Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Song of Solomon 2:7
Song of Solomon 2:7. I charge you, &c.— This is a rural form of adjuring: the bride intreats her virgin companions by those creatures in which they may be supposed to have taken frequent pleasure; but we must never forget that Christ, the heavenly bridegroom, is the supreme, yea, in a true sense, the sole object of her love. The word rendered love is emphatical, and signifies my amiable one. See Hasselquist, p. 192 and the New Translation. Though I so largely enter, both in my preface, and... read more
Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Song of Solomon 2:7
"I adjure you, O daughters of Jerusalem,By the roes, or by the hinds of the field,That ye stir not up, nor awake my love,Until he please.""This refrain appears four times in this book: here, and in Song of Solomon 3:5; 5:8; and Song of Solomon 8:3; and with each use of it, there is a definite break in mood and movement. It twice follows the clause, `O that his left hand were under my head, and that his right hand embraced me.'"[5] What does it say? "She begs the attendant maidens not to disturb... read more