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Selected Verse: Exodus 22:28 - Strong Concordance
Verse |
Translation |
Text |
Ex 22:28 |
Strong Concordance |
Thou shalt not revile [07043] the gods [0430], nor curse [0779] the ruler [05387] of thy people [05971]. |
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King James |
Thou shalt not revile the gods, nor curse the ruler of thy people. |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
gods--a word which is several times in this chapter rendered "judges" or magistrates.
the ruler of thy people--and the chief magistrate who was also the high priest, at least in the time of Paul (Act 23:1-5). |
Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
The gods - Heb. אלהים 'ělôhı̂ym. See Exo 21:6 note. Many take it as the name of God (as in Gen 1:1), and this certainly seems best to represent the Hebrew, and to suit the context.
Curse the ruler ... - See Act 23:5. |
Commentary on the Old Testament, by Carl Friedrich Keil and Franz Delitzsch [1857-78] |
"Thou shalt not despise God, and the prince among thy people thou shalt not curse." Elohim does not mean either the gods of other nations, as Josephus, Philo, and others, in their dead and work-holy monotheism, have rendered the word; or the rulers, as Onkelos and others suppose; but simply God, deity in general, whose majesty was despised in every break of the commandments of Jehovah, and who was to be honoured in the persons of the rulers (cf. Pro 24:21; Pe1 2:17). Contempt of God consists not only in blasphemies of Jehovah openly expressed, which were to be punished with death (Lev 24:11.), but in disregard of His threats with reference to the oppression of the poorer members of His people (Exo 22:22-27), and in withholding from them what they ought to receive (Exo 22:29-31). Understood in this way, the command is closely connected not only with what precedes, but also with what follows. The prince (נשׂיא, lit., the elevated one) is mentioned by the side of God, because in his exalted position he has to administer the law of God among His people, and to put a stop to what is wrong. |
Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
Thou shalt not revile the gods - That is, the judges and magistrates. Princes and magistrates are our fathers, whom the fifth commandment obligeth us to honour, and forbids us to revile. St. Paul applies this law to himself, and owns that he ought not to speak evil of the ruler of his people, no, not though he was then his most unrighteous persecutor, Act 23:5. |
Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
Thou shalt not revile the gods - Most commentators believe that the word gods here means magistrates. The original is אלהים Elohim, and should be understood of the true God only: Thou shalt not blaspheme or make light of [תקלל tekallel] God, the fountain of justice and power, nor curse the ruler of thy people, who derives his authority from God. We shall ever find that he who despises a good civil government, and is disaffected to that under which he lives, is one who has little fear of God before his eyes. The spirit of disaffection and sedition is ever opposed to the religion of the Bible. When those who have been pious get under the spirit of misrule, they infallibly get shorn of their spiritual strength, and become like salt that has lost its savor. He who can indulge himself in speaking evil of the civil ruler, will soon learn to blaspheme God. The highest authority says, Fear God: honor the king. |
1 And [1161] Paul [3972], earnestly beholding [816] the council [4892], said [2036], Men [435] and brethren [80], I [1473] have lived [4176] in all [3956] good [18] conscience [4893] before God [2316] until [891] this [5026] day [2250].
2 And [1161] the high priest [749] Ananias [367] commanded [2004] them that stood by [3936] him [846] to smite [5180] him [846] on the mouth [4750].
3 Then [5119] said [2036] Paul [3972] unto [4314] him [846], God [2316] shall [3195] smite [5180] thee [4571], thou whited [2867] wall [5109]: for [2532] sittest [2521] thou [4771] to judge [2919] me [3165] after [2596] the law [3551], and [2532] commandest [2753] me [3165] to be smitten [5180] contrary to the law [3891]?
4 And [1161] they that stood by [3936] said [2036], Revilest thou [3058] God's [2316] high priest [749]?
5 Then [5037] said [5346] Paul [3972], I wist [1492] not [3756], brethren [80], that [3754] he was [2076] the high priest [749]: for [1063] it is written [1125], Thou shalt [2046] not [3756] speak [2046] evil [2560] of the ruler [758] of thy [4675] people [2992].
5 Then [5037] said [5346] Paul [3972], I wist [1492] not [3756], brethren [80], that [3754] he was [2076] the high priest [749]: for [1063] it is written [1125], Thou shalt [2046] not [3756] speak [2046] evil [2560] of the ruler [758] of thy [4675] people [2992].
1 In the beginning [07225] God [0430] created [01254] [0853] the heaven [08064] and [0853] the earth [0776].
6 Then his master [0113] shall bring [05066] him unto the judges [0430]; he shall also bring [05066] him to the door [01817], or unto the door post [04201]; and his master [0113] shall bore [07527] his ear [0241] through with an aul [04836]; and he shall serve [05647] him for ever [05769].
29 Thou shalt not delay [0309] to offer the first of thy ripe fruits [04395], and of thy liquors [01831]: the firstborn [01060] of thy sons [01121] shalt thou give [05414] unto me.
30 Likewise [03651] shalt thou do [06213] with thine oxen [07794], and with thy sheep [06629]: seven [07651] days [03117] it shall be with his dam [0517]; on the eighth [08066] day [03117] thou shalt give [05414] it me.
31 And ye shall be holy [06944] men [0582] unto me: neither shall ye eat [0398] any flesh [01320] that is torn of beasts [02966] in the field [07704]; ye shall cast [07993] it to the dogs [03611].
22 Ye shall not afflict [06031] any widow [0490], or fatherless child [03490].
23 If [0518] thou afflict [06031] them in any wise [06031], and they cry [06817] at all [06817] unto me, I will surely [08085] hear [08085] their cry [06818];
24 And my wrath [0639] shall wax hot [02734], and I will kill [02026] you with the sword [02719]; and your wives [0802] shall be widows [0490], and your children [01121] fatherless [03490].
25 If thou lend [03867] money [03701] to any of my people [05971] that is poor [06041] by thee, thou shalt not be to him as an usurer [05383], neither shalt thou lay [07760] upon him usury [05392].
26 If thou at all [02254] take [02254] thy neighbour's [07453] raiment [08008] to pledge [02254], thou shalt deliver [07725] it unto him by [05704] that the sun [08121] goeth down [0935]:
27 For that is his covering [03682] only, it is his raiment [08071] for his skin [05785]: wherein shall he sleep [07901]? and it shall come to pass, when he crieth [06817] unto me, that I will hear [08085]; for I am gracious [02587].
11 And the Israelitish [03482] woman's [0802] son [01121] blasphemed [05344] the name [08034] of the LORD, and cursed [07043]. And they brought [0935] him unto Moses [04872]: (and his mother's [0517] name [08034] was Shelomith [08019], the daughter [01323] of Dibri [01704], of the tribe [04294] of Dan [01835]:)
17 Honour [5091] all [3956] men. Love [25] the brotherhood [81]. Fear [5399] God [2316]. Honour [5091] the king [935].
21 My son [01121], fear [03372] thou the LORD [03068] and the king [04428]: and meddle [06148] not with them that are given to change [08138]:
5 Then [5037] said [5346] Paul [3972], I wist [1492] not [3756], brethren [80], that [3754] he was [2076] the high priest [749]: for [1063] it is written [1125], Thou shalt [2046] not [3756] speak [2046] evil [2560] of the ruler [758] of thy [4675] people [2992].