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Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary

Exodus 14:15

Wherefore criest thou unto me, by fervent, though secret prayer? for which he doth not reprove him, but only bids him turn his prayer into action. Compare Joshua 7:10,13.

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See also Exodus 14:15 in other biblical comments:

  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse Exodus 14:15. _WHEREFORE CRIEST THOU UNTO ME?_] We hear not one word of Moses' praying, and yet here the Lord asks him why he cries unto him? From which we may learn that the _heart_ of Moses w...

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    WHEREFORE CRIEST THOU UNTO ME? - Moses does not speak of his intercession, and we only know of it from this answer to his prayer....

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    CHAPTER 14 THE PURSUIT OF THE ENEMY AND REDEMPTION BY POWER _ 1. The coming of Pharaoh announced (Exodus 14:1)_ 2. The pursuit and Israel troubled (Exodus 14:5) 3. Moses speaks to the people (Exodu...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    EXODUS 14. (Exodus 14:1 P, Exodus 14:5 f. J, Exodus 14:7 a(b) E, Exodus 14:8 P Exo

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    THE LORD (Hebrew. _Jehovah._ said. See note on Exodus 3:7, and p. note on Exodus 6:10. WHEREFORE... ? Figure of speech _Erotesis._ App-6. It is also the Figure of speech _Hysteresis;_ for no mention...

  • Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

    DISCOURSE: 82 THE COMMAND GIVEN TO THE ISRAELITES IN THEIR STRAITS Exodus 14:15. _Speak unto the children of Israel, that they go forward._ IT is truly said by the prophet, “He that believeth shall n...

  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    AND THE LORD SAID UNTO MOSES— We may observe once for all, that though ו _vau,_ in the Hebrew, and και in the Greek, have various significations; yet our translators have almost invariably rendered th...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    THE TEXT OF EXODUS TRANSLATION 14And Je-ho-vah spake unto Mo-ses, saying (2) Speak unto the children of Is-ra-el, that they turn back and encamp before Pi-ha-hi-roth, between Mig-dol and the sea, befo...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    _AND THE LORD SAID UNTO MOSES, WHEREFORE CRIEST THOU UNTO ME? SPEAK UNTO THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL, THAT THEY GO FORWARD:_ The Lord said ... When, in answer to his prayers, he received the divine comman...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    CROSSING THE RED SEA 2. At Etham the Israelites reached the Egyptian frontier, travelling in a northeasterly direction. Instead of crossing the frontier to the E. side of the Bitter Lakes they are com...

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    EXODUS: ISRAEL BECOMES A NATION THE *ISRAELITES LEAVE EGYPT EXODUS CHAPTER S 1 TO 18 _HILDA BRIGHT AND KITTY PRIDE_ CHAPTER 14 THE *ISRAELITES CROSS THE RED SEA – VERSES 1-31 *PHARAOH PURSUES T...

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    (15-18) WHEREFORE CRIEST THOU UNTO ME? — Like the people (Exodus 14:10), Moses had cried to Jehovah, though he tells us of his cry only thus indirectly. God made answer that it was not a time to cry,...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    וַ יֹּ֤אמֶר יְהוָה֙ אֶל ־מֹשֶׁ֔ה מַה ־תִּצְעַ

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

    THE MURMURING PEOPLE ENCOURAGED Exodus 14:10 We cannot wonder at their consternation. Before, the surf of the beach; behind, the serried ranks of Egypt's chivalry; on either side, impassable cliffs....

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    The first movement of the emancipated people was to march into the place of danger. It eventuated in the trial of their faith, as we shall see, but the divine meaning of it was told to Moses and it is...

  • Geneva Study Bible Commentary

    And the LORD said unto Moses, Wherefore (i) criest thou unto me? speak unto the children of Israel, that they go forward: (i) Thus in temptation faith fights against the flesh, and cries with inward...

  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

    _Criest. --- "A vehement desire is a cry, which reaches the ears of the Lord." (St. Bernard)_...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    Reader! do not overlook this account of the man of God. Was he not in prayer? There is not mention made of his praying it is true: but the thing is plainly implied in God's answer. Silent prayer in fa...

  • 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 Calvin's Bible Commentary

    15._And the Lord _(156) _said _I have used the praeter-pluperfect tense for the sake of avoiding ambiguity; for the reason is here given why Moses so confidently reproved the hesitation of the people,...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    At the Red Sea God acts in power according to the purposes of His love; consequently the enemy, who was closely pursuing His people, is destroyed without resource. This is what will happen to the peop...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    AND THE LORD SAID UNTO MOSES, WHEREFORE CRIEST THOU UNTO ME?.... The Targum of Jonathan is, "why standest thou and prayest before me?'' and no doubt this crying is to be understood of prayer, of men...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    And the LORD said unto Moses, Wherefore criest thou unto me? speak unto the children of Israel, that they go forward: Ver. 15. _Wherefore criest thou unto me?_] so., With inward groanings, without an...

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

    _Wherefore criest thou to me?_ Moses, though he was assured of a good issue, yet did not neglect prayer. We read not of one word he said in prayer, but he _lifted up his heart_ to God, and God well un...

  • KJV Original Language Details

    1 God instructeth the Israelites in their iourney. 5 Pharaoh pursueth after them. 10 The Israelites murmure. 13 Moses comforteth them. 15 God instructeth Moses. 19 The cloud remoueth behinde the...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    And the Lord said unto Moses, Wherefore criest thou unto Me? Although Moses was outwardly silent, his heart was praying to the Lord with anxious cries. SPEAK UNTO THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL THAT THEY GO F...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    THE GREAT FEAR OF THE ISRAELITES...

  • Lange's Commentary on the Holy Scriptures

    FOURTH SECTION Direction of the Exodus. The Pursuit. The Distress. The Red Sea. The Song of Triumph Exodus 13:17 to Exodus 15:21 A. DIRECTION OF THE MARCH. THE DISTRESS. PASSAGE THROUGH THE RED SEA....

  • Leslie M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

    THE OBSTACLE OF THE RED SEA (vs.1-2) By the Word of the Lord Israel was brought now to a spot from which there was no natural way of escape. The Red Sea was before them, three mountains surrounded t...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    15-20 Moses' silent prayers of faith prevailed more with God than Israel's loud outcries of fear. The pillar of cloud and fire came behind them, where they needed a guard, and it was a wall between t...

  • Notes on the Pentateuch by Charles Henry Mackintosh

    "They that go down to the sea in ships, that do business in great waters; these see the works of the Lord, and his wonders in the deep." (Psalms 107:23-24) How true is this! and yet our coward hearts...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Exodus 14:15 LORD H3068 said H559 (H8799) Moses H4872 cry H6817 (H8799) Tell H1696 (H8761) children...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    YAHWEH REVEALS HIS POWER BY DESTROYING THE EGYPTIAN FORCES (EXODUS 14:15). a Israel is to go forward and Moses must lift up his staff over the sea and divide it (Exodus 14:15 a). b The children of I...

  • Sermon Bible Commentary

    Exodus 14:15 I. The story from which these words are taken is a story of national progress. It is also one of supernatural progress. For us the supernatural is, in the highest and truest sense of the...

  • Spurgeon's Bible Commentary

    Exodus 14:1 _And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, Speak unto the children of Israel, that they turn and encamp before Pihahiroth between Migdol and sea, over against Baalzephon: before it ye shall e...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    CONTENTS: God's power exerted to redeem Israel. Passing the Red Sea. CHARACTERS: God, Moses, Pharaoh, angel. CONCLUSION: The believer cannot go ahead in the strength of Christ until he has learned t...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    Exodus 14:2. _Before Pi-hahiroth._ The Lord led the people into the straits between the hills, in order that Pharaoh and his hosts might be overwhelmed in the sea; and that Israel might see his salvat...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _Wherefore criest thou unto Me?_ .. . Go forward. GO FORWARD Men are more ready to cry out for help than to help themselves. They are more ready to call for more light, means, privileges, than to u...

  • The children's great texts of the Bible by James Hastings

    PLAYING THE GAME Stand still.... Go forward. Exodus 14:13; Exodus 14:15. The other Sunday I asked a class of school boys what sort of boy they admired most. Immediately came the answer “A fellow wh...

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    _MAIN HOMILETICS OF THE PARAGRAPH.— Exodus 14:15_ PROGRESS UNDER DIFFICULTY The children of Israel are now commanded, in their perplexing circumstances, to move forward into the waters of the Red Se...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    EXPOSITION GOD'S ANSWER TO MOSES' PRAYER. To the faithful prayer of Moses, albeit pitched perhaps in too low a key, God made gracious answer. A "cry" had been unnecessary, since his word was already p...

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, Speak unto the children of Israel, that they turn and encamp before Pihahiroth, between Migdol and the sea, over against Baalzephon: before it shall encamp by th...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    Exodus 17:4 Joshua 7:10 Ezra 10:4 Ezra 10:5 Nehemiah 9:9...

  • Wells of Living Water Commentary

    FAITH AS EXEMPLIFIED IN MOSES Selections from Exodus 3:1; Exodus 6:1; Exodus 7:1; Exodus 8:1;...

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    Wherefore criest thou unto me — Moses though he was assured of a good issue, yet did not neglect prayer. We read not of one word he said in prayer, but he lifted up his heart to God, and God well unde...

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