Song of Solomon 2:14 NIV

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Song of Solomon 2:14-17

Here is, I. The encouraging invitation which Christ gives to the church, and every believing soul, to come into communion with him, Song 2:14. 1. His love is now his dove; David had called the church God's turtle-dove (Ps. 74:19), and so she is here called; a dove for beauty, her wings covered with silver (Ps. 68:13), for innocence and inoffensiveness; a gracious spirit is a dove-like spirit, harmless, loving quietness and cleanliness, and faithful to Christ, as the turtle to her mate. The... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Song of Solomon 2:14

O my dove ,.... An epithet sometimes used by lovers F17 "Mea columba", Plauti Casina, Act. 1. Sc. 1. v. 50. Doves were birds of Venus; her chariot was drawn by them, Chartar. de Imag. Deor. p. 218. Vid. Apulci Metamorph. l. 6. , and is a new title Christ gives to his church, to express his affection for her and interest in her; and to draw her out of her retirement, to go along with him. The dove is a creature innocent and harmless, beautiful, cleanly, and chaste; sociable and... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Song of Solomon 2:14

My dove - in the clefts of the rock - He compares his bride hiding herself in her secret chambers and closets to a dove in the clefts of the rock. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Song of Solomon 2:8-17

The visit of the beloved. I. THE BRIDE 'S NARRATIVE . 1 . The description of his first coming. The bride seems to be relating to the chorus the circumstances of her first meeting with the bridegroom. The King of Israel sought her in her humble home among the mountains of Lebanon; there he wooed and won her to be his bride. So the heavenly Bridegroom, the true Solomon who built the spiritual temple of living stones, came from his glory throne to seek his bride, the Church; so he... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Song of Solomon 2:8-17

The soul wooed and won. In this lovely pastoral the literal meaning is, we think, as stated in introduction to homily on Song of Solomon 2:15 . But it may be taken as setting forth how Christ woes and wins the souls he loves. The various stages are shown. I. THE SOUL HEARS HIS VOICE . "The voice of my Beloved" ( Song of Solomon 2:8 ). It is as said in John 10:1-42 ; "My sheep hear my voice." They hear it in the loving exhortations of those who would win them for... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Song of Solomon 2:14

O my dove, that art in the clefts of the rock, in the covert of the steep places, let me see thy countenance, let me hear thy voice; for sweet is thy voice, and thy countenance is comely. The wood pigeon builds in clefts of rocks and in steep rocky places (see Jeremiah 48:28 ; and cf. Psalms 74:19 ; Psalms 56:1 ; Hosea 7:11 ). The bridegroom is still addressing his beloved one, who has not yet come forth from the house in the rocks, though she has shown herself at the window. The... read more

Albert Barnes

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 2:14

Song of Solomon 2:14. O my dove So the church is called, for her dove-like temper, and for her dove-like condition, because she is weak, and exposed to persecution, and therefore forced to hide herself in rocks; in the secret places of the stairs In the holes of craggy and broken rocks, which resemble stairs. Let me see thy countenance Be not afraid to appear before me; let me hear thy voice Thy prayers and praises. For sweet is thy voice, &c. Thy person and services are amiable... 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 2:14

secret places of the stairs = the hiding places of the cliff. read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Song of Solomon 2:14-17

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Song of Solomon 2:14

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Song of Solomon 2:14

The Pulpit Commentary - Song of Solomon 2:8-17

The Pulpit Commentary - Song of Solomon 2:8-17

The Pulpit Commentary - Song of Solomon 2:14

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 2:14

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

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Song of Solomon 2:14

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