how he met you by the way, and struck the rearmost of you, all who were feeble behind you, when you were faint and weary; and he didn’t fear God.
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how he met you by the way, and struck the rearmost of you, all who were feeble behind you, when you were faint and weary; and he didn’t fear God.
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How he met thee by the way, and smote the hindmost of thee, even all that were feeble behind thee, when thou wast faint and weary; and he feared not God.
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how he met thee by the way, and smote the hindmost of thee, all that were enfeebled in thy rear, when thou wast faint and weary; and he feared not God.
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Passages linked to Deuteronomy 25:18 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- Psalms 36:1 A revelation is within my heart about the disobedience of the wicked: “There is no fear of God before his eyes.”
- Romans 3:18 “There is no fear of God before their eyes.”
- Nehemiah 5:15 But the former governors who were before me were supported by the people, and took bread and wine from them, plus forty shekels of silver; yes, even their servants ruled over the people; but I didn’t do so, because of the fear of God.
- Nehemiah 5:9 Also I said, “The thing that you do is not good. Shouldn’t you walk in the fear of our God, because of the reproach of the nations our enemies?
- Proverbs 16:6 By mercy and truth iniquity is atoned for. By the fear of Yahweh men depart from evil.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain Deu 25:18 How he met thee by the way,…
Deu 25:18 How he met thee by the way, and smote the hindmost of thee, [even] all [that were] feeble behind thee, when thou [wast] faint and weary; and he feared not God.
Ver. 18. How he met thee by the way.] Not with bread and water, but with fire and sword. See Exo 17:8.
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And he feared not God.] Who had so powerfully brought his Israel out of Egypt. See Job 6:14 Gen 20:11. {See Trapp on "Job 6:14"} {See Trapp on "Gen 20:11"}
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Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain Smote the hindmost of thee; which God permitted, both…
Smote the hindmost of thee; which God permitted, both for the punishment of Israel’s sins, and to harden and prepare them for the difficulties of their expedition.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain How he met thee by the way,.... Not with…
How he met thee by the way,.... Not with necessary provisions, food and drink, which would have been but a piece of kindness and humanity to travellers; but met them sword in hand, in order to stop their journey, and make them captives, at least to harass and distress them:
and smote the hindmost of thee; came upon them in a sly cowardly manner, and attacked their rear:
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even all that were feeble behind thee: women and children, and such men as were weak, sickly, labouring under some disorder, and so lagged behind, and could not keep up with the rest; on these Amalek first fell, and began his attack here:
when thou wast faint and weary; with travelling, and the more so for want of water, which was their case at Rephidim, when Amalek came out against them; which is another aggravation of their unkind usage of them they were not to forget:
and he feared not God; who was then in the pillar of cloud and fire with Israel, which phenomenon Amalek might see, and yet did not fear; and who had done such wonders for Israel in Egypt, and had brought them from thence, and had drowned Pharaoh and his host in the Red sea, of which doubtless Amalek had heard, and yet feared not the Lord, who had done such great things.
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Adam Clarke 1810 · Public Domain Verse 18. Smote the hindmost of thee] See Clarke…
Verse 18. Smote the hindmost of thee] See Clarke on Ex 17:8. It is supposed that this command had its final accomplishment in the death of Haman and his ten sons, Esther iii., vii., ix., as from this time the memory and name of Amalek was blotted out from under heaven, for through every period of their history it might be truly said, They feared not God.
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Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary 1859 · Public Domain God. This circumstance is not mentioned, Exodus xvii. 14.
God. This circumstance is not mentioned, Exodus xvii. 14.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 18. how he met thee by the way] better,…
18. how he met thee by the way] better, fell on thee. Cp. 1Sa_15:2 : how he set himself against him (Israel) in the way.
and smote the hindmost of thee] Lit. docked the tail of thee; elsewhere only in Jos_10:19 (E?).
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all that had broken down in thy rear] The vb. is not found elsewhere.
feared not God] See E, Gen_20:11; Gen_42:18, Exo_1:17, all of non-Israelites; and cp. Amos’ denunciations of foreign peoples for inhumanity (Amo_1:3 to Amo_2:3). A people so devoid of natural religion as to kill the non-combatants deserved no mercy, as the next v. declares.
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain And smote the hindmost of thee; literally, and tailed…
And smote the hindmost of thee; literally, and tailed thee; i.e. cut off thy tail, or rear. The verb (bNezi) occurs only here and in Jos_10:19. It is a denominative from bn; z; a tail, and, like many denominatives, both in the Hebrew and in other languages, it has the sense of taking away or cutting off the thing expressed by the noun from which it is formed, like the English verb to skin, for example.
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