Genesis 19:9

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Genesis 19:4-11

Now it appeared, beyond contradiction, that the cry of Sodom was no louder than there was cause for. This night's work was enough to fill the measure. For we find here, I. That they were all wicked, Gen. 19:4. Wickedness had become universal, and they were unanimous in any vile design. Here were old and young, and all from every quarter, engaged in this riot; the old were not past it, and the young had soon come up to it. Either they had no magistrates to keep the peace, and protect the... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 19:9

And they said, stand back ,.... Turn on one side, get away from the door, that we may come to it: and they said again : to one another: this one fellow came in to sojourn, and he will needs be a judge ; this one man, and he a stranger and sojourner, no freeman or citizen of this city, sets himself against the whole body of the inhabitants, and takes upon him to judge what is right and wrong to be done; and if he is let alone in "judging he will judge" F13 ישפט שפוט ... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 19:9

And he will needs be a judge - So his sitting in the gate is perhaps a farther proof of his being there in a magisterial capacity, as some have supposed. read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 19:9

Verse 9 9.And they said, Stand back. That Lot, with all his entreaties, than which nothing could be adduced more likely to soothe their rage, was thus harshly repelled, shows the indomitable haughtiness of this people. And, in the first place, they threaten that, if he persists in interceding, they will deal worse with him than with those whom he defends. Then they reproach him with the fact, that he, a foreigner, assumes the province of a judge. Every word proves the pride with which they... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Genesis 19:1-11

Warning lights in Sodom. I. THE FLICKERING LIGHT OF LOT 'S PIETY . 1. That the light of Lot's piety was still burning, though he had long been subjected to the moral contamination of the licentious Pentapolis, is apparent from— 2. That the light of Lot's piety, though still burning, was fast fading, may be gathered from the circumstances— II. THE LURID LIGHT OF SODOM 'S IMPIETY . Already well enough known as to its character, the wickedness of Sodom is... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Genesis 19:9

And they said, Stand back . Ἀπόστα ἐκεῖ ( LXX .); recede illuc (Vulgate); "Make way," i.e. for us to enter (Keil, Knobel, Gesenius); Approach hither (Baumgarten, Kalisch); Come near, farther off ('Speaker's Commentary'). And they said again, This one fellow (literally, the one, an expression of the Sodomites' contempt) came in to sojourn, and he will heeds be a judge :—literally, and shall he judge, judging ; shall he continually play the judge, referring doubtless to... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Genesis 19:1-38

- The Destruction of Sodom and Amorah9. גשׁ־<הלאה gesh-hāl'âh, “approach to a distant point,” stand back.11. סנורים sanevērı̂ym, “blindness,” affecting the mental more than the ocular vision.37. מואב mô'āb, Moab; מאב mē'āb, “from a father.” בן־עמי ben-‛amı̂y, Ben-‘ammi, “son of my people.” עמון ‛amôn, ‘Ammon, “of the people.”This chapter is the continuation and conclusion of the former. It records a part of God’s strange work - strange, because it consists in punishment, and because... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Genesis 19:1-38

Sodom and Gomorrah (19:1-38)Meanwhile the two messengers arrived in Sodom. Lot, knowing the danger that strangers faced in the streets of Sodom at night, welcomed them into his house (19:1-3). Although Lot did not agree with the immoral practices of Sodom (2 Peter 2:7-8), he apparently did not have the courage to oppose them. He was even prepared to allow the sexual perverts of the city to rape his daughters, in order to protect his two guests from homosexual assault. In a blinding judgment,... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Genesis 19:9

judge. See Genesis 19:1 . He sat in Sodom's gate, the seat of the judges. See note on Genesis 13:7 . worse. Hebrew. ra'. App-44 . break = break open, shiver. read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Genesis 19:9-11

"And they said, Stand back. And they said, This one fellow came in to sojourn, and he will needs be a judge: now we will deal worse with thee, than with them. And they pressed more upon the man, even Lot, and drew near to break the door. But the men put forth their hand, and brought Lot into the house to them, and shut the door. And they smote the men that were at the door of the house with blindness, so that they wearied themselves to find the door.""Stand back ..." If Lot had thought up until... read more

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