Song of Solomon 3:2, Song of Solomon 3:3 KJV

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Song of Solomon 3:2

2. Wholly awake for God (Luke 14:18-20; Ephesians 5:14). "An honest resolution is often to (the doing of) duty, like a needle that draws the thread after it" [DURHAM]. Not a mere wish, that counts not the cost—to leave her easy bed, and wander in the dark night seeking Him (Proverbs 13:4; Matthew 21:30; Luke 14:27-33). the city—Jerusalem, literally (Matthew 3:5; John 1:19), and spiritually the Church here (John 1:19- :), in glory (Revelation 21:2). broad ways—open spaces at the gates of Eastern... read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Song of Solomon 3:1-11

Night Thoughts and an Interlude1-4. There is a charming lightness of touch and quickness of movement in the story she tells, and it is all the more interesting for our having to supply the prosaic connecting links. ’The Unrest of Love’ is an apt title. We can only understand it as a maiden’s dream.2. The broad ways are what we should call the squares; wide, open spaces by the city gates and elsewhere. 4. The ’mother’s house’ is the women’s apartments, into which a strange man dare not... read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Dictionary of Texts - Song of Solomon 3:1-11

Seeking the Beloved Song of Solomon 3:1 We so often ask and do not receive: we so often seek and do not find. And yet our Lord, the Eternal Truth and the Eternal Wisdom says, 'Every one that asketh, receiveth, and he that seeketh, findeth'. How can these things be? I. The very words of the Bride here will help us. When did she seek? 'By night:' that is, in the time of affliction. 'By night:' that is, not before the night. When everything then went well and; smoothly, she did not seek: when... read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Bible Commentary - Song of Solomon 3:1-11

TRUE LOVE TESTEDSong of Solomon 1:1-17; Song of Solomon 2:1-17; Song of Solomon 3:1-11; Song of Solomon 4:1-16; Song of Solomon 5:1THE poem opens with a scene in Solomon’s palace. A country maiden has just been introduced to the royal harem. The situation is painful enough in itself, for the poor, shy girl is experiencing the miserable loneliness of finding herself in an unsympathetic crowd. But that is not all. She is at once the object of general observation; every eye is turned towards her;... read more

Arno Clemens Gaebelein

Arno Gaebelein's Annotated Bible - Song of Solomon 3:1-11

CHAPTER 3 The scene changes. The bride is now alone and in the darkness of the night. She is seeking her Beloved and is unable to find Him. Her heart is filled with the same love she exhibits in the previous chapter, but the joy and comfort she lacks. We see her walking through the streets and in the broadways, looking for Him whom her soul loveth; she sought Him but found Him not; Then the watchmen of the night which pass through the street came across the seeking one and she eagerly... read more

John Calvin

Geneva Study Bible - Song of Solomon 3:2

3:2 I will rise now, and go about the city in the streets, and in the broad ways I will {b} seek him whom my soul loveth: I sought him, but I found him not.(b) Showing that although we are not heard at first, yet we must still continue in prayer, till we feel comfort. read more

James Gray

James Gray's Concise Bible Commentary - Song of Solomon 3:1-11

Acts 2:0 , SCENE 1 This scene embraces the first four verses of chapter 2, and is a soliloquy of the bride in the nature of a troubled dream troubled because of anxiety for her lover’s safety in the chase. It is emblematical of the temporary interruption experienced in the fellowship of Christ’s people with their Lord. Acts 3:0 , SCENE 1 We are here dealing with the events of Song of Solomon 3:5-11 of this same chapter, and which are supposed to have occurred on the third morning. The royal... read more

Joseph Parker

The People's Bible by Joseph Parker - Song of Solomon 3:1-11

Sowing and Reaping Song of Song of Solomon 2:0 and Song of Song of Solomon 3:0 There is something very remarkable in the sweet words, "Arise, my love, my fair one, and come away" ( Son 2:13 ). Wherever we find these words we should be gratified with their music, their simplicity, their human tenderness. When we apply them to Jesus Christ they are invested with new and large significance. Jesus Christ is always calling his Church away to some higher altitude, to some greener pasture, or by... read more

Robert Hawker

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary - Song of Solomon 3:2

I will rise now, and go about the city in the streets, and in the broad ways I will seek him whom my soul loveth: I sought him, but I found him not. The streets and broad ways here spoken of, into which the church, resolves to go in quest of Jesus, I should apprehend mean the public Ordinances of worship in the Lord's house of prayer. She had sought him in private prayer by night on her bed; but this mode being unsuccessful, she hastens with greater diligence to seek him, whom her soul loved,... read more

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on the Bible - Song of Solomon 3:1-5

1-5 It was hard to the Old Testament church to find Christ in the ceremonial law; the watchmen of that church gave little assistance to those who sought after him. The night is a time of coldness, darkness, and drowsiness, and of dim apprehensions concerning spiritual things. At first, when uneasy, some feeble efforts are made to obtain the comfort of communion with Christ. This proves in vain; the believer is then roused to increased diligence. The streets and broad-ways seem to imply the... read more