Nehemiah 4:5 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And cover not their iniquity, and let not their sin be blotted out from before thee: for they have provoked thee to anger before the builders. ”

Nehemiah 4:5 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

And cover not their (e) iniquity, and let not their sin be blotted out from before thee: for they have provoked [thee] to anger before the builders. (e) Let the plagues declare to the world that the...
Nehemiah 4:5 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Samaritan Attempt to Frustrate the Building of the Walls. In Nehemiah 4:2 f. the text is very corrupt, though the general sense of the passage is fairly clear, viz. the Samaritans mock the effort...
Nehemiah 4:5 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

cover not. Hebrew. kasah = conceal not. Not kaphar, to cover by atonement. sin. Hebrew. chata'. App-44.
Nehemiah 4:5 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And cover not their iniquity, and let not their sin be blotted out from before thee: for they have provoked thee to anger before the builders. Let not their sin be blotted out - These are the most...
Nehemiah 4:5 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And cover not their iniquity, and let not their sin be blotted out from before thee: for they have provoked thee to anger before the builders. No JFB commentary on this verse.
Nehemiah 4:5 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

The Machinations of the Enemies of the Jews 1. Sanballat] His irritation at Nehemiah's arrival ( Nehemiah 2:10 ) was increased by the work accomplished by the latter.
Nehemiah 4:5 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Nehemiah 2:19 ON GUARD Nehemiah 2:10 ; Nehemiah 2:19 ; Nehemiah 4:1-23 ALL his arrangements for rebuilding the walls of Jerusalem show that Nehemiah was awake to the dangers with which he...
Nehemiah 4:5 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Braving Ridicule and Treachery Nehemiah 2:12-20 ; Nehemiah 4:1-12 Suspicion , Nehemiah 2:12-20 . Sanballat was probably a Moabite, a native of Horonaim; Tobiah had been a slave. There are m...
Nehemiah 4:5 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

As the work proceeded, the opposition of outsiders turned from derision to anger, but rose no higher at the moment than contempt. However, Nehemiah was conscious of the menace of this attitude, and l...
Nehemiah 4:5 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

(4) Hear, O our God; for we are despised: and turn their reproach upon their own head, and give them for a prey in the land of captivity: (5) And cover not their iniquity, and let not their sin be bl...
Nehemiah 4:5 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And cover not their iniquity, and let not their sin be blotted out from before thee ,.... Let it not go unpunished, and even let it not be pardoned; which is spoken, not from a private spirit of rev...
Nehemiah 4:5 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

And cover not their iniquity, and let not their sin be blotted out from before thee: for they have provoked [thee] to anger before the builders. Ver 5. And cover not their iniquity. ] O fearful im...
Nehemiah 4:5 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Hear, O our God Nehemiah here interrupts the relation, to mention the prayer he made on the occasion. Turn their reproach upon their own head Let them really be as contemptible as they represent...
Nehemiah 4:5 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

DECISION IN THE FACE OF OPPOSITION (vv. 1-23) The diligent labor of the Jews drew out more bitter anger on the part of the enemy. Sanballat was furious and resorted to the moral weakness of mock...
Nehemiah 4:5 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Opposition of Sanballat, c.. B. C. 445. 1 But it came to pass, that when Sanballat h...
Nehemiah 4:5 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Let not their sin be blotted out from before thee; let their wickedness be in thy sight, so as to bring down deserved judgments it. upon them, that either they may be convinced and reformed, or oth...
Nehemiah 4:5 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Sanballat Arouses The Neighbours Of The Jews To Ridicule Their Attempts To Rebuild The Walls, But Without Effect ( Nehemiah 4:1-6 ). We note here the deepening of the already revealed opposition t...
Nehemiah 4:5 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

EXPLANATORY NOTES.] Nehemiah 4:1-6 are in the Hebrew v. 33–38 of chap. Nehemiah 3:1 Nehemiah 4:1 . Sanballat ] See on chap. Nehemiah 2:10 . That we builded the wall ] That we were building i...
Nehemiah 4:5 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Nehemiah 4:1 . But it came to pass, that when Sanballat heard that we builded the wall, he was wroth, and took great indignation, and mocked the Jews. It was needful to rebuild the wall of Jerusa...
Nehemiah 4:5 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Nehemiah 4:2 . He spake before his brethren; that is, before Tobias, &c. his brother governors, and other great officers whom he had convened for counsel against the Jews. Nehemiah 4:5 . Le...
Nehemiah 4:5 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSTION OPEN OPPOSITION OFFERED TO THE WORK BY SANBALLAT AND TOBIAH , AND ARRANGEMENTS MADE BY NEHEMIAH TO MEET IT ( Nehemiah 4:1-16 .). It would seem that S...
Nehemiah 4:5 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Plans of the Adversaries
Nehemiah 4:5 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

2 Timothy 4:14 ; Isaiah 36:11 ; Isaiah 36:12 ; Isaiah 43:25 ; Isaiah 44:22 ; Jeremiah 18:23 ; Psalms 109:14 ; Psalms 51:1 ; Psalms 51:9 ; Psalms 59:5-13 ; Psalms 69:27
Nehemiah 4:5 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Cover not — Let their wickedness be in thy sight, so as to bring down judgments upon them, that either they may be reformed, or others may be warned by their example. God is said to cover or hide s...

Nehemiah 4:5 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Nehemiah 4:5 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Nehemiah 4:5 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Nehemiah 4:5 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Nehemiah 4:5 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Nehemiah 4:5 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Nehemiah 4:5 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Nehemiah 4:5 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Nehemiah 4:5 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Nehemiah 4:5 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Nehemiah 4:5 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Nehemiah 4:5 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Nehemiah 4:5 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Nehemiah 4:5 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Nehemiah 4:5 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Nehemiah 4:5 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Nehemiah 4:5 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Nehemiah 4:5 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Nehemiah 4:5 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Nehemiah 4:5 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Nehemiah 4:5 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Nehemiah 4:5 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Nehemiah 4:5 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Nehemiah 4:5 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes