Exodus 5:23

For since I came to Pharaoh to speak in thy name, he hath done evil to this people; neither hast thou delivered thy people at all.

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Word by word — the Hebrew

Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
came	בָּ֤אתִי Ba.ti	H935	to go or come (in a wide variety of applications) · verb, qal perfect, 1st person common singular
Pharaoh	פַּרְעֹה֙ par.'Oh	H6547	Paroh · noun, masculine singular absolute
speak	לְדַבֵּ֣ר le.da.Ber	H1696	perhaps properly · preposition + verb, piel infinitive construct
name	בִּשְׁמֶ֔ךָ bish.Me.kha	H8034	an appellation · preposition + noun, common masculine singular construct + pronominal suffix, 2nd person masculine singular
evil	הֵרַ֖ע he.Ra'	H7489	properly · verb, hiphil perfect, 3rd person masculine singular
people	לָעָ֣ם la.'Am	H5971	a people (as a congregated unit) · preposition with the article + noun, common masculine singular absolute
delivered	וְהַצֵּ֥ל ve.ha.Tzel	H5337	to snatch away · conjunction + verb, hiphil infinitive absolute
people	עַמֶּֽךָ 'a.Me.kha	H5971	a people (as a congregated unit) · noun, common masculine singular construct + pronominal suffix, 2nd person masculine singular
all	הִצַּ֖לְתָּ hi.Tzal.ta	H5337	to snatch away · verb, hiphil perfect, 2nd person masculine singular

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Cross-references

Psalms 118:26 Blessed be he that cometh in the name of the LORD: we have blessed you out of the house of the LORD.
Isaiah 26:17-18 Like as a woman with child, that draweth near the time of her delivery, is in pain, and crieth out in her pangs; so have we been in thy sigh…
Isaiah 28:16 Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD, Behold, I lay in Zion for a foundation a stone, a tried stone, a precious corner stone, a sure foundation…
Jeremiah 11:21 Therefore thus saith the LORD of the men of Anathoth, that seek thy life, saying, Prophesy not in the name of the LORD, that thou die not by…
Hebrews 10:36-37 For ye have need of patience, that, after ye have done the will of God, ye might receive the promise.
John 5:43 I am come in my Father’s name, and ye receive me not: if another shall come in his own name, him ye will receive.

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Exodus 5:15–end

It was a great strait that the head-workmen were in, when they must either abuse those that were under them or be abused by those that were over them; yet, it should seem, rather than they would tyrannize, they would be tyrannized over; and they were so. In this evil case (Exo 5:19), observe, I. How justly they complained to Pharaoh: They came and cried unto Pharaoh, Exo 5:15. Whither should they go with a remonstrance of their grievances but to the supreme power, which is ordained for the protection of the injured? As bad as Pharaoh was his oppressed subjects had liberty to complain to him; there was no law against petitioning: it was a very modest, but moving, representation that they made…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Exodus 5:20

they met Moses . . . The Lord look upon you, and judge--Thus the deliverer of Israel found that this patriotic interference did, in the first instance, only aggravate the evil he wished to remove, and that instead of receiving the gratitude, he was loaded with the reproaches of his countrymen. But as the greatest darkness is immediately before the dawn, so the people of God are often plunged into the deepest affliction when on the eve of their deliverance; and so it was in this case. Next: Exodus Chapter 6

Adam Clarke on Exodus 5:23

He hath done evil to this people - Their misery is increased instead of being diminished. Neither hast thou delivered thy people at all - The marginal reading is both literal and correct: And delivering thou hast not delivered. Thou hast begun the work by giving us counsels and a commission, but thou hast not brought the people from under their bondage. Thou hast signified thy pleasure relative to their deliverance, but thou hast not brought them out of the hands of their enemies. 1. It is no certain proof of the displeasure of God that a whole people, or an individual, may be found in a state of great oppression and distress; nor are affluence and prosperity any certain signs of his approba…

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Dictionary and topics

Doubting · EXEMPLIFIED — EXEMPLIFIED
Egypt · History of Israel in: Pharaoh increases their affliction — History of Israel in: Pharaoh increases their affliction
Murmuring · AGAINST GO — AGAINST GO

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).

Exodus 5:23

Word by word — the Hebrew

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Exodus 5:15–end

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Exodus 5:20

Adam Clarke on Exodus 5:23

Dictionary and topics

Exodus 5:23

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Exodus 5:15–end

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Exodus 5:20

Adam Clarke on Exodus 5:23

Dictionary and topics

John Gill on Exodus 5:23

John Calvin on Exodus 5:19–end

Keil & Delitzsch on Exodus 5:21–end

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Exodus 5:22-23

Rashi on Exodus 5:23