Bible Commentaries
Introduction
| 1 | The love of the church to Christ. | | 6 | The vehemency of love. | | 8 | The calling of the Gentiles. | | 14 | The church prays for Christ's coming. |
Verse 1
O that thou wert as my brother, that sucked the breasts of my mother! when I should find thee without, I would kiss thee; yea, I should not be despised.
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- that thou
- Isaiah 7:14; 9:6; Haggai 2:7; Zechariah 9:9; Malachi 3:1; Matthew 13:16,17; Luke 2:26-32,38; 10:23,24; 1 Timothy 3:16; Hebrews 2:11,12
- sucked
- Isaiah 66:11,12; Galatians 4:26
- find thee
- John 1:14; 3:13; 8:42; 13:3; 16:28; Hebrews 2:9-14; 9:26-28
- I would
- 1:2; Psalms 2:12; 45:10,11; Luke 7:45-48; 9:26; 12:8; John 7:46-52; John 9:25-38; Galatians 6:14; Philippians 3:3,7,8
- yea
- Psalms 51:17; 102:16,17; Mark 12:42-44; 14:6-9
- I should not be despised
- Heb. they should not despise me.
- Isaiah 60:14; Luke 10:16; 18:9; 1 Corinthians 1:28
Verse 2
I would lead thee, and bring thee into my mother's house, who would instruct me: I would cause thee to drink of spiced wine of the juice of my pomegranate.
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- bring
- 3:4; Galatians 4:26
- who
- Luke 16:29-31; John 5:39,46,47; Acts 17:11,12; 2 Timothy 3:15; 1 Peter 1:10-12; 2 Peter 1:19; Revelation 19:10
- I would cause
- 4:10-16; 5:1; 7:9,12
- spiced
- Proverbs 9:2
Verse 3
His left hand should be under my head, and his right hand should embrace me.
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- 2:6; Deuteronomy 33:27; Isaiah 62:4,5; 2 Corinthians 12:9
Verse 4
I charge you, O daughters of Jerusalem, that ye stir not up, nor awake my love, until he please.
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- charge
- 2:7; 3:5
- that ye stir not up, nor awake
- Heb. why should ye stir up, or, why awake, etc.
Verse 5
Who is this that cometh up from the wilderness, leaning upon her beloved? I raised thee up under the apple tree: there thy mother brought thee forth: there she brought thee forth that bare thee.
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- Who is this
- 3:6; 6:10
- from the
- 4:8; Psalms 45:10,11; 107:2-8; Isaiah 40:3; 43:19; Jeremiah 2:2; Revelation 12:6
- leaning
- 2 Chronicles 32:8; *marg:; Psalms 63:8; Isaiah 26:3,4; 36:6; Micah 3:11; John 13:23; Acts 27:23-25; 2 Corinthians 12:9,10; Ephesians 1:12,13; 1 Peter 1:21
- I raised
- 2:3; Hosea 12:4; John 1:48-51
- there she
- 1; 3:4,11; Isaiah 49:20-23; Romans 7:4; Galatians 4:19
Verse 6
Set me as a seal upon thine heart, as a seal upon thine arm: for love is strong as death; jealousy is cruel as the grave: the coals thereof are coals of fire, which hath a most vehement flame.
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- as a seal
- Exodus 28:9-12,21,29,30; Isaiah 49:16; Jeremiah 22:24; Haggai 2:23; Zechariah 3:9; 2 Timothy 2:19
- love
- 5:8; Psalms 42:1,2; 63:1; 84:2; John 21:15-19; Acts 20:24; 21:13; 2 Corinthians 5:14,15; Philippians 1:20-23; Revelation 12:11
- jealousy
- Numbers 5:14; 25:11; Deuteronomy 32:21; Proverbs 6:34; 2 Corinthians 11:2
- cruel
- Heb. hard. the coals.
