Song of Solomon 5:9 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 5:9

What is thy beloved more than another beloved, O thou fairest among women ?.... The same title Christ gives her, Song of Solomon 1:8 ; and from whom these daughters seem to have taken it; and, in giving it to her, might be assured they were right, since he, who knew her perfectly well, so calls her; in what sense she was so fair; see Gill on Song of Solomon 1:8 , and this they used, to show their esteem of her, and that they were willing to do all the service they could for her; and... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Song of Solomon 5:9

What is thy beloved more than another beloved - This question gives the bride an opportunity to break out into a highly wrought description of the beauty and perfections of her spouse. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Song of Solomon 5:9

What is thy beloved more than another beloved, O thou fairest among women? what is thy beloved more than another beloved, that thou dost so adjure us? This, of course, is poetic artifice in order to give the opportunity to the bride to enter upon a glowing description of the object of her love. She wishes to say that he is perfect, everything that he can be. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Song of Solomon 5:9

The supremacy of Christ. "What is thy beloved more," etc.? The world asks this question. Upon the answer the Church gives depends whether the world remains as it is—alienated from Christ or drawn to him. If the Church makes it evident that Christ is "chiefest among ten thousand" and "altogether lovely," then the blessed era of the world's conversion will be at hand. The Church asks this question of those whom she receives into communion. It should be clear that Christ is enthroned in... 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

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Song of Solomon 5:9

Section 5:9–6:3: The bride’s commendation of the beloved. In the allegorical interpretations of Jewish expositors all is here spoken by exiled Israel of the Holy One whose praise she sings “by the waters of Babylon” Psalms 137:1. Christian interpreters apply the description directly to the Incarnate Son, partly in His Eternal Godhead, but chiefly in His risen and glorified Humanity. read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Song of Solomon 5:8-9

Song of Solomon 5:8-9. I charge you, O daughters, &c. The church having passed the watchmen, proceeds in the pursuit of her beloved, and inquires of every particular believer, whom she meets, concerning him. Tell him, that I am sick, &c. That I am ready to faint for want of his presence. What is thy beloved, &c., more than another Wherein doth he excel them? Believers might ask this, that they might be more fully informed of it. 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

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

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Song of Solomon 5:9

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Song of Solomon 5:9

The Pulpit Commentary - Song of Solomon 5:9

The Pulpit Commentary - Song of Solomon 5:9

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

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

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Song of Solomon 5:9

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Song of Solomon 5:8-9

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

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