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Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Song of Solomon 7:1-9

The title which Jesus Christ here gives to the church is new: O prince's daughter! agreeing with Ps. 45:13; where she is called the king's daughter. She is so in respect of her new birth, born from above, begotten of God, and his workmanship, bearing the image of the King of kings, and guided by his Spirit. She is so by marriage; Christ, by betrothing her to himself, though he found her mean and despicable, has made her a prince's daughter. She has a princely disposition, something in her... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Song of Solomon 7:9

And the roof of thy mouth like the best wine ,.... Which may intend, either her taste, as the word is rendered in Song of Solomon 2:3 ; by which she can distinguish good wine from bad, truth from error; or her breath, sweet and of a good smell, like the best wine; the breathings of her soul in prayer, which are sweet odours, perfumed with the incense of Christ's mediation; or rather her speech, the words of her mouth; the roof of the mouth being an instrument of speech; the same word is... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Song of Solomon 7:9

The roof of thy mouth like the best wine - The voice or conversation of the spouse is most probably what is meant. Causing the lips of those that are asleep to speak - As good wine has a tendency to cause the most backward to speak fluently when taken in moderation; so a sight of thee, and hearing the charms of thy conversation, is sufficient to excite the most taciturn to speak, and even to become eloquent in thy praises. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Song of Solomon 7:6-9

( Song of the bridegroom rejoicing over the bride. ) How fair and how pleasant art thou, O love, for delights! This thy stature is like to a palm tree, and thy breasts to clusters of grapes. I said, I will climb up into the palm tree, I will take hold of the branches thereof: let thy breasts be as clusters of the vine, and the smell of thy breath like apples; and thy mouth like the best wine, that goeth down smoothly for my beloved, gliding through the lips of them that are asleep. The... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Song of Solomon 7:6-13

Dialogue between the king and the bride. I. ENTRANCE OF THE KING . 1 . His praise of love. Perhaps the last words of the chorus were overheard by the king as he approached the bride. He assents; he is content to be held captive in the tresses of the bride's hair; for love is fair and pleasant above all delightful' things. The bridegroom is not here using the word with which he so often addresses the bride (as in So Song of Solomon 1:9 ; Song of Solomon 4:1 ; Song of... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Song of Solomon 7:9

The sweetness of speech. The figurative language here employed by the royal lover to eulogize the voice and the utterances of the bride is to our colder and more measured habits of thought Oriental extravagance. Yet it is in harmony with the highly coloured character of the book as a whole. And human speech does often awaken within the heart emotions not easily expressed in cool and justifiable panegyric. The human voice is of all music the sweetest, and speech is sweeter even than song,... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Song of Solomon 7:6-10

A brief dialogue; Song of Solomon 7:6-9 are spoken by the king, Song of Solomon 7:9 and Song of Solomon 7:10 by the bride.Song of Solomon 7:6A general sentiment.How fair, and what a charm hast thou,O love! Among delightsome things!Compare Song of Solomon 2:7, note; Song of Solomon 8:6-7, note.Song of Solomon 7:7This thy stature - The king now addresses the bride, comparing her to palm, vine, and apple-tree for nobility of form and pleasantness of fruit; and the utterances of her mouth to... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Song of Solomon 7:9

Song of Solomon 7:9. The roof of thy mouth Thy speech, the palate being one of the principal instruments of speech; like the best wine Grateful and refreshing; for my beloved Who reapest the comfort and benefit of that pleasure which I take in thee. Causing the lips, &c., to speak The most dull, and stupid, and sleepy persons to speak. read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Song of Solomon 7:1-13

6:4-8:14 THE STRENGTH OF TRUE LOVEDesires for each other (6:4-7:13)Using language that he has used before, the man again praises the girl’s loveliness (4-7; cf. 4:1-3). The nation’s most beautiful women may have been chosen for the palace harem, but they must look with envy upon the beauty of the lovely farm girl who is his beloved (8-10). In a brief parenthesis that follows, the two lovers are reminded of an occasion when they met on the farm. The girl was carried away by her lover’s charms as... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Song of Solomon 7:9

the roof of thy mouth = the palate. Put by Figure of speech Metonymy (of Adjunct), App-6 , for speech. wine. Hebrew. yayin. App-27 . the lips of those that are asleep = slumbering lips. read more

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