Song of Solomon 7:13 NIV

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Song of Solomon 7:10-13

These are the words of the spouse, the church, the believing soul, in answer to the kind expressions of Christ's love in the foregoing verses. I. She here triumphs in her relation to Christ and her interest in him, and in his name will she boast all the day long. With what a transport of joy and holy exultation does she say (Song 7:10), ?I am my beloved?s, not my own, but entirely devoted to him and owned by him.? If we can truly say that Christ is our best beloved, we may be confident that we... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Song of Solomon 7:13

The mandrakes give a smell ,.... Or, "those lovely flowers", as Junius and Tremellius, and Piscator, translate the words; even those the church proposed to give to her beloved, when in the fields Some take them to be violets; others, jessamine; others, more probably, lilies F7 Pfeiffer. Dubia Vexata, cent. 1. loc. 59. p. 79. ; as the circumstances of time and place, when and where they flourished, and their fragrant smell, and figure like cups, show. Ravius F8 Dissert. de Dudaim. ... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Song of Solomon 7:13

The mandrakes give a smell - See the note on Genesis 30:14 , where the mandrake is particularly described; from which this passage will receive considerable light. The reader is requested to consult it. All manner of pleasant fruits - Fruits new and old; flowers and herbs of every kind which the season could yield. The literal sense, allowing for the concealing metaphors, is, I believe, of a widely different nature from what is generally given. But this must be left to the reader's... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Song of Solomon 7:6-13

Dialogue between the king and the bride. I. ENTRANCE OF THE KING . 1 . His praise of love. Perhaps the last words of the chorus were overheard by the king as he approached the bride. He assents; he is content to be held captive in the tresses of the bride's hair; for love is fair and pleasant above all delightful' things. The bridegroom is not here using the word with which he so often addresses the bride (as in So Song of Solomon 1:9 ; Song of Solomon 4:1 ; Song of... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Song of Solomon 7:10-13

Christian missions. "I am my beloved's," etc. The scene is still in "the king's chambers" at Jerusalem. What Solomon has said to her whom he would win is of no avail; her heart is true to her beloved. This emphatic redeclaration of her love for that beloved one is all the response that the king's flatteries have obtained. She speaks as if she were already away from the palace and back at her country home; once more occupied in her usual occupations and enjoying her former happy intercourse... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Song of Solomon 7:11-13

Useful service. Earth is a great picture gallery, full of illustrations of heavenly things. This material universe is the projection of God's thoughts; the visible expression of his dispositions; the blossoming of his love. The God of nature is the God of religion; hence the same lessons appear in both. As we have seen in the home of a great artist the handiworks of his genius adorning parlours and halls, corridors and bed chambers—works in all stages of development—so is it in God's... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Song of Solomon 7:13

The mandrakes give forth fragrance, and at our doors are all manner of precious fruits, new and old, which I have laid up for thee, O my beloved. The dudhai after the form Lulai, and connected probably with דּוֹד , are the "love flowers," the Mandragora officinalis (Linn.), whitish-green in colour, with yellow apples about the size of nutmegs; they belong to the order of Solanaceae, and both fruits and roots were employed as aphrodisiac, to promote love. We are, of course, reminded... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Song of Solomon 7:13

Garnered fruits. When the bride invites the king to revisit the home of her childhood and the scenes of their early acquaintance and attachment, among other alluring representations she assures him that there will be found, laid up for his use by her thoughtful affection, all manner of precious fruits, new and old. A suitable emblem this of the gathered and garnered spiritual fruits which in this earthly life Christ's people are expected to prepare for him at his coming, and which it will... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Song of Solomon 7:13

Song of Solomon 7:13. The mandrakes This Hebrew word is used Genesis 30:14-15, and the signification of it is very much doubted and disputed by interpreters. The word here signifies sweet and pleasant flowers, and therefore if it be understood of mandrakes, they were of another sort than ours, as flowers of the same kind, in several climates, have very different natures and qualities. At our gates Brought thither by divers persons to congratulate our nuptials. New and old fruits Fruits... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Song of Solomon 7:1-13

6:4-8:14 THE STRENGTH OF TRUE LOVEDesires for each other (6:4-7:13)Using language that he has used before, the man again praises the girl’s loveliness (4-7; cf. 4:1-3). The nation’s most beautiful women may have been chosen for the palace harem, but they must look with envy upon the beauty of the lovely farm girl who is his beloved (8-10). In a brief parenthesis that follows, the two lovers are reminded of an occasion when they met on the farm. The girl was carried away by her lover’s charms as... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Song of Solomon 7:10-13

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Song of Solomon 7:13

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Song of Solomon 7:13

The Pulpit Commentary - Song of Solomon 7:6-13

The Pulpit Commentary - Song of Solomon 7:10-13

The Pulpit Commentary - Song of Solomon 7:11-13

The Pulpit Commentary - Song of Solomon 7:13

The Pulpit Commentary - Song of Solomon 7:13

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Song of Solomon 7:13

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Song of Solomon 7:1-13

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