Song of Solomon 5:2-6

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Song of Solomon 5:2-8

In this song of loves and joys we have here a very melancholy scene; the spouse here speaks, not to her beloved (as before, for he has withdrawn), but of him, and it is a sad story she tells of her own folly and ill conduct towards him, notwithstanding his kindness, and of the just rebukes she fell under for it. Perhaps it may refer to Solomon's own apostasy from God, and the sad effects of that apostasy after God had come into his garden, had taken possession of the temple he had built, and... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Song of Solomon 5:2

I sleep, but my heart waketh ,.... Like persons that are half awake, half asleep, whom Cicero F24 Familiar. Epist. l. 7. Ep. 1. calls "semisomni". Christ and the church having feasted together at his invitation, she soon after fell asleep, as the disciples did after a repast with their Lord; yet not so fast asleep but that she was sensible of it; for this was not the dead sleep of sin, in which unconverted men are, and are insensible of; nor a judicial slumber some are given up unto,... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Song of Solomon 5:3

I have put off my coat ,.... In order to lie down on her bed at night, and take her ease; meaning her conversation garments, which she had not been careful of to keep, but had betook herself to carnal ease and rest, and was off her watch and guard, Nehemiah 4:23 ; and being at ease, and free from trouble, affliction, and persecution, was unwilling to arise and go with her beloved, lest she should meet with the same trials and sufferings as before, for the sake of him and his Gospel; which... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Song of Solomon 5:4

My beloved put in his hand by the hole of the door ,.... To remove the bolt or bar which kept him from entering in. By the "door" is meant the door of her heart, which was in a great measure shut against Christ, through the prevalence of corruption; and the "hole" in it shows that it was not entirely shut up, there was a little love broke out from her to him; a little light broke in from him upon her; but her heart was much narrowed and straitened, her grace low in exercise, yet there were... read more

John Gill

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

I rose up to open to my beloved ,.... As soon as touched by the hand of mighty grace, she not only resolved to rise, but actually rose, and that directly, not being easy to lie any longer on her bed of carnal security; being now made heartily and thoroughly willing to let in her beloved, who she supposed was still at the door; but in that she was mistaken; however she met with a rich experience of his grace and goodness; and my hands dropped with myrrh, and my fingers with sweet... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Song of Solomon 5:6

I opened to my beloved ,.... Which was what he desired, and was done in virtue of his putting in his hand by the hole of the door; or by the exertion of his efficacious grace, working in her both to will and to do, without which it would not have been done; namely, her heart dilated, the desires and affections of her soul enlarged towards Christ, and every grace drawn forth and exercised on him; and though the heart of a believer is sometimes shut to Christ, yet when it is opened, it is only... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Song of Solomon 5:2

I sleep, but my heart waketh - This is a new part; and some suppose that the fifth day's solemnity begins here. Though I sleep, yet so impressed is may heart with the excellences of my beloved, that my imagination presents him to me in the most pleasing dreams throughout the night. I doubt whether the whole, from this verse to the end of the seventh, be not a dream: several parts of it bear this resemblance; and I confess there are some parts of it, such as her hesitating to rise, his sudden... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Song of Solomon 5:3

I have put off my coat - The bride must have been in a dream or in much disorder of mind to have made the frivolous excuses here mentioned. The words relate to the case of a person who had gone to take rest on his bed. As they wore nothing but sandals, they were obliged to wash their feet previously to their lying down. I have washed my feet, taken off my clothes, and am gone to bed: I cannot therefore be disturbed. A Hindoo always washes his feet before he goes to bed. If called from his... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Song of Solomon 5:4

My beloved put in his hand - If it were a real scene, which is mentioned in this and the two following verses, it must refer, from the well-known use of the metaphors, to matrimonial endearments. Or, it may refer to his attempts to open the door, when she hesitated to arise, on the grounds mentioned Song of Solomon 5:3 . But this also bears every evidence of a dream. read more

Adam Clarke

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

My hands dropped with myrrh - It was a custom among the Romans, as Brissonius, Isidore, and others relate, to conduct the bride to the house of the bridegroom with lighted torches; and those who brought her anointed the door-posts with fragant oils, whence the name uxor, or as it was formerly written unxor, for a wife or married woman, because of the anointing which took place on the occasion; for sometimes the bride herself anointed the door-posts, and sometimes those who brought her;... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Song of Solomon 5:2-8

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Song of Solomon 5:2

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Song of Solomon 5:3

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Song of Solomon 5:4

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

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Song of Solomon 5:6

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Song of Solomon 5:2

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Song of Solomon 5:3

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Song of Solomon 5:4

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

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