Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Deuteronomy 28:66
And thy life shall hang in doubt before thee; and thou shalt fear day and night, and shalt have none assurance of thy life:
66. and thy life shall be hanging before thee ] Shall be in suspense, as on a thread. As indicated later in the v., thou shalt have no assurance of thy life. The vb is the same as that whose part. is rendered of long continuance in Deu 28:59. Cp. Job 24:22, R.V. marg.
Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
Either because thou art in the hands of thy enemies, that have power, and want not will, to destroy thee; or because of the terrors of thy own mind, and the guilt of thy conscience, making thee to fear, even where no great cause to fear is.
Fuente: English Annotations on the Holy Bible by Matthew Poole
And thy life shall hang in doubt before thee,…. Whether it shall be spared or not by the enemy:
and thou shalt fear day and night; being in continual dread of being killed:
and shalt have none assurance of thy life; of its being continued a moment scarcely, but live in constant fear and expectation of its being taken away.
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
(66) Thy life shall hang in doubt before thee.Perhaps 1 shall die to-day by the sword that cometh upon me (Rashi).
Fuente: Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers (Old and New Testaments)
66. And thy life shall hang in doubt before thee The Hebrew reads, Thy life is hanging before thee. It will ever be in present and pressing danger.
Fuente: Whedon’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments
Deu 28:66 And thy life shall hang in doubt before thee; and thou shalt fear day and night, and shalt have none assurance of thy life:
Ver. 66. And thy life shall hang in doubt. ] Semper et indesinenter desperabis de vita; thou shalt live in continual expectation of death: as Tiberius caused such to do as he most hated, for a singular punishment.
Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
fear. Hebrew. Homonym: pahad, to fear, here and Job 23:15; but = rejoice, Isa 60:5.
Fuente: Companion Bible Notes, Appendices and Graphics
Deu 28:67, Lam 1:13, Heb 10:27, Rev 6:15-17
Reciprocal: Gen 4:12 – a fugitive 1Sa 20:3 – but a step Psa 102:7 – watch Isa 7:2 – And his heart Lam 5:5 – Our necks are under persecution
Fuente: The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Deu 28:66. Thy life shall hang in doubt Either because thou art in the hands of thy enemies that have power, and want not the will, to destroy thee; or because of the terrors of thy own mind, and the guilt of thy conscience making thee to fear, even where no fear is.