Song of Solomon 2:17

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 2:17

Until the day break, and the shadows flee away ,.... Which may be connected with Song of Solomon 2:16 ; either with the former part, "my beloved is mine", &c.; Song of Solomon 2:16 ; and then the sense is, as long as night and day continue, and God's covenant with both stands sure; so long union to Christ, and covenant interest in him, will abide: or with the latter part, "he feedeth among the lilies until", &c.; even until his second coming: or with the next clause in this... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Song of Solomon 2:17

Until the day break - Literally, until the day breathe; until the first dawn, which is usually accompanied with the most refreshing breezes. The shadows flee away - Referring to the evening or setting of the sun, at which all shadows vanish. The mountains of Bether - Translated also mountains of division, supposed to mean the mountains of Beth-horon. There was a place called Bithron, 2 Samuel 2:29 , on the other side of Jordan; and as the name signifies Partition, it might have... 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 2:17

Until the day be cool, and the shadows flee away, turn, my beloved, and be thou like a roe or a young hart upon the mountains of Bether. This is generally supposed to be the voice of the maiden addressing her suitor, and bidding him return in the evening, when the day cools, and when the lengthening shadows fall into night. Some have seen in such words a clear indication of a clandestine interview, and would find in them a confirmation of their hypothesis that the poem is founded on a... 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 2:17

Song of Solomon 2:17. Until the day-break Until the morning of that blessed day of the general resurrection, when all the shadows, not only of ignorance, and sin, and calamity, but even of all ordinances, and outward administrations, shall cease. Turn, my beloved Return to me. For although Christ had come to her, and she had gladly received him, yet he was gone again, as is here implied, and evidently appears from the following verse. Which sudden change is very agreeable to the state of... 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 2:17

Until the day break = When the day cools. This is clear from the words which follow. turn = return. Bether = separation. See note on Song of Solomon 8:14 . read more

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

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Song of Solomon 2:17

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Song of Solomon 2:17

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

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

The Pulpit Commentary - Song of Solomon 2:17

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 2:17

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

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Song of Solomon 2:17

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