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Selected Verse: Joshua 7:19 - Strong Concordance
Verse |
Translation |
Text |
Jos 7:19 |
Strong Concordance |
And Joshua [03091] said [0559] unto Achan [05912], My son [01121], give [07760], I pray thee, glory [03519] to the LORD [03068] God [0430] of Israel [03478], and make [05414] confession [08426] unto him; and tell [05046] me now what thou hast done [06213]; hide [03582] it not from me. |
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King James |
And Joshua said unto Achan, My son, give, I pray thee, glory to the LORD God of Israel, and make confession unto him; and tell me now what thou hast done; hide it not from me. |
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] |
Joshua said unto Achan, My son, give . . . glory to God--a form of adjuration to tell the truth. |
Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
Give glory to the Lord - A form of solemn adjuration by which the person addressed was called upon before God to declare the truth. The phrase assumes that the glory of God is always promoted by manifestation of the truth (compare the marginal references). |
Commentary on the Old Testament, by Carl Friedrich Keil and Franz Delitzsch [1857-78] |
When Achan had been discovered to be the criminal, Joshua charged him to give honour and praise to the Lord, and to confess without reserve what he had done. It is not ironically, or with dissimulation, that Joshua addresses him as "my son," but with "sincere paternal regard."
(Note: To these remarks Calvin also adds: "This example serves as a lesson to judges, that when punishing crimes they should moderate their rigour, and not lose all the feelings of humanity; and, on the other hand, that whilst merciful they should not be careless or remiss.")
"Give glory to the Lord:" this is a solemn formula of adjuration, by which a person was summoned to confess the truth before the face of God (cf. Joh 9:24). "And give Him praise:" the meaning is not, "make confession," but give praise, as Ezr 10:11 clearly shows. Through a confession of the truth Achan was to render to God, as the Omniscient, the praise and honour that were due. |
Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
My son - So he calls him, to shew, that this severe inquisition and sentence did not proceed from any hatred to his person, which he loved as a father doth his son, and as a prince ought to do each of his subjects. The Lord God of Israel - As thou hast highly dishonoured him, now take the blame to thyself, and ascribe unto God the glory of his omniscience in knowing thy sin, of his justice in punishing it in thee, and others for thy sake; of his omnipotency, which was obstructed by thee; and of his kindness and faithfulness to his people, which was eclipsed by thy wickedness; all which will now be evident by thy sin confessed and punished. |
Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
My son, give - glory to the Lord God - The person being now detected, Joshua wishes him to acknowledge the omniscience of God, and confess his crime. And doubtless this was designed, not only for the edification of the people, and a vindication of the righteous judgment of God, but in reference to his own salvation; for as his life was now become forfeited to the law, there was the utmost necessity of humiliation before God that his soul might be saved. Give glory to God signifies the same as, Make a thorough confession as in the presence of God, and disguise no part of the truth. In this way and in these very words the Jews adjured the man who had been born blind that he would truly tell who had healed him; for they pretended to believe that Christ was such a sinner that God would not work a miracle by him. Joh 9:24. |
11 Now therefore make [05414] confession [08426] unto the LORD [03068] God [0430] of your fathers [01], and do [06213] his pleasure [07522]: and separate [0914] yourselves from the people [05971] of the land [0776], and from the strange [05237] wives [0802].
24 Then [3767] again [1208] [1537] called they [5455] the man [444] that [3739] was [2258] blind [5185], and [2532] said [2036] unto him [846], Give [1325] God [2316] the praise [1391]: we [2249] know [1492] that [3754] this [3778] man [444] is [2076] a sinner [268].
24 Then [3767] again [1208] [1537] called they [5455] the man [444] that [3739] was [2258] blind [5185], and [2532] said [2036] unto him [846], Give [1325] God [2316] the praise [1391]: we [2249] know [1492] that [3754] this [3778] man [444] is [2076] a sinner [268].