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Kretzmann's Popular Commentary

Exodus 5:16

There is no straw given unto thy servants, and they say to us, Make brick; and, behold, thy servants are beaten; but the fault is in thine own people, the sin is that of thy people. Their cry was an indirect complaint against the king himself, whom they did not dare to reproach outright.

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See also Exodus 5:16 in other biblical comments:

  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse Exodus 5:16. _THE FAULT_ IS _IN THINE OWN PEOPLE._] חטאת _chatath_, the SIN, is in thy own people. 1st. Because they require impossibilities; and 2dly, because they punish us for not doing what...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    3. MOSES AND AARON IN EGYPT Chapter S 4:29-5:23 Before the Elders and Before Pharaoh _ 1. Before the elders of Israel (Exodus 4:29)_ 2. Before Pharaoh, and his answer (Exodus 5:1) 3. The increased...

  • 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 their burdens. The bulk of the sto

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    THE TEXT OF EXODUS TRANSLATION 5 And afterward Mo-ses and Aar-on came, and said unto Pha-raoh, Thus saith Je-ho-vah, the God of Is-ra-el, Let my people go, that they may hold a feast unto me in the wi...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    _AND THE TASKMASTERS HASTED THEM, SAYING, FULFIL YOUR WORKS, YOUR DAILY TASKS, AS WHEN THERE WAS STRAW._ Taskmasters hasted ... officers ... beaten. Since the nearest fields were bared, and the peopl...

  • 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 that ensued: cp. Psalms 78:12; Psalms 78:43; THE LORD GOD OF...

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    EXODUS: ISRAEL BECOMES A NATION THE *ISRAELITES LEAVE EGYPT EXODUS CHAPTER S 1 TO 18 _HILDA BRIGHT AND KITTY PRIDE_ CHAPTER 5 MOSES AND AARON VISIT *PHARAOH – VERSES 1-5 V1 Afterwards Moses an...

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    THE FAULT IS IN THINE OWN PEOPLE. — Heb., t_hy people is in fault._ There can be no reasonable doubt that this clause is antithetical to the preceding one, and means that, though the Hebrews are punis...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    תֶּ֗בֶן אֵ֤ין נִתָּן֙ לַ עֲבָדֶ֔יךָ וּ לְבֵנִ

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    CHAPTER V. _ PHARAOH REFUSES._ Exodus 5:1. After forty years of obscurity and silence, Moses re-enters the magnificent halls where he had formerly turned his back upon so great a place. The rod of a...

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

    MOSES APPEALS FROM PHARAOH TO GOD Exodus 5:15; Exodus 6:1 God's way is to bring men to an end of themselves before He arises to their help. Our efforts to deliver ourselves only end in increasing our...

  • 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 which Pharaoh passed. Here Moses and Aaron came to...

  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

    _Withal. Hebrew, "the fault is in thy own people," who require impossibilities. (Calmet) --- They throw the blame upon the king's officers, (Menochius) though it was his own. (Haydock)_...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    Isaiah 53:7...

  • Introductory Lectures - Commentary by William Kelly

    There is hardly a book of the Old Testament that stands out in more decided contrast with the book of Genesis than the one which follows it most closely. And this is the more striking, because God emp...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 5 THROUGH 13. At the news of the goodness of God, the people adore Him; but the struggle against the power of evil is another matter. Satan will not let the p...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    THERE IS NO STRAW GIVEN UNTO THY SERVANTS,.... As used to be, which they supposed Pharaoh knew nothing of, and by which it appears that the order given by Pharaoh, Exodus 5:6 was not given in the hear...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    There is no straw given unto thy servants, and they say to us, Make brick: and, behold, thy servants [are] beaten; but the fault [is] in thine own people. Ver. 16. _But the fault is in thine own peop...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _The fault is in thine own people_ That is, in the Egyptian task- masters; who, by sending us abroad to gather straw, hinder us from doing the work which they require; and so are both unjust and unrea...

  • KJV Original Language Details

    1 Pharaoh chideth Moses and Aaron for their message. 5 Hee encreaseth the Israelites taske. 15 Hee checketh their complaints. 19 They cry out vpon Moses and Aaron. 22 Moses complaineth to God. 1...

  • Lange's Commentary on the Holy Scriptures

    D. MOSES AND AARON BEFORE PHARAOH. THE SEEMINGLY MISCHIEVOUAS EFFECT OF THEIR DIVINE MESSAGE, AND THE DISCOURAGMENT OF THE PEOPLE AND THE MESSENGERS THEMSELVES. GOD REVERSES THIS EFFECT NU SOLEMNLY PR...

  • Leslie 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 the Lord God of Israel has for him, "Let My people go, t...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    10-23 The Egyptian task-masters were very severe. See what need we have to pray that we may be delivered from wicked men. The head-workmen justly complained to Pharaoh: but he taunted them. The malic...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    i.e. The Egyptian task-masters, who, by sending us abroad to gather straw, hinder us from doing the work which they require; and so they are both unjust and unreasonable. They charge the task-masters,...

  • Notes on the Pentateuch by Charles Henry Mackintosh

    The effect of the first appeal to Pharaoh seemed ought but encouraging. The thought of losing Israel made him clutch them with greater eagerness and watch them with greater vigilance. Whenever Satan's...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Exodus 5:16 straw H8401 given H5414 (H8737) servants H5650 say H559 (H8802) Make H6213 (H8798) brick...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    PHARAOH'S VINDICTIVE RESPONSE TO THEIR APPROACH (EXODUS 5:5). a Pharaoh says, the people of the land are many and you make them rest from their burdens (Exodus 5:5). b Pharaoh commands officers and...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    CONTENTS: Moses' first contest with Pharaoh. CHARACTERS: Moses, Aaron, Pharaoh, taskmasters. CONCLUSION: God, in coming toward His people in mercy may sometimes employ strange methods so that people...

  • 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 mythology of the gentiles supposed every city, and e...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _Wherefore dealest thou thus._ LESSONS 1. Oppressed souls cannot but complain of cruel and unjust smitings; blows make cries. 2. Addresses for relief are fittest from the afflicted to the highest p...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    EXODUS—NOTE ON EXODUS 5:15 In Pharaoh’s presence, Israel’s foremen refer to themselves as YOUR SERVANTS, which is highlighted by its repetition. In stark contrast, the Lord has called Israel “my peopl...

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    _MAIN HOMILETICS OF THE PARAGRAPH.— Exodus 5:15_ REQUIRING THE IMPOSSIBLE I. THAT THERE ARE SOME PEOPLE IN SOCIETY WHO STRIVE TO MAKE THOSE UNDER THEM DO THE IMPOSSIBLE. Pharaoh tried to make the Isr...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    EXPOSITION EXODUS 5:15-2 Smarting under the sense of injustice, the Israelite officers "came and cried to Pharaoh" (Exodus 5:15), supposing that he could not have intended such manifest unfairness an...

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    And afterward Moses and Aaron went in, and told the Pharaoh, Thus saith Jehovah God of Israel, Let my people go, that they may hold a feast unto me in the wilderness. And Pharaoh said, Who is Jehovah,...

  • Wells of Living Water Commentary

    THE CONTROVERSY BETWEEN PHARAOH AND GOD Exodus 5:1 INTRODUCTORY WORDS The concluding verses of chapter 4, which link our last message with this one, are most interesting. It would hardly do to pass...

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