Exodus 6:1 NIV

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Exodus 6:1-9

Here, I. God silences Moses's complaints with the assurance of success in this negotiation, repeating the promise made him in Exod. 3:20; After that, he will let you go. When Moses was at his wit's end, wishing he had staid in Midian, rather than have come to Egypt to make bad worse?when he was quite at a loss what to do?Then the Lord said unto Moses, for the quieting of his mind, ?Now shalt thou see what I will do to Pharaoh (Exod. 6:1); now that the affair has come to a crisis, things are as... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Exodus 6:1

Then the Lord said unto Moses ,.... In answer to the questions put to him, and the expostulations made with him: now shalt thou see what I will do to Pharaoh : in inflicting punishments on him: for with a strong hand shall he let them go; being forced to it by the mighty hand of God upon him; and it is by some rendered, "because of a strong hand" F19 ביד חזקה "propter manum validam"; so some in Drusius. ; so Jarchi; for this is not to be understood of the hand of Pharaoh, but... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Exodus 6:1

With a strong hand - חזקה יד yad chazakah , the same verb which we translate to harden; see Clarke on Exodus 4:21 ; (note). The strong hand here means sovereign power, suddenly and forcibly applied. God purposed to manifest his sovereign power in the sight of Pharaoh and the Egyptians; in consequence of which Pharaoh would manifest his power and authority as sovereign of Egypt, in dismissing and thrusting out the people. See Exodus 12:31-33 . read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Exodus 6:1

Verse 1 1.Then the Lord said unto Moses. Moses was indeed unworthy of receiving so kind and gentle a reply from God; but the Father of all goodness of His infinite mercy pardoned both the sins of Moses and of the people, that He might effect the deliverance which he had determined. Yet He adduces nothing new, but repeats and confirms His former declaration, that Pharaoh would not obey until forcibly compelled to do so. The expression, “thou shalt see,” is a tacit reproof of his immoderate... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Exodus 6:1

Now shalt thou see . There was encouragement in the very word "now." Moses' complaint was, that God delayed his coming, would not show himself, was "slack concerning his promise." In reply he is told that there is to be no longer any delay—the work is just about to commence. "Now shalt thou see." With a strong hand shall he let them go . The "strong hand" is not Pharaoh's, but God's. "By means of my strong hand" (or "overpowering might") "laid upon him shall he be induced to let them go,"... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Exodus 6:1

God's condescension to a weak faith. As the Lord Jesus condescended to Thomas, and bade him "reach hither his finger and behold his hands, and reach hither his hand and thrust it into his side," so that he might be no longer "faithless, but believing"( John 20:27 ), so Jehovah now declared to Moses that, if he could not walk by faith, sight should be vouchsafed to him. "Now shalt thou see," etc. Human infirmity is so greet, man's faith is so weak, the best are so liable to accesses of... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Exodus 6:1-8

The expostulation of Moses did not offend God. God gave him, in reply to it, a most gracious series of promises and assurances, well calculated to calm his fears, assuage his griefs, and comfort his heart; and he confirmed the whole to him by his name JEHOVAH , "the Only Existent," and therefore" the Eternal and Immutable." This name he had previously revealed to Moses at Mount Sinai, as his peculiar name, and the one by which he would choose to be called ( Exodus 3:13-15 ). He had also... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Exodus 6:1-9

A Divine commentary on a Divine name. The antiquity of the name Jehovah, setting aside direct testimonies to its occurrence in earlier scriptures, is sufficiently proved by its etymology (from havah , an old—and, in the days of Moses, obsolete—form of the verb "to be"), and from its presence (in composition) in pre-Mosaic proper names ( e.g. Exodus 6:20 ). It is absurd to press this passage in proof of the ignorance of the patriarchs of this name of God, when one observes— 1 .... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Exodus 6:1

Exodus 6:1. Now shalt thou see what I will do Here we have a striking proof of God’s long-suffering. Instead of severely reproving Moses for his impatience, as manifested at the close of the preceding chapter, and his injurious complaints, he condescends to give him fresh assurances of his power and his determination to deliver the Israelites. With a strong hand That is, being forced to it with a strong hand, or by those terrible judgments which I shall inflict upon him by my power, he... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Exodus 6:1-27

5:1-15:21 DELIVERANCE FROM EGYPTMoses’ first meeting with Pharaoh (5:1-6:27)In the eyes of the Israelites, Moses’ first meeting with Pharaoh was a disaster. Pharaoh had no fear of Yahweh and no concern for Yahweh’s people. In fact, when Moses asked to take his people into the wilderness to offer sacrifices to Yahweh, Pharaoh responded by accusing the Israelites of laziness and making their work harder (5:1-14). This not only increased the suffering of the Israelites but also caused them to turn... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Exodus 6:1-9

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Exodus 6:1

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Exodus 6:1

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Exodus 6:1

The Pulpit Commentary - Exodus 6:1

The Pulpit Commentary - Exodus 6:1

The Pulpit Commentary - Exodus 6:1-8

The Pulpit Commentary - Exodus 6:1-9

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Exodus 6:1

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Exodus 6:1-27

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