Song of Solomon 5:16 NIV

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Song of Solomon 5:9-16

Here is, I. The question which the daughters of Jerusalem put to the spouse concerning her beloved, in answer to the charge she had given them, Song 5:9. Observe, 1. The respectful title they give to the spouse: O thou fairest among women! Our Lord Jesus makes his spouse truly amiable, not only in his eyes, but in the eyes of all the daughters of Jerusalem. The church is the most excellent society in the world, the communion of saints the best communion, and the beauty of the sanctuary a... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Song of Solomon 5:16

His mouth is most sweet ,.... Or sweetness itself F11 So γλυκερον στομα is used of lovers by Solon in Plutarch. in Erotica, p. 751. and in Apulei Apolog. p. 192. ; yea, "sweetnesses" F12 ממתקים "dulcedines", Pagninus, Montanus, Marckius, Michaelis. ; exceeding sweet. That is, the words of his month, the doctrines of the Gospel, the precious promises of it, the kind invitations given, and the comfortable things spoken in it; yea, the commands of Christ in his word are not... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Song of Solomon 5:16

His mouth is most sweet - His eloquence is great, and his voice is charming. Every word he speaks is sweetness, mildness, and benevolence itself. Then, her powers of description failing, and metaphor exhausted she cries out, "The whole of him is loveliness. This is my beloved, and this is my companion, O ye daughters of Jerusalem." read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Song of Solomon 5:9-16

The bride's praise of the bridegroom. I. THE QUESTION OF THE DAUGHTERS OF JERUSALEM . 1 . The bride. The bride is dreaming still. The chorus seem in her dream to address her again as they had done in So Song of Solomon 1:8 . She is still to them the fairest among women. They awe daughters of Jerusalem, the children of the kingdom; and to them the Church, which is the bride of Christ, must appear exceeding fair. She is not, alas! without spot or blemish now. She... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Song of Solomon 5:9-16

The personal excellences of Jesus. A man is always greater than his works, for his best work is only a part of himself. As there is more virtue in the tree than ever comes out in the fruit, so there is some quality in the man that has not come forth in his deed. The same is true in larger measure with respect to God. If there is sublimity in his works, how much more in himself! The redemptive work of Jesus is stupendous, yet his love is more stupendous still. That love of his was not... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Song of Solomon 5:11-16

His head is as the most fine gold, his locks are bushy, and black as a raven. His eyes are like doves beside the water brooks; washed with milk and fitly set. His cheeks are as a bed of spices, as banks of sweet herbs; his lips are as lilies, dropping liquid myrrh. His hands are as rings of gold set with beryl; his body is as ivory work overlaid with sapphires. His legs are as pillars of marble set upon sockets of fine gold. His aspect is like Lebanon, excellent as the cedars. His mouth is... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Song of Solomon 5:16

Altogether lovely. We apply these words to the Lord Jesus Christ, and affirm that they are true of him. May he grant us grace to see that they are so! And we remark— I. THAT WHETHER WE BELIEVE THEM OR NOT , THEY ARE ASSUREDLY TRUE . All generations have confessed them true. The hero of one age is not the hero of another; but Christ is the Beloved of all ages. Abraham saw his "day and was glad." Prophets and psalmists beheld him, and to them all it was a beatific... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Song of Solomon 5:16

Altogether lovely. In the verses from the tenth to the sixteenth, the bride sets forth in detail the excellences and the attractiveness of her spouse. In similitudes according with Oriental imagination she describes the charm of his person, and accounts for the fascination he exercises. And she sums up the characterization by the assertion that he is "altogether lovely"—"totus est desiderabilis, totus est amor." Augustine, in language dictated by the fervour of his heart, expresses the... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Song of Solomon 5:16

He is altogether lovely - literally, the whole of him desires or delights; the plural substantive expressing the notion of the superlative. Theodoret, applying to our Lord the whole description, interprets well its last term: “Why should I endeavor to express His beauty piecemeal when He is in Himself and altogether the One longed-for, drawing all to love, compelling all to love, and inspiring with a longing (for His company) not only those who see, but also those who hear?” read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Song of Solomon 5:14-16

Song of Solomon 5:14-16. His hands as gold rings set with beryl Beautiful and precious, and richly adorned, as it were, with gold rings set with precious stones; his belly as bright ivory Which seems to be here used for the whole body, reaching from the neck to the bottom of the belly; overlaid with sapphires Of a pure and bright white colour, intermixed with blue veins; for some sapphires are of a bright blue colour. His legs as pillars of marble White, and straight, and well shaped,... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Song of Solomon 5:9-16

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Song of Solomon 5:16

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Song of Solomon 5:16

The Pulpit Commentary - Song of Solomon 5:9-16

The Pulpit Commentary - Song of Solomon 5:9-16

The Pulpit Commentary - Song of Solomon 5:11-16

The Pulpit Commentary - Song of Solomon 5:16

The Pulpit Commentary - Song of Solomon 5:16

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Song of Solomon 5:16

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Song of Solomon 5:14-16

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