Song of Solomon 5:2

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Song of Solomon 5:2

Some time may be supposed to have elapsed since the bride’s solemn espousals with the king Song of Solomon 4:7-5:1. A transient cloud of doubt or estrangement is now passing over her soul, as by the relation of this dream she intimates to her friends. Ancient allegorical interpreters find here a symbol of the condition and feelings of Israel during the Babylonian captivity, when the glories and privileges of Solomon’s Temple were no more, and the manifested presence of the Holy One had been... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Song of Solomon 5:2

Song of Solomon 5:2. I sleep I was dull and sluggish; but my heart waketh Yet in my very sleep my thoughts run upon my beloved. It is the voice of my beloved Between sleeping and waking, I heard his voice; that knocketh By his word, and providence, and Spirit, at the door of my heart; saying, Open to me Inviting me to let him into my soul; my sister, my love, &c. This heap of kind compellations signifies Christ’s fervent affection to his people. My head is filled with dew ... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Song of Solomon 5:2-16

A dream of frustration (5:2-6:3)Another dream reflects the girl’s unfulfilled longing as she waits impatiently for her wedding day. She dreams that while she is asleep, her lover has travelled through the night to come to her and now he knocks on her door (2).Only half awake, the girl is slow to get out of bed and answer the door. She finds it a nuisance, as she has just bathed and got herself dressed for bed (3). Suddenly she realizes what has happened: her lover has come for her! Excitedly... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Song of Solomon 5:2

I sleep = I was asleep, or sleepy. waketh = kept awake. it is. Supply "it was". my beloved. Hebrew masculine. that knocketh = he is knocking (masculine). my love = my friend. Feminine. Hebrew. ra'yah, as in Song of Solomon 1:9 , Song of Solomon 1:15 ; Song of Solomon 2:2 , Song of Solomon 2:10 , Song of Solomon 2:13 ; Song of Solomon 4:1 , Song of Solomon 4:7 ; Song of Solomon 5:2 ; Song of Solomon 6:4 . read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Song of Solomon 5:2

THE MAIDEN'S SECOND TRAGIC DREAM"I was asleep, but my heart waked:It is the voice of my beloved that knocketh, saying,Open to me, my sister, my love, my dove, my undefiled;For my head is filled with dew,My locks with the drops of the night.I have put off my garment; how shall I put it on?I have washed my feet; how shall I defile them?My beloved put in his hand by the hole of the door,And my heart was moved for him.I rose up to open for my beloved;And my hands dropped with myrrh,And my fingers... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Song of Solomon 5:2

Song of Solomon 5:2. I sleep, but my heart waketh— The fifth day's eclogue commences here; and contains a solemn declaration from the bridegroom, that he prefers his spouse to all others, chap. Song of Solomon 6:9. The word תמתי tammathi, rendered my undefiled, signifies completely accomplished; one consummately possessed of all endowments both of body and mind. New Translation. read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Song of Solomon 5:2

2. Sudden change of scene from evening to midnight, from a betrothal feast to cold repulse. He has gone from the feast alone; night is come; He knocks at the door of His espoused; she hears, but in sloth does not shake off half-conscious drowsiness; namely, the disciples' torpor ( :-), "the spirit willing, the flesh weak" (compare Romans 7:18-25; Galatians 5:16; Galatians 5:17; Galatians 5:24). Not total sleep. The lamp was burning beside the slumbering wise virgin, but wanted trimming... read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Song of Solomon 5:2-9

A Dream. His Beauty and hers2-7. Another dream of hers, with a painful ending. The accumulation (Song of Solomon 5:2) of names of endearment reminds us of the frequent repetition, by a Palestinian bridegroom during the wedding dance, of Yâ halâli, Yâ mâli, ’ O my property, ’Omy possession!’2. Heavy dew falls, especially during spring and in the second half of the night. The Spanish poet whom Longfellow translated had in his mind our passage and Revelation 3:20:’Lord, what am I, that, with... read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Song of Solomon 5:2-16

A Dream. His Beauty and hers2-7. Another dream of hers, with a painful ending. The accumulation (Son 5:2) of names of endearment reminds us of the frequent repetition, by a Palestinian bridegroom during the wedding dance, of Yâ halâli, Yâ mâli, ' O my property, 'Omy possession!'2. Heavy dew falls, especially during spring and in the second half of the night. The Spanish poet whom Longfellow translated had in his mind our passage and Revelation 3:20 :'Lord, what am I, that, with unceasing... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Song of Solomon 5:2

(2) I sleep.—This begins the old story under an image already employed (Song of Solomon 3:1). Here it is greatly amplified and elaborated. The poet pictures his lady dreaming of him, and when he seems to visit her, anxious to admit him. But, as is so common in dreams, at first she cannot. The realities which had hindered their union reappear in the fancies of sleep. Then, when the seeming hindrance is withdrawn, she finds him gone, and, as before, searches for him in vain. This gives... read more

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Song of Solomon 5:2

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Song of Solomon 5:2

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Song of Solomon 5:2-16

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Song of Solomon 5:2

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Song of Solomon 5:2

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Song of Solomon 5:2

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Song of Solomon 5:2

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Song of Solomon 5:2-9

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Song of Solomon 5:2-16

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Song of Solomon 5:2

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