Exodus 16:7
in Exodus 16and in the morning you will see the LORD’s glory, because He has heard your grumbling against Him. For who are we that you should grumble against us?”
BSB
The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
and in the morning, then ye shall see the glory of Jehovah; for that he heareth your murmurings against Jehovah: and what are we, that ye murmur against us?
KJV
And in the morning, then ye shall see the glory of the Lord; for that he heareth your murmurings against the Lord: and what are we, that ye murmur against us?
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This verse in Exodus 16
Commentary
7 notes on this verseI shall give you another testimony, my friends, from the Scriptures, that God begat before all creatures a Beginning, [who was] a certain rational power [proceeding] from Himself, who is called by the Holy Spirit, now the Glory of the Lord, now the Son, again Wisdom, again an Angel, then God, and then Lord and Logos; and on another occasion He calls Himself Captain, when He appeared in human form to Joshua the son of Nave (Nun).
This site's exposition
At even, then ye shall know
on Exodus 16:6-7
The answer is split across a day, flesh at evening and sight in the morning. The phrase glory of the LORD occurs for the first time in Scripture at verse 7, and it returns on the mountain at 24:16 and on the finished tabernacle at 40:34. Moses and Aaron will not take the complaint as their own, asking what are we, that ye murmur against us.
This site's exposition
in the morning you will see the LORD’s glory
Adam Clarke notices that the LORD's glory seems to stand apart from the LORD here, for in the morning the glory is what has heard the grumbling of the people. Justin Martyr counts the Glory among the titles of the Son, with Wisdom, Angel and Logos. The Berean leaves the He open.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
): " Your murmurings are not against us, then we would have been silent, but against the Lord; it was he that led you into these straits, and not we." Note, When we murmur against those who are instruments of any uneasiness to us, whether justly or unjustly, we should do well to consider how much we reflect upon God by it; men are but God's hand.
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And in the morning, then ye shall see the glory of the Lord,....
The Nineteenth Century2 voices
Ye shall see the glory of the Lord - Does it not appear that the glory of the Lord is here spoken of as something distinct from the Lord? for it is said He (the glory) heareth your murmurings against the Lord; though the Lord may be here put for himself, the antecedent instead of the relative.
A commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
proposed
The glory of the Lord - the visible appearance described in Exo 16:10.
The words behind it
15 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וּבֹ֗קֶר | uvoker | and morning | H1242 → | 214 times |
| וּרְאִיתֶם֙ | ureitem | and you will see | H7200 → | 1300 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| כְּב֣וֹד | kevod | [the] glory of | H3519 → | 200 times |
| יְהוָ֔ה | yahweh | Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
| בְּשָׁמְע֥וֹ | beshameo | because has heard he | H8085 → | 1159 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| תְּלֻנֹּתֵיכֶ֖ם | telunoteikhem | grumblings your | H8519 → | 8 times |
| עַל־ | ʾal- | on | H5921 → | 5755 times |
| יְהוָ֑ה | yahweh | Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
| וְנַ֣חְנוּ | venachnu | and [are] we | H5168 → | |
| מָ֔ה | mah | what? | H4100 → | 752 times |
| כִּ֥י | ki | that | H3588 → | 4482 times |
| תַלִּ֖ינוּ | talonu | you will cause to grumble | H3885 → | 84 times |
| עָלֵֽינוּ׃ | ʾaleinu | on us | H5921 → | 5755 times |
וּבֹ֗קֶרand morning
uvokerH1242 →214 times
וּרְאִיתֶם֙and you will see
ureitemH7200 →1300 times
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
כְּב֣וֹד[the] glory of
kevodH3519 →200 times
יְהוָ֔הYahweh
yahwehH3068 →6520 times
בְּשָׁמְע֥וֹbecause has heard he
beshameoH8085 →1159 times
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
תְּלֻנֹּתֵיכֶ֖םgrumblings your
telunoteikhemH8519 →8 times
עַל־on
ʾal-H5921 →5755 times
יְהוָ֑הYahweh
yahwehH3068 →6520 times
וְנַ֣חְנוּand [are] we
venachnuH5168 →
מָ֔הwhat?
mahH4100 →752 times
כִּ֥יthat
kiH3588 →4482 times
תַלִּ֖ינוּyou will cause to grumble
talonuH3885 →84 times
עָלֵֽינוּ׃on us
ʾaleinuH5921 →5755 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
John 11:40Jesus replied, “Did I not tell you that if you believed, you would see the glory of God?”
it leads to
- John 11:4
When Jesus heard this, He said, “This sickness will not end in death. No, it is for the glory of God, so that the Son of God may be glorified through it.”
- John 11:23–26
“Your brother will rise again,” Jesus told her.
- Romans 4:17–25
As it is written: “I have made you a father of many nations.” He is our father in the presence of God, in whom he believed, the God who gives life to the dead…
- Psalms 63:2
So I have seen You in the sanctuary and beheld Your power and glory.
- John 1:14
The Word became flesh and made His dwelling among us. We have seen His glory, the glory of the one and only Son from the Father, full of grace and truth.
- John 11:4
Through
John 11:4When Jesus heard this, He said, “This sickness will not end in death. No, it is for the glory of God, so that the Son of God may be glorified through it.”
it leads to
- John 11:40
Jesus replied, “Did I not tell you that if you believed, you would see the glory of God?”
- John 9:3
Jesus answered, “Neither this man nor his parents sinned, but this happened so that the works of God would be displayed in him.
- John 11:40
Through
Isaiah 40:5And the glory of the LORD will be revealed, and all humanity together will see it. For the mouth of the LORD has spoken.”
it leads to
- Habakkuk 2:14
For the earth will be filled with the knowledge of the glory of the LORD as the waters cover the sea.
- Habakkuk 2:14
Where this verse is studied
About Exodus
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); Justin Martyr, Dialogue with Trypho, Chapter LXI; Justin Martyr, Dialogue with Trypho, Chapter 61; Keil and Delitzsch, Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament: The Pentateuch and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.