Song of Solomon 4:8-9

The Pulpit Commentary - Song of Solomon 4:9-15

Cur Deus homo? In these verses the beloved tells her whom he has come to deliver wherefore he would run all this risk and endure so much for her sake. And reading them as an allegory, we may take them as setting forth why and wherefore God became Man; why "he who was rich for our sakes became poor." And amongst these reasons are— I. HIS INTENSE LOVE FOR US . The speaker tells in Song of Solomon 4:9 how but a small portion of the beauty and of the adornments of her whom he... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Song of Solomon 4:8

The order and collocation of words in the Hebrew is grand and significant. With me from Lebanon, O bride, with me from Lebanon thou shalt come, shalt look around (or wander forth) from the height (literally “head”) of Amana, from the height of Shenir and Hermon, from dens of lions, from mountain-haunts of leopards. It is evidently a solemn invitation from the king in the sense of Psalms 45:10-11. Four peaks in the same mountain-system are here named as a poetical periphrasis for northern... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Song of Solomon 4:9-11

The similes employed refer to the graces of adornment, speech, and gesture, as expressions of inward character and sentiment.Song of Solomon 4:9With one of thine eyes - Rather, with one look of thine.Song of Solomon 4:11Honeycomb - literally, Thy lips distill a dropping (of pure honey). Compare the marginal references. read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Song of Solomon 4:8

Song of Solomon 4:8. Come with me Unto the mountain of myrrh, mentioned Song of Solomon 4:6. From Lebanon, my spouse This is the first time that Christ gives her this name, which he does both to oblige and encourage her to go with him. Look from the top of Amana To the place to which I invite thee to go, which from those high mountains thou mayest easily behold. From the mountains of the leopards From these or other mountains, which are inhabited by lions and leopards. This seems to... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Song of Solomon 4:9-10

Song of Solomon 4:9-10. My sister, my spouse So he calls her to show the greatness of his love, which could not sufficiently be expressed by any one relation. With one of thine eyes With one glance. One chain of thy neck With one of those other graces and perfections wherewith thou art adorned. How fair is thy love How amiable and acceptable to me. The smell of thine ointments Of the gifts and graces of God’s Spirit, wherewith thou art anointed. read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Song of Solomon 4:1-16

A wedding procession (3:6-5:1)As the wedding day approaches, the girl pictures the coming of the bridegroom for her as a royal wedding procession - King Solomon in all his glory coming to this humble country town to claim his bride. She pictures the scene as the procession approaches amid clouds of perfumed incense. The centre of attraction is the king himself, carried on his gold and silver carriage and surrounded by fully armed royal guards in brilliant uniforms (6-11).The bridegroom meets... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Song of Solomon 4:8

Come = Thou wilt come. Lebanon . . . Amana . . . Shenir . . . Hermon . . . the lions' dens , . . . the mountains of the leopards. He gives these names to Jerusalem and the royal residence. my spouse = my betrothed. lions . . . leopards: denote the king and his courtiers. Compare Ezekiel 19:7 ; Ezekiel 22:25 .Nahum 2:12 . read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Song of Solomon 4:9

ravished my heart = put heart into me. one. It was customary to unveil one eye in conversation. of: or round. read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Song of Solomon 4:9

THE APPEAL OF THE SHEPHERD LOVER"Thou hast ravished my heart, my sister, my bride;Thou hast ravished my heart with one of thine eyes (one look from thine eyes American Standard Version margin),With one chain of thy neck.How fair is thy love, my sister, my bride!How much better is thy love than wine!And the fragrance of thine oils than all manner of spices!Thy lips, O my bride, drop as the honeycomb:Honey and milk are under thy tongue:And the smell of thy garments is as the smell of Lebanon.A... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Song of Solomon 4:8

Song of Solomon 4:8. Come, &c.— Here begins the fourth day's eclogue, in which the bridegroom professes himself the bride's protector, &c. Song of Solomon 4:8, &c. In the first place, he gives the bride to understand that she is now under the cover of his protection, and is to apply to him only for relief under all dangers and difficulties. This, according to the Eastern manner, he does in the way of parable or figure; supposing her placed on the tops of mountains infested by wild... read more