- Psalms 120:4; Proverbs 25:22; Romans 12:20
Verse 7
Many waters cannot quench love, neither can the floods drown it: if a man would give all the substance of his house for love, it would utterly be contemned.
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- waters
- Isaiah 43:2; Matthew 7:24,25; Romans 8:28-39
- if a man
- Proverbs 6:31,35; Romans 13:8-10
Verse 8
We have a little sister, and she hath no breasts: what shall we do for our sister in the day when she shall be spoken for?
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- a little
- Ezekiel 16:46,55,56,61; 23:33; John 10:16; Acts 15:14-17; Romans 15:9-12
- she hath
- 10; 4:5; 7:3; Psalms 147:19,20; Acts 7:38; Romans 3:1,2; Ephesians 2:12
- what
- Psalms 2:8; 72:17-19; Isaiah 49:6; 60:1-5,10,11; Acts 10:1-48; 11:1-18; 16:9; Acts 22:21; 26:17,18; Romans 10:12-15; Ephesians 2:13-15,19-22
- in the day
- Luke 19:44; 1 Peter 2:12
Verse 9
If she be a wall, we will build upon her a palace of silver: and if she be a door, we will inclose her with boards of cedar.
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- a wall
- 2:9; Revelation 21:12-19
- we will
- Isaiah 58:12; 60:17; 61:4; Zechariah 6:12-15; Matthew 16:18; Acts 15:16; 1 Corinthians 3:10-12; Ephesians 2:20-22
- a door
- Acts 14:27
Verse 10
I am a wall, and my breasts like towers: then was I in his eyes as one that found favour.
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- a wall
- my
- 4:5; 7:3,4,7,8; Ezekiel 16:7
- then
- Genesis 6:8; Deuteronomy 7:7,8; Proverbs 3:4; Isaiah 60:10; Luke 1:30; Ephesians 1:6,8; 1 Timothy 1:16
- favour
- Heb. peace.
- Romans 5:1-10
Verse 11
Solomon had a vineyard at Baalhamon; he let out the vineyard unto keepers; every one for the fruit thereof was to bring a thousand pieces of silver.
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- Solomon
- Calmet thus translates these verses: "Solomon has a vineyard at Baal-hamon; he has let it out to keepers, each of whom for the fruit of it was to bring a thousand pieces of silver. As for me, my vineyard is before me; keep thyself, O Solomon, thy thousand pieces of silver," etc.
- had a
- 7:12; Ecclesiastes 2:4; Isaiah 5:1-7; Matthew 21:33-43; Mark 12:1
- he let
- Luke 20:9-18
- a thousand
- Genesis 20:16; Isaiah 7:23
Verse 12
My vineyard, which is mine, is before me: thou, O Solomon, must have a thousand, and those that keep the fruit thereof two hundred.
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- vineyard
- 1:6; Proverbs 4:23; Acts 20:28; 1 Timothy 4:15,16
- thou
- Psalms 72:17-19; Romans 14:7-9; 1 Corinthians 6:20; 2 Corinthians 5:15
- those
- 1 Thessalonians 2:19; 1 Timothy 5:17,18
Verse 13
Thou that dwellest in the gardens, the companions hearken to thy voice: cause me to hear it.
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- dwellest
- 2:13; 4:16; 6:2,11; 7:11,12; Matthew 18:20; 28:20; John 14:21-23
- the companions
- 1:7; 3:7-11; 5:9-16; Judges 11:38; 14:11; Psalms 45:14
- cause
- 2:14; Psalms 50:15; John 14:13,14; 15:7; 16:24
Verse 14
Make haste, my beloved, and be thou like to a roe or to a young hart upon the mountains of spices.
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- Make haste
- Heb. Flee away.
- 2:17; Luke 19:12; Philippians 1:23; Revelation 22:17,20
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Bibliography Information
Torrey, R. A. "Commentary on Song of Solomon 8:4". "The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge". http://odl.studylight.org/commentaries/tsk/song-of-solomon-8.html.
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