Song of Solomon 7:13 NIV

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Song of Solomon 7:13

give a smell = diffuse their fragrance. our gates = our gateways. laid up = reserved. read more

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Song of Solomon 7:13

Song of Solomon 7:13. The mandrakes give a smell— The New Translation renders it in general, The finest flowers give their fragrance. See Genesis 30:14. The next clause may be rendered, And in our hoards are all kinds of delicious fruits, new gathered, as well as old. The gates in Judges were usually large buildings, and we may suppose the repository for fruits was either over them, or near them. Houbigant would read it, And amongst our golden apples (or citrons) are many sweet ones, as well... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Song of Solomon 7:13

13. mandrakes—Hebrew, dudaim, from a root meaning "to love"; love apples, supposed to exhilarate the spirits and excite love. Only here and :-. Atropa mandragora of LINNÆUS; its leaves like lettuce, but dark green, flowers purple, root forked, fruit of the size of an apple, ruddy and sweet-smelling, gathered in wheat harvest, that is, in May (Mariti, ii. 195). gates—the entrance to the kiosk or summer house. Love "lays up" the best of everything for the person beloved (1 Corinthians 10:31;... read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Song of Solomon 7:1-13

1-6. The wasf begins with a eulogy of her dancing: her steps in sandals (RV) are lovely, and the circling movements of her body are graceful as ornamental chains. In Eastern dancing the twisting and vibration of the body are of more consequence than the rapid movement of the feet. The title ’noble’s daughter’ may be merely a conventional compliment, or it may point to the dignity of her character: cp. ’a daughter of Belial,’ 1 Samuel 1:16. 2. The Talmud states that the proportions for mixed... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Song of Solomon 7:13

(13) Mandrakes.—Heb. dûdaîm = love-apples. Suggested probably by the word loves immediately preceding, as well as the qualities ascribed to the plant, for which see Note, Genesis 30:14. read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Dictionary of Texts - Song of Solomon 7:1-13

I Said, I Will Go Up to the Palm-Tree (Palm Sunday) Song of Solomon 7:8 It is worth while noticing how often expressions of faith, and hope, resolution, and penitence, begin with that 'I said'. We begin by saying the doing is a very different matter. Our Lord's was doing first, and saying afterwards: 'the former treatise have I made of all that Jesus began both to do and to teach'. I. 'I said, I will go up to the palm-tree.' None ever doubted that by this palm-tree is meant the Cross. It is as... read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Bible Commentary - Song of Solomon 7:1-13

MYSTICAL INTERPRETATIONSTHUS far we have been considering the bare, literal sense of the text. It cannot be denied that, if only to lead up to the metaphorical significance of the words employed, those words must be approached through their primary physical meanings. This is essential even to the understanding of pure allegory such as that of "The Faerie Queene" and "The Pilgrim’s Progress"; we must understand the adventures of the Red Cross Knight and the course of Christian’s journey before... read more

Arno Clemens Gaebelein

Arno Gaebelein's Annotated Bible - Song of Solomon 7:1-13

CHAPTER 7 The rapturous outburst in praise of the bride, the saved and glorified remnant of Israel, with which this chapter begins, must not be put into the lips of the bridegroom, the Messiah-King. It is the praise of the daughters of Jerusalem, who now recognize her as the beloved of the King. Her highest confession is found in this chapter. He begins to speak of her with Song of Solomon 7:6 , “How fair and pleasant art thou, my love, in delights.” She answers His expressions of love. “I am... read more

James Gray

James Gray's Concise Bible Commentary - Song of Solomon 7:1-13

Acts 4:0 , SCENE 1 This subsection corresponds to the afternoon of the fourth day, and carries us through chapter 6. The occasion looks like a formal visit of the bridegroom, with his courtiers, to the bride and her maids of honor. The place is a room in her future palace. Solomon begins his praises (Song of Solomon 6:4-12 ), when the bride rises to retire, but the courtiers beg her to remain (Song of Solomon 6:13 ). The ladies inquire, “What will ye see in the Shulamite?” or “Why do ye desire... read more

Joseph Parker

The People's Bible by Joseph Parker - Song of Solomon 7:1-13

Christ and His Church Song of Solomon 5-8 The Song has a double action: sometimes the Church praises Christ, and sometimes Christ praises the Church. The most noticeable feature is that the praise on both sides is equal. Not one word does the Church say of Christ that Christ does not in his turn say of the Church. So there is no idolatry in Christian worship when that worship is directed to God the Son. God the Son does not take from the Church all praise and honour without returning to his... read more