Song of Solomon 5:4-5 NIV

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loves and joys we have here a very melancholy scene; the spouse here speaks, not to her beloved (as before, for he has withdrawn), but of him, and it is a sad story she tells of her own folly and ill conduct towards him, notwithstanding his kindness, and of the just rebukes she fell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 5:4

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

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

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Song of Solomon 5:2-5

Open to the beloved who knocketh. This dream, so significant of fervent affection, and so full of tender pathos, is emblematic of the relation between the Divine Saviour and Lord and those whom he approaches in his grace and kindness, to whom he proffers the blessing of his presence and his love. I. THE SUMMONS . 1 . Its nature. There is the knock which demands attention, and there is the speech which articulately conveys the appeal. Christ comes to the world, and comes to... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Song of Solomon 5:2-8

The second dream of the bride. I. THE BRIDEGROOM AT THE DOOR . 1 . The voice of the beloved. The bridegroom is absent; the bride is alone. There is a temporary separation, something approaching to an estrangement; yet the old love is not lost. The bride is sleeping when she should be awake and watching for the bridegroom's approach. Yet her heart waketh. She has a dreamy consciousness of what is going on around her; she seems to hear in her dream the voice of her beloved.... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Song of Solomon 5:2-8

The dream of Gethsemane. Under the imagery of this dream devout students have seen pictured forth the pathetic facts of the garden in which our Lord was in agony, and his disciples slept (cf. Matthew 26:40-43 and parallels). We have— I. THE DISTRESSED SAVIOR . ( Song of Solomon 5:2 .) He desired his disciples to watch with him. He needed and desired their sympathy and the solace which their watchful love would have given him. His soul was troubled. He was as he who is told of... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Song of Solomon 5:4

My beloved put in his hand by the hole of the door, and my heart was moved for him. The door hole is a part of the door pierced through at the upper part of the lock, or door bolt ( מִן־הַחוֹר ), that is, by the opening from without to within, or through the opening, as if, i.e; to open the door by pressing back the lock or bolt from within. There was some obstacle. He tailed to open it. It had not been left so that he could easily obtain admittance. The metaphor is very apt and... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Song of Solomon 5:5

I rose up to open to my beloved; and my hands dropped with myrrh, and my fingers with liquid myrrh, upon the handles of the bolt. The meaning seems to be that the lover had come to the door perfumed as if for a festival, and the costly ointment which he brought with him has dropped on the handles of the bolts. Similar allusions may be found in Lucretius and other heathen writers. This description is, of course, inapplicable to the shepherd theory. It would not be a rough country swain that... read more

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

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

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

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

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

The Pulpit Commentary - Song of Solomon 5:2-5

The Pulpit Commentary - Song of Solomon 5:2-8

The Pulpit Commentary - Song of Solomon 5:2-8

The Pulpit Commentary - Song of Solomon 5:4

The Pulpit Commentary - Song of Solomon 5:5

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