Song of Solomon 5:4

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Song of Solomon 5:4

put in his hand, &c. = withdrew his hand. Hebrew "sent away his hand from the hole". So the Septuagint and Rashbam. my bowels were moved for him = my heart was disquieted within me. for him. Many codices read "within me". read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Song of Solomon 5:4

Song of Solomon 5:4. Put in his hand by the hole of the door— Through the opening of the door. read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Song of Solomon 5:4

4. A key in the East is usually a piece of wood with pegs in it corresponding to small holes in a wooden bolt within, and is put through a hole in the door, and thus draws the bolt. So Jesus Christ "puts forth His hand (namely, His Spirit, Ezekiel 3:14), by (Hebrew, 'from,' so in Ezekiel 3:14- :) the hole"; in "chastening" (Psalms 38:2; Revelation 3:14-22, singularly similar to this passage), and other unexpected ways letting Himself in (Luke 22:61; Luke 22:62). bowels . . . moved for him—It is... read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Song of Solomon 5:2-9

A Dream. His Beauty and hers2-7. Another dream of hers, with a painful ending. The accumulation (Song of Solomon 5:2) of names of endearment reminds us of the frequent repetition, by a Palestinian bridegroom during the wedding dance, of Yâ halâli, Yâ mâli, ’ O my property, ’Omy possession!’2. Heavy dew falls, especially during spring and in the second half of the night. The Spanish poet whom Longfellow translated had in his mind our passage and Revelation 3:20:’Lord, what am I, that, with... read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Song of Solomon 5:2-16

A Dream. His Beauty and hers2-7. Another dream of hers, with a painful ending. The accumulation (Son 5:2) of names of endearment reminds us of the frequent repetition, by a Palestinian bridegroom during the wedding dance, of Yâ halâli, Yâ mâli, ' O my property, 'Omy possession!'2. Heavy dew falls, especially during spring and in the second half of the night. The Spanish poet whom Longfellow translated had in his mind our passage and Revelation 3:20 :'Lord, what am I, that, with unceasing... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Song of Solomon 5:4

(4) By the hole—i.e., through (Heb. min), as in Song of Solomon 2:9. The hole is the aperture made in the door above the lock for the insertion of the hand with the key. The ancient lock was probably like the one in use in Palestine now. It consists of a hollow bolt or bar, which passes through a staple fixed to the door and into the door-post. In the staple are a number of movable pins, which drop into corresponding holes in the bolt when it is pushed home, and the door is then locked. To... read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Dictionary of Texts - Song of Solomon 5:1-16

The Incomparableness of Christ Song of Solomon 5:9 'What is thy Beloved more than another beloved?' Wherein is Christ incomparable? I. Christ is Incomparable in the Inquiries He Excites. There must be something in our Beloved that is more than another beloved when such interrogatories are urged upon us. Commonplaceness does not arrest attention. Mediocrity does not challenge comparison. Ordinary personalities do not normally create extraordinary excitement. But our Beloved is much inquired... read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Bible Commentary - Song of Solomon 5:1-8

LOVE UNQUENCHABLESong of Solomon 5:1-8WE have seen how this strange poem mingles fact and fancy, memory and reverie, in what would be hopeless confusion if we could not detect a common prevailing sentiment and one aim towards which the whole is tending, with all its rapidly shifting scenes and all its perplexing varying movements. The middle of the poem attains a perfect climax of love and rapture. Then we are suddenly transported to an entirely different scene. The Shulammite recites a second... read more

Arno Clemens Gaebelein

Arno Gaebelein's Annotated Bible - Song of Solomon 5:1-16

CHAPTER 5 The Bridegroom answers the invitation extended to Him when the bride had said, “Let my Beloved come into His (not her) garden.” He says, “I am come into My garden, My sister, My spouse.” She is both “sister and spouse.” When He speaks of her as sister, He owns the national relationship. In Matthew 12:46-50 He disowned that relationship because they rejected the offer of the kingdom, but now it is reestablished and the godly portion of Israel becomes the spouse. In His garden, the... read more

James Gray

James Gray's Concise Bible Commentary - Song of Solomon 5:1-16

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