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I hate them with perfect hatred: They are become mine enemies.

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Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes

AlbertBarnes

18th Century
Presbyterian
18th Century

I hate them with perfect hatred - With no approval whatever of their conduct; with no sympathy for the evil they do; with no words …

Charles Ellicott

Charles Ellicott

CharlesEllicott

19th Century
Anglican
19th Century

With perfect hatred.—Literally, with perfection of hatred. Compare Tennyson’s

“Dowered with the hate of hate.”

Charles Spurgeon

Charles Spurgeon

CharlesSpurgeon

19th Century
Baptist
19th Century

For they speak against thee wickedly, and thine enemies take thy name in vain. Do not I hate them, O LORD, that hate thee? and am not I grieved…

John Calvin

John Calvin

JohnCalvin

16th Century
Protestant
16th Century

I hate them with perfect hatred. Literally, it is, "I hate them with perfection of hatred." He repeats the same truth as previously: that …

John Gill

John Gill

JohnGill

17th Century
Reformed Baptist
17th Century

I hate them with perfect hatred
Heartily and really; not in word only, but in deed and in truth; "odio vatiniano", w…

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry

MatthewHenry

17th Century
Presbyterian
17th Century

God's counsels concerning us and our welfare are profound, such that they cannot be fully known. We cannot comprehend how many mercies we have rece…

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