Verse-by-Verse Bible CommentaryPsalms 105:13
And they wandered about from nation to nation, From one kingdom to another people. Jump to: Clarke Commentary • Barne's Notes • Gill's Exposition • Commentary Critical and Explanatory • Wesley's Notes • Trapp's Commentary • Poole's Annotations • Whedon's Commentary • Haydock's Catholic Commentary • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes • Commentary Critical and Explanatory - Unabridged Other Authors
Adam Clarke CommentaryWhen they went from one nation to another - From several circumstances in the history of the travels of the ancient Hebrews, we find that the wilderness through which they then passed was well peopled. Copyright Statement Bibliography Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole BibleWhen they went from one nation to another … - Wandered about, as if they had no home and no fixed habitation. See Genesis 12:6, Genesis 12:9-10; Genesis 13:1; Genesis 20:1; Genesis 26:1, Genesis 26:17, Genesis 26:22-23. Copyright Statement Bibliography John Gill's Exposition of the Whole BibleWhen they went from one nation to another,.... From Chaldea to Mesopotamia; from thence to Canaan, and then into Egypt; and after that to Canaan again: which was the tour that Abraham took; and when in Canaan, and travelling from place to place there, might be said to go from nation to nation, since there were seven nations in that country. From one kingdom to another people; from the kingdom of Palestine or Canaan to Egypt, which was a strange people; and of another language, as appears by the use of an interpreter between them, Genesis 42:23. So Isaac, Jacob, and his posterity, journeyed from one of these kingdoms to the other. Thus the children of God are pilgrims and strangers in this world; they are unsettled in it; they are travelling through it, and a troublesome journey they have of it; they are bound to another country, to which they belong; and their hearts are there beforehand; and they look upon this world as a strange place, and at best but as an inn; where they tarry but for a time, till they get to their own country, the better and heavenly one. Copyright Statement Bibliography Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Biblefrom one nation to another — and so from danger to danger; now in Egypt, now in the wilderness, and lastly in Canaan. Though a few strangers, wandering among various nations, God protected them. Copyright Statement Bibliography Wesley's Explanatory NotesWhen they went from one nation to another, from one kingdom to another people; They went — Both in Canaan, where there were seven nations, and in Egypt. Copyright Statement Bibliography John Trapp Complete CommentaryPsalms 105:13 When they went from one nation to another, from [one] kingdom to another people; Ver. 13. When they went from one nation to another] There were seven several nations in that land wherein they sojourned, flitting from place to place, and having no settled habitation, αστατουνρες, 1 Corinthians 4:11.
From one kingdom] Forced by famine, or other necessity. See Genesis 12:10; Genesis 20:1-7, Genesis 26:1-5 Copyright Statement Bibliography Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy BibleBoth in Canaan, where there were seven nations, Deuteronomy 7:1, and in Egypt, &c. Copyright Statement Bibliography Whedon's Commentary on the Bible13. From one nation to another—From tribe to tribe among the original inhabitants of Canaan. The expression indicates not only an unsettled, but insecure, mode of life. The patriarchs sojourned among the Amorites, Hittites, Jebusites, Philistines, Canaanites, Perizzites, and were brought into contact with other tribes, besides their abode in Egypt. Copyright Statement Bibliography George Haydock's Catholic Bible CommentaryCounsel. Three days after the passage of the sea, God laid injunctions upon the at Mara, which they would not observe, Exodus xv. 22. (Calmet) --- They coveted unnecessary things. (Worthington) Copyright Statement Bibliography E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible NotesWhen they went. Compare Psalms 105:23. Copyright Statement Bibliography Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - UnabridgedWhen they went from one nation to another, from one kingdom to another people; When they went from one nation to another - and so from one danger to another; now in Egypt, now in Syria, now in Canaan, again among the Philistines. "They" - namely, the patriarchs, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, with their families; not the Israelites in the wilderness and Canaan. Though few in numbers, and homeless wanderers, they were shielded by God from destruction, and at last, in the person of their seed, were settled in possession of Canaan. Copyright Statement Bibliography |
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