1 Samuel 4:8 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Bible Comments

Woe unto us! who shall deliver us out of the hand of these mighty Gods? these are the Gods that smote the Egyptians with all the plagues in the wilderness.

Who shall deliver us out of the hands of these mighty Gods, х haa'ªlohiym (H430) haa'adiyriym (H117) haa'eeleh (H428)]? This word is connected, not with plural verbs only, but with participles, adjectives, and pronouns in the plural; and though frequently translated Gods in our English version, is really and in all respects the same as what in other instances is translated God. Though here rendered "Gods," it is "God" in the preceding verse (cf. Pye Smith's 'Scripture Testimony,' 1:, pp. 379, 380: see 'Introduction').

1 Samuel 4:8

8 Woe unto us! who shall deliver us out of the hand of these mighty Gods? these are the Gods that smote the Egyptians with all the plagues in the wilderness.