For we must needs die, and are as water spilt on the ground, which cannot be gathered up again; neither doth God respect any person: yet doth he devise means, that his banished be not expelled from him.

Commentaries

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Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes

AlbertBarnes

18th Century
Presbyterian
18th Century

His banished - The use of the word, as applied to one of God’s people driven into a pagan land, is well illustrated by Deuteronomy 30:4-5,[R…

Charles Ellicott

Charles Ellicott

CharlesEllicott

19th Century
Anglican
19th Century

We must needs die. — The woman now proceeds to a further argument based on the uncertainty of life. Whether she meant to suggest the possi…

John Gill

John Gill

JohnGill

17th Century
Reformed Baptist
17th Century

For we must needs die
As all must, she herself, the king, and his sons, and indeed all men; this is the common case and lot of…

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry

MatthewHenry

17th Century
Presbyterian
17th Century

We may notice here, how this widow pleads God's mercy and His clemency toward poor, guilty sinners. The state of sinners is a state of banishment f…