Song of Solomon 2:12-13 KJV

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Song of Solomon 2:8-17

The bride relates to the chorus a visit which the beloved had paid her some time previously in her native home. He on a fair spring morning solicits her company. The bride, immersed in rustic toils, refuses for the present, but confessing her love, bids him return at the cool of day. It is a spring-time of affection which is here described, still earlier than that of the former chapter, a day of pure first-love, in which, on either side, all royal state and circumstance is forgotten or... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Song of Solomon 2:10-13

Song of Solomon 2:10-13. My beloved spake Invited me outwardly by his word, and inwardly by his Spirit. Rise up, my love Shake off sloth, and disentangle thyself more fully from all the snares of this world. And come away Unto me, and with me; follow me fully, serve me perfectly, labour for a nearer union, and more satisfying communion with me. The winter is past Spiritual troubles, arising from a deep sense of the guilt of sin, the wrath of God, the curse of the law; all which made... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Song of Solomon 2:8-17

2:8-6:3 MEMORIES AND DREAMSSpringtime and night-time (2:8-3:5)A fresh poem begins with the girl’s recalling the coming of her shepherd-lover across the hills to visit her at her house (8-9). She remembers his words as he invited her to go with him to visit the fields and vineyards, where the dreariness of winter had passed and the new life of spring was bursting out (10-15). But now she is alone again and he is in the fields looking after his sheep. She longs for the day when he will return to... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Song of Solomon 2:12

on the earth = in the fields. voice: i.e. cooing. turtle = turtle-dove. A migratory bird (Jeremiah 8:7 ). read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Song of Solomon 2:13

putteth forth = sweetens or ripens. with the tender grape = blossoms. give = they give. my love = friend. Hebrew. ra'yah, as in Song of Solomon 2:2 . See note on Song of Solomon 1:9 . Feminine. Showing that the shepherd is speaking to the Shulamite. read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Song of Solomon 2:13

Song of Solomon 2:13. The fig-tree putteth forth, &c.— The fig-tree giveth sweetness to her green figs. The fig-trees in Judaea bear double crops, the first of which is ripe in spring. פגיה paggeiha, signifies the unripe fig. The word חנט chanat, which we render putteth forth, properly signifies to preserve with aromatics. By a metaphor it is applied to fruits, and implies to maturate or sweeten. Several of the versions, both ancient and modern, read the vines in blossom, instead of the... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Song of Solomon 2:12

12. flowers—tokens of anger past, and of grace come. "The summoned bride is welcome," say some fathers, "to weave from them garlands of beauty, wherewith she may adorn herself to meet the King." Historically, the flowers, c., only give promise the fruit is not ripe yet; suitable to the preaching of John the Baptist, "The kingdom of heaven is at hand"; not yet fully come. the time of . . . singing—the rejoicing at the advent of Jesus Christ. GREGORY NYSSENUS refers the voice of the turtledove to... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Song of Solomon 2:13

13. putteth forth—rather, "ripens," literally, "makes red" [MAURER]. The unripe figs, which grow in winter, begin to ripen in early spring, and in June are fully matured [WEISS]. vines with the tender grape—rather, "the vines in flower," literally, "a flower," in apposition with "vines" [MAURER]. The vine flowers were so sweet that they were often put, when dried, into new wine to give it flavor. Applicable to the first manifestations of Jesus Christ, "the true Vine," both to the Church and to... read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Song of Solomon 2:1-17

1. She compares herself to a simple wild flower, the crocus (RM) of Sharon. The plain, which extended from Joppa to Cæsarea, was proverbial for its flowers (Isaiah 35:2), and travellers continue to revert to this feature: ’We constantly had reason to admire the faint harmonious colouring of the wild flowers on the untilled plain. Cæsarea was surrounded by fields of the yellow marigold. Other flowers were also conspicuous—the red pheasant’s eye, in some cases as big as a poppy; blue pimpernels,... read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Song of Solomon 2:8-17

A Visit and an Invitation8-13 After an interval she relates one of his visits to her home. He comes swiftly and easily; hills and mountains are no obstacle. He stands behind the wall of her mother’s house, and she gazes at him through the lattice, for she has seen his approach from afar. The unglazed, latticed windows of an Oriental house admits air and a softened light, allow those within to see out, and prevent their being observed from outside. 10. He would have her accompany him to the open... read more

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Song of Solomon 2:8-17

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Song of Solomon 2:10-13

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Song of Solomon 2:8-17

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Song of Solomon 2:12

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Song of Solomon 2:13

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Song of Solomon 2:13

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Song of Solomon 2:12

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Song of Solomon 2:13

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Song of Solomon 2:1-17

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Song of Solomon 2:8-17

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