Song of Solomon 5:2-7 NIV

The Pulpit Commentary - Song of Solomon 5:4

My beloved put in his hand by the hole of the door, and my heart was moved for him. The door hole is a part of the door pierced through at the upper part of the lock, or door bolt ( מִן־הַחוֹר ), that is, by the opening from without to within, or through the opening, as if, i.e; to open the door by pressing back the lock or bolt from within. There was some obstacle. He tailed to open it. It had not been left so that he could easily obtain admittance. The metaphor is very apt and... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Song of Solomon 5:5

I rose up to open to my beloved; and my hands dropped with myrrh, and my fingers with liquid myrrh, upon the handles of the bolt. The meaning seems to be that the lover had come to the door perfumed as if for a festival, and the costly ointment which he brought with him has dropped on the handles of the bolts. Similar allusions may be found in Lucretius and other heathen writers. This description is, of course, inapplicable to the shepherd theory. It would not be a rough country swain that... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Song of Solomon 5:6

I opened to my beloved; but my beloved had withdrawn himself, and was gone. My soul had failed me when he spake: I sought him, but I could not find him; I called him, but he gave me no answer. The meaning is this—The voice of my beloved struck my heart; but in the consciousness that I had estranged myself from him I could not openly meet him, I could not offer him mere empty excuses. Now I am made sensible of my own deficiency. I call after him. I long for his return, but it is in vain (cf.... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Song of Solomon 5:6

The dream of distress. No passage in the Canticles is more pathetic than this. Whilst the prevalent tone of the Song of Songs is a tone of joyful love, we meet here with the sentiment of anxious sorrow. We are reminded of the grief of Mary, when, on the resurrection-morn, she exclaimed, "They have taken away my Lord, and I know not where they have laid him." A true transcript of the moods to which experience is subject! And not without spiritual lessons which may be turned to true profit. ... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Song of Solomon 5:7

The watchmen that go about the city found me, they smote me, they wounded me; the keepers of the walls took away my mantle from me. The intention is to show into what evil she fell by having to seek her beloved instead of being with him. She is mistaken and misjudged; she is smitten and wounded with reproaches and false accusations, as though she were a guilty and evil minded woman. She is subjected to abuse and ill treatment from those who should be her guardians. She had hard work to... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Song of Solomon 5:2

Some time may be supposed to have elapsed since the bride’s solemn espousals with the king Song of Solomon 4:7-5:1. A transient cloud of doubt or estrangement is now passing over her soul, as by the relation of this dream she intimates to her friends. Ancient allegorical interpreters find here a symbol of the condition and feelings of Israel during the Babylonian captivity, when the glories and privileges of Solomon’s Temple were no more, and the manifested presence of the Holy One had been... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Song of Solomon 5:3

She makes trivial excuses, as one in a dream. read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Song of Solomon 5:4

Put in his hand - Through (literally “from”) the hole (of the lock), in order to raise the pins by which the bolt was fastened. The Oriental lock is a hollow piece of wood attached to the doorpost, into which a sliding-bolt is made to run. As soon as the bolt has been driven home a number of pins drop into holes prepared in it for their reception. To raise these pins, and so enable the bolt to be withdrawn, is to unfasten the lock. This is commonly done by means of the key (literally “opener”),... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Song of Solomon 5:5

Sweet smelling myrrh - Or (as in the margin) “running myrrh,” that which first and spontaneously exudes, i. e., the freshest, finest myrrh. Even in withdrawing he has left this token of his unchanged love. read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Song of Solomon 5:2

Song of Solomon 5:2. I sleep I was dull and sluggish; but my heart waketh Yet in my very sleep my thoughts run upon my beloved. It is the voice of my beloved Between sleeping and waking, I heard his voice; that knocketh By his word, and providence, and Spirit, at the door of my heart; saying, Open to me Inviting me to let him into my soul; my sister, my love, &c. This heap of kind compellations signifies Christ’s fervent affection to his people. My head is filled with dew ... read more

The Pulpit Commentary - Song of Solomon 5:4

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The Pulpit Commentary - Song of Solomon 5:6

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The Pulpit Commentary - Song of Solomon 5:7

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Song of Solomon 5:2

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Song of Solomon 5:3

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Song of Solomon 5:4

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Song of Solomon 5:5

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Song of Solomon 5:2

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