Psalms 147:10

He taketh not. Some codices, with Septuagint, Syriac, and Vulgate, read "Nor taketh delight".

man. Hebrew. ish. App-4.

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

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Arno Geneva Study Bible

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Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

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Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

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Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

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Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

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Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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Against self-reliance.
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Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

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Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

I do not think it needful to go over the several things here mentioned. If Jesus doth thus order, arrange, direct, and bless his church, and take del...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

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John Trapp Complete Commentary

He delighteth not in the strength of the horse: he taketh not pleasure in the legs of a man. Ver. 10. He delighteth not in the strength of the hor...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

He delighteth not in the strength of the horse , &c. As if he needed either one or the other for the accomplishment of his designs: see the note...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

A Call to Praise God; Reasons for Praise. 1 Praise ye the L ORD : for...
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

As if he needed either the one or the other for the accomplishment of his designs.
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

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Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

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The Biblical Illustrator

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The Complete Pulpit Commentary

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The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

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The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Delighteth not — As if he needed either the one or the other for the accomplishment of his designs.

¹⁰ He delighteth not in the strength of the horse: he taketh not pleasure in the legs of a man.

Related Commentaries of Psalms 147:10

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

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

Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the 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

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

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

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

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