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who does not create disturbance ; the quiet , who bears with tran- quility the disturbances caused by others, whether superiors, inferiors, or equals : to the former the end of ver. 5 has reference ; to the latter, the end of ver. 6. Moreover the meek is shown by his affections ; the quiet , in words, countenance, and mode of acting.— o, which ) The incorruptible. — svukiov rou ©sou, in the sight of God) who looks to in- ward, and not outward things : whom the righteous strive to please.
5. A / ay/a/ yuva/k sg, the holy women) most worthy of imitation. — a/ iX</r/£owefc/, who hoped) Hope in God is true holiness. This epithet is a part of the subject. — uvrorao'o'o/Asva/, being in subjection) The adorn- ing of the matrons in the old time is explained by the words, being in subjection (of which subjection Sara is an example), doing well , and not fearing , etc.
6. *fic, even as) The particle u^ed in bringing forward an example. — uflTjjxoutf*, obeyed) Gen. xviii. 6. — xvpiov, lord) Gen. xviii. 12, Sep- tuagint, 6 5s xvpiog /uov. Also 1 Sam. i. 8 : %a / s ivrev avrjj ’EXxavoi 6 uv7ip avrrjg, "A v\cr %at s/Vsv, idov iyu xvpiv z/tfzv uvrfj, rt s<rri ffoi on xXa/s/g ; And Elkanah her husband said to her , Hannah ! and she said , Here am I, my lord : and he said , why weepest thou ? — ai >r'ov, him) although he was born of the same father: Gen.xx. 12. — lyfv^jjrg, ye have become) he says ; not ye are [as Engl. Vers.] He addresses those that believe even of the Gentiles. — rsxva, daughters) Daughters ought to imitate their mother, as the sons Abraham. — a yudo^oiovcai, doing well) This also depends upon adorned [ver. 5; Engl. Vers, differently]. — xai /xYi, and not) Comp. ver. 13, 16, 15. You need fear no man in doing what is right. — <po(3ovfiswi , fearing) Anger assails men, fear women. — atoj jc/v, [fluttering] terror) coming upon them from without; ver. 14, note. Prov. iii. 25, Septuagint : Kai ou <po(3r)dijff?j nroriGiv zxzXOovfiar And thou shalt not be afraid of sudden terror.
7. 'Ofioiug, in like manner) The likeness does not refer to special duties, some of which belong to the wife, and others to the husband ; but to the foundation of love : thus, in like manner , ch. v. 5. — yvuoiv, knowledge) The master shows gentleness , ch. ii. 18 ; the husband yvuxfiv. Tvuffjg, which has regard to the weaker vessel , implies modera- tion, and produces •yvt&finv [ judgment , kindly judiciousness , friendly advice ] ; respecting which word, see 1 Cor. vii. 25, note. Therefore it excludes all violence, by which the weaker are struck with terror [ver. 6], especially that caused by anger. Adam furnished a re- markable example of the dominion exercised by a husband tempered with moderation, who himself gave name to his wife, and gave her the power of naming her children. — us, as) It is twice used here : in the
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