“ Behold, thou art fair, my beloved, yea, pleasant: also our bed is green. ”
Behold, thou [art] fair, my beloved, yea, pleasant: also our (u) bed [is] green. (u) That is, the heart of the faithful, in which Christ dwells by his Spirit.
A Mutually Responsive Song of Love and Admiration . (1) The comparison of the richly-ornamented horses of Pharaoh's chariots. Parallels from ancient literature may be found in the commentaries. The...
my beloved. Here it is Masculine. The Shulamite speaks again. bed . couch. green . verdant.
Behold, thou art fair, my beloved, yea, pleasant: also our bed is green. Also our bed is green - ערס eres, from its use in several places of the Hebrew Bible, generally signifies a mattress; and...
Yea, pleasant: also, &c.— The author of the New Translation puts a full stop at beloved; and renders the next clause thus; and how pleasant, how green, is our flowery bed! remarking, that t...
Behold, thou art fair, my beloved, yea, pleasant: also our bed is green. Reply of the Bride. Thou art fair, my beloved. She presumes to call Him beloved, because He called her so first. Tho...
The Ardent Affection of the Lovers 2-7. Songs of the bride: her enquiry and his answers.
Our bed is green. — The heroine replies in similar terms of admiration, and recalls “the happy woodland places” in which they were wont to meet.
TRUE LOVE TESTED Song of Solomon 1:1-17 ; Song of Solomon 2:1-17 ; Song of Solomon 3:1-11 ; Song of Solomon 4:1-16 ; Song of Solomon 5:1 THE poem opens with a scene in Solomon's palace. A co...
No Book has been provocative of more controversy than this. The question at issue is as to its place and value in Holy Scripture. While there are different varieties of each, the interpretations may...
Behold, thou art fair, my love; behold, thou art fair; thou hast doves' eyes. (16) Behold, thou art fair, my beloved, yea, pleasant: also our bed is green. I include in one reading these verses, bec...
Behold, thou [art] fair, my beloved ,.... These are the words of the church, giving back to Christ his commendation of her, and much in the same words, as more properly belonging to him than her; he...
Behold, thou [art] fair, my beloved, yea, pleasant: also our bed [is] green. Ver. 16. Behold thou art fair, my beloved, yea, pleasant. ] Behold thou art fair, my love, &c., said he to her a...
Behold, thou art fair The church here again speaks, and retorts Christ's words; thou, and thou only, art fair indeed; yea, pleasant As thou art beautiful in thyself, so thou art amiable and pleas...
Conference between Christ and His Church. 12 While the king sitteth at his table, my spikenard sendeth forth the smel...
Behold, thou art fair, my beloved. The church here again speaks, and retorts Christ's words upon himself: If I am fair, it is only by thy grace and favourable acceptation; thou, and thou only, art...
Bride and Bridegroom’s Mutual Commendations. I. THE KING’S COMMENDATION OF SHULAMITE ( Song of Solomon 1:15-17 ) Behold, thou art fair, my love; Behold, thou art fair; Thou hast dove’s eyes ( S...
Song of Song of Solomon 1 I. Though written very possibly by Solomon with reference to the daughter of Pharaoh, this Song seems evidently to have had a deep symbolical meaning from the very begi...
We will this evening read in the one Book of the Bible which is wholly given up to fellowship; I allude to the Book of Canticles. This Book stands like the tree of life in the midst of the garden, an...
Song of Solomon 1:1 . The Song of songs, which is Solomon's. Here our version varies from the Hebrew. The particle prefixed to the noun Solomon is rendered in the genitive, instead of the dative c...
EXPOSITION Song of Solomon 1:1 The song of songs, which is Solomon's. This is certainly the title of the book which follows, although in our present Hebrew Bible it is the first verse of...
The Song of Solomon Chapter 1. The Church's Longing for Christ.
Philippians 3:8 ; Philippians 3:9 ; Psalms 110:3 ; Psalms 45:2 ; Revelation 5:11-13 ; Song of Solomon 2:3 ; Song of Solomon 3:7 ; Song of Solomon 5:10-16 ; Zechariah 9:17
Behold — The church here again speaks, and retorts Christ's words; thou, and thou only art fair indeed. Pleasant — As thou art beautiful in thyself, so thou art amiable and pleasant in thy condesce...