Exodus 20:14 NIV

The Pulpit Commentary - Exodus 20:14

Thou shalt not commit adultery . Our second duty towards our neighbour is to respect the bond on which the family is based, and that conjugal honour which to the true man is dearer than life. Marriage, according to the original institution, made the husband and wife "one flesh" ( Genesis 2:24 ); and to break in upon this sacramental union was at once a crime and a profanity. Adulteresses and their paramours were in most ancient nations liable to be punished with death by the injured party;... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Exodus 20:14

A correspondence between the two tables: to worship a false god is to aim at the life of the true God. Idolatry is spiritual adultery. Besides this the sixth and seventh commandments are clearly related; the one guards the life of the individual, the other the life of the family, the sanctity of the home. Consider:— I. THE SIN ITSELF . When a man by anticipation, or after marriage, breaks the marriage vow; when a woman acquiesces in the crime thus perpetrated, it is murder aimed... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Exodus 20:1-17

The Hebrew name which is rendered in our King James Version as the ten commandments occurs in Exodus 34:28; Deuteronomy 4:13; Deuteronomy 10:4. It literally means “the Ten Words.” The Ten Commandments are also called the law, even the commandment Exodus 24:12, the words of the covenant Exodus 34:28, the tables of the covenant Deuteronomy 9:9, the covenant Deuteronomy 4:13, the two tables Deuteronomy 9:10, Deuteronomy 9:17, and, most frequently, the testimony (e. g. Exodus 16:34; Exodus 25:16),... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Exodus 20:14

Exodus 20:14. Thou shalt not commit adultery This commandment forbids all acts of uncleanness, with all those desires which produce those acts and war against the soul. read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Exodus 20:1-17

Basic principles of the covenant (20:1-17)The form of the covenant God made with Israel followed a pattern that was common in the ancient world when an overlord made a covenant with his subjects. God introduced himself to his people by declaring his name and status as Yahweh the sovereign Lord, and recounting to his people what he had graciously done for them. He reminded them that their God was living and active, and that the words they were about to hear were a revelation direct from him... read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Exodus 20:14

THE SEVENTH COMMANDMENTTHOU SHALT NOT COMMIT ADULTERY "Thou shalt not commit adultery." As in most of the others, here God did not give a reason for this prohibition. None was needed. This sin is so shocking, terrible, and invariably wicked, that God flung His "Thou shalt not!" squarely against it. Nevertheless, the highest intelligence and reason approve and endorse the commandment. The sin of adultery is against a number of vitally important entities: (1) It is against God (Genesis 39:9); (2)... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Exodus 20:14

Exodus 20:14. Thou shalt not commit adultery— After securing the life, the Lord proceeds to secure that part of property which is often as dear, or dearer to human creatures, than life itself. The Hebrew word here used ףּתנא tinap, plainly shews that the prohibition in this commandment primarily refers to that act of uncleanness known by the name of adultery. Μοιχεια also, in the Greek, implies the same. Here again, as on the former commandment, we refer to Matthew 5:27; Mat 5:48 where it... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Exodus 20:1-17

2. The Ten Commandments 20:1-17"We now reach the climax of the entire Book, the central and most exalted theme, all that came before being, as it were, a preparation for it, and all that follows, a result of, and supplement to it." [Note: Cassuto, p. 235.] There are two types of law in the Old Testament, and these existed commonly in the ancient Near East. Apodictic laws are commands with the force of categorical imperatives. They are positive or negative. The Ten Commandments are an example of... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Exodus 20:14

The seventh commandment 20:14Adultery is sexual intercourse when one or both partners are married (or engaged, under Israelite law; cf. Deuteronomy 22:23-29) to someone else. Adultery destroys marriage and the home, the foundations of society (cf. Matthew 5:27-28; 1 Corinthians 6:9-20). Adultery is an act, not a state. People commit adultery; they do not live in adultery, except in the sense that they may continually practice it. read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Exodus 20:1-26

The Ten Commandments (vv. 1-21)Exodus 20-23, containing (1) the Decalogue (Gk. = ’Ten Words’ or ’Commandments’) and (2) a code of laws regulating the religious and social life of the people, and called the Book of the Covenant (see Exodus 24:7), form perhaps the most important part of the Pentateuch. It is the nucleus of the entire Mosaic legislation, and in all probability existed for long as a separate document.1-17. The Decalogue. In chapter Exodus 34:28; Deuteronomy 4:13 this is called the... read more

The Pulpit Commentary - Exodus 20:14

The Pulpit Commentary - Exodus 20:14

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Exodus 20:1-17

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Exodus 20:14

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Exodus 20:1-17

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Exodus 20:14

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Exodus 20:14

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Exodus 20:1-17

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Exodus 20:14

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Exodus 20:1-26

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