Song of Solomon 4:8-9

James Gray's Concise Bible Commentary - Song of Solomon 4:1-16

Acts 2:0 , SCENE 1 This scene embraces the first four verses of chapter 2, and is a soliloquy of the bride in the nature of a troubled dream troubled because of anxiety for her lover’s safety in the chase. It is emblematical of the temporary interruption experienced in the fellowship of Christ’s people with their Lord. Acts 3:0 , SCENE 1 We are here dealing with the events of Song of Solomon 3:5-11 of this same chapter, and which are supposed to have occurred on the third morning. The royal... read more

Joseph Parker

The People's Bible by Joseph Parker - Song of Solomon 4:8

The Invitations of Christ Son 4:8 We cannot understand the Song of Solomon until we completely master this verse. The whole song will be to us a romance, a hazy picture; invested indeed with great fascination of words, but wholly without definiteness of meaning until the spirit of this exclamation is really comprehended. This is the opinion of the most competent literal critics and also of the most gifted spiritual interpreters. The text ought to be set out in distinct black type, in the very... read more

Robert Hawker

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary - Song of Solomon 4:8

Come with me from Lebanon, my spouse, with me from Lebanon: look from the top of Amana, from the top of Shenir and Hermon, from the lions' dens, from the mountains of the leopards. I would have the Reader observe in this verse how Jesus calls his church by a new name, not before made use of in the Song, namely, his Spouse: perhaps in allusion to what was said before, the day of his espousals. Song of Solomon 3:11 . It is blessed to observe in this, as well as the several other tender names by... read more

Robert Hawker

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary - Song of Solomon 4:9

Thou hast ravished my heart, my sister, my spouse; thou hast ravished my heart with one of thine eyes, with one chain of thy neck. The Lord Jesus continues the same strain of affection in this verse as in the former, and here adds another title, that of sister to his beloved, to testify his relationship. Indeed the Lord Christ fills all. And he speaks of his endearments by reason of her beauty. Yea, his whole heart and soul seems to be going out in expressions of his love, as one perfectly... read more

George Haydock

George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary - Song of Solomon 4:8

Thou. Hebrew, "look from." --- Libanus. So Jerusalem is called, Zacharias xi. 3. (Ribera) (Menochius) --- Amana. Septuagint, "faith." By it and charity, we must do good. (St. Augustine, Psalm lxvii.) Amanus separates Cilicia from Syria. --- Sanir is the name given by the Phenicians to Hermon, (Eusebius) beyond the Jordan, 1 Paralipomenon v. 23. --- Leopards. It is not fit for women to hunt such beasts. Ovid (Met. x. 10.) thus speaks of Venus: Nuda genu, vestemque ritu succincta Dian'e6,... read more

George Haydock

George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary - Song of Solomon 4:9

Wounded. Symmachus, "given." Septuagint, Protestants, "ravished." Mystic writers suppose, that the spouse had been guilty of some negligence; or, on the contrary, that her deportment was most enchanting, bent on God, and on good works. (Calmet) --- Sister. So Assuerus styles himself brother of Esther, xv. 12. Christ died for the unity of his Church. (Menochius) read more

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on the Bible - Song of Solomon 4:8-15

8-15 Observe the gracious call Christ gives to the church. It is, 1. A precept; so this is Christ's call to his church to come off from the world. These hills seem pleasant, but there are in them lions' dens; they are mountains of the leopards. 2. As a promise; many shall be brought as members of the church, from every point. The church shall be delivered from her persecutors in due time, though now she dwells among lions, Psalms 57:4. Christ's heart is upon his church; his treasure is therein;... read more

Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann - Song of Solomon 4:8-16

The Ravishing Love of the Church v. 8. Come with Me from Lebanon, My spouse, His affianced bride, with Me from Lebanon, here representing a mountainous and inhospitable country. Look from the top of Amana, from the top of Shenir and Hermon, all three peaks being in the Anti-Lebanon range, from the lions' dens, from the mountains of the leopards, or panthers, where beasts of prey proved a constant menace to the traveler. v. 9. Thou hast ravished My heart, robbing Him of His heart by the... read more

Johann Peter Lange

Lange's Commentary on the Holy Scriptures: Critical, Doctrinal and Homiletical - Song of Solomon 4:1-16

3. Solomon to Shulamith at the wedding entertainment, Song of Solomon 4:1-6.Song of Solomon 4:1. Lo, thou art fair, my dear, etc.—The verbal correspondence of this praise of Solomon’s beauty with Song of Solomon 1:15 is designed as in Song of Solomon 6:4 (and so in Song of Solomon 6:10; Song of Solomon 8:5 comp. with Song of Solomon 3:6) to direct attention to Solomon as again the speaker of these words. And it follows with great probability that the person addressed is likewise the same as... read more

G. Campbell Morgan

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible - Song of Solomon 4:1-15

III. The Actual Betrothal (Song of Solomon 3:6-11; Son 4:1-15 ) 1. The Singer ( Son 3:6-11 ). The Coming of Solomon. 2. Solomon ( Son 4:1-15 ). The Proposal. read more