Exodus 5:9

vain words. Man's estimate of Divine revelation.

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Arno Geneva Study Bible

(e) Let there more work be laid upon the men, that they may labour therein; and let them not regard (f) vain words. (e) The more cruelly the tyranny...
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 thei...
Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

9. Let there more work be laid upon the men. Although Pharaoh knew that he was cruelly entreating the unhappy Israelites, who ought, as stra...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Let there more work be laid upon the men, that they may labour therein; and let them not regard vain words.
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Let there more work be laid upon the men, that they may labour therein; and let them not regard vain words. No JFB commentary on these verses...
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 th...
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Let them not regard vain words. — Or, false words. The reference is to the promises of deliverance wherewith Moses and Aaron had raised the peopl...
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 f...
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 J...
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...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

This complaint of the idleness of the Israelites was false. See Exodus 1:11 .
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Let there more work be laid upon the men ,.... Instead of lessening it, let it be increased, or "be heavy" k upon them, that it may oppress and affl...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

Let there more work be laid upon the men, that they may labour therein; and let them not regard vain words. Ver. 9. And not regard vain words. ] V...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Vain words Those of Moses and Aaron, which he said were vain, or false; that is, that they falsely pretended that their God had commanded them to g...
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 th...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

3 And they said, The God of the Hebrews hath met with us: let us go, we pray thee, three days' journey into the desert, and sacrifice unto th...
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

The words of Moses and Aaron, which are vain or false, i.e. which they falsely pretend to come from God, when it is only an ill design of their own t...
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 t...
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 ; “w...
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 Biblical Illustrator

Ye shall no more give the people straw. Requiring the impossible I. That there are some people in society who strive to make those under them d...
The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Exodus 5:6-2 Rulers are not always content simply to refuse inconvenient demands. Sometimes they set to work with much ingenuity...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Taskmasters Instructed to Burden the People
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Let there more work be laid upon the men that they may labor therein, literally: Let the service rest heavily upon the men and keep them busy therewi...
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Let there more work be laid upon the men. Heb. Let the work 2 Kings 18:20 Job 16:3 Jeremiah 43:2 Zechariah 1:6 Malachi 3:14 Ephesians 5:6...
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...
Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Vain words — Those of Moses and Aaron.

⁹ Let there more work be laid upon the men, that they may labour therein; and let them not regard vain words.

Related Commentaries of Exodus 5:9

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Wells of Living Water Commentary

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Exodus 5:9