he should not succeed, but coming in the name of God, it might have been expected...
Exodus 5:23 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

For since I came to Pharaoh to speak in thy name, he hath done evil to this people; neither hast thou delivered thy people at all. Ver. 23. Neither hast thou delivered. ] Here Moses himself was to...
Exodus 5:23 - 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 5:23 - 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 5:23 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

In thy name; not of my own head, but by thy command and commission. Neither hast thou delivered thy people, according to thy promise and mine, and thy people's just expectation.
Exodus 5:23 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES.— Exodus 5:23 . Neither has thou delivered thy people at all] This, though strong, is scarcely so bold as the original, which here makes an effective use of its preplaced infiniti...
Exodus 5:23 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Exodus 5:22-23 When Moses saw the vision at Horeb, he had passed many more years in the world than Jacob at the time of his vision at Bethel; he knew much of which Jacob was ignorant, and had expe...
Exodus 5:23 - 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 5:23 - The Biblical Illustrator

Why is it that Thou hast sent me? The sorrows of Christian service There is a tone of unspeakable sadness in this complaint of Moses. He had been crossed in his aims, his Divinely-inspired hope...
Exodus 5:23 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Exodus 5:22 , Exodus 5:23 The two brothers made no reply to the words of the officers. Perhaps their hearts were too full for speech; perhaps they knew not what to say. What...
Exodus 5:23 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Officers Reproach Moses and Aaron
Exodus 5:23 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

in thy name Psalms 118:26 Jeremiah 11:21 John 5:43 neither hast thou delivered. Heb. delivering, thou hast not Isaiah 26:17 Isaiah 26:18 Isaiah 28:16 Hebrews 10:36 Hebrews 10:37
Exodus 5:23 - 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 5:23 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

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

Exodus 5:23 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

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

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

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

Exodus 5:23 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

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

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

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

Exodus 5:23 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

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

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

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

Exodus 5:23 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Exodus 5:23 - Sermon Bible Commentary

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

Exodus 5:23 - The Biblical Illustrator

Exodus 5:23 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

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

Exodus 5:23 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Exodus 5:23 - Wells of Living Water Commentary