Song of Solomon 1:2 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth: for thy love is better than wine. ”

Song of Solomon 1:2 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

the prologue. - The Song commences with two stanzas in praise of the king (now absent) by a chorus of virgins belonging to the royal household. Expositors, Jewish and Christian, interpret the whole...
Song of Solomon 1:2 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Let (a) him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth: for thy love [is] better than wine. (a) This is spoken in the person of the Church, or of the faithful soul inflamed with the desire of Christ, whom...
Song of Solomon 1:2 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Song of Solomon 1:1 . Superscription by the collector or a later editor describing the whole book as the noblest or the most beautiful of Solomon's songs ( 1 Kings 4:32 ). Song of Solomon 1:2-...
Song of Solomon 1:2 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Let him kiss me . Oh for. kiss. him: i.e. the Shulamite's beloved, the shepherd, from whom she has been taken by Solomon. thy love is . thy endearments [are]. Hebrew. dodim. Only here, verses...
Song of Solomon 1:2 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth: for thy love is better than wine. Let him kiss me, etc. - She speaks of the bridegroom in the third person, to testify her own modesty, and to show him...
Song of Solomon 1:2 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth— The Hebrew idiom delights in redundancies of this kind; so in Psalms 17:10 . With their mouth they speak: Psalms 66:17 . I cried with my mouth: a...
Song of Solomon 1:2 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth: for thy love is better than wine. Let him - abruptly. She names him not, as is natural to one whose heart is full of some much-desired friend: so...
Song of Solomon 1:2 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Love ] The original has 'loves,' i.e. expressions of love, repeated kisses and embraces.
Song of Solomon 1:2 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Love. — Marg., loves, i.e., caresses or kisses, as the parallelism shows. The LXX., followed by the Vulg., read breasts (probably dadaï instead of dôdaï ) , the origin of many fanciful inte...
Song of Solomon 1:2 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

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...
Song of Solomon 1:2 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

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...
Song of Solomon 1:2 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth: for thy love is better than wine. Thus the song, opens: and there can be no hesitation to discover the singer, namely, the Church. It is she which begin...
Song of Solomon 1:2 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth ,.... That is, Solomon; Christ, the antitype of Solomon, the church's beloved; or it is a relative without an antecedent, which was only in her own mind,...
Song of Solomon 1:2 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth: for thy love [is] better than wine. Ver. 2. Let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth. ] It must be premised and remembered that this book is pe...
Song of Solomon 1:2 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Let him kiss me The beginning is abrupt; but is suitable to, and usual in, writings of this nature, wherein things are not related in a historical and exquisite order, but that which was first done...
Song of Solomon 1:2 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Love of the Church to Christ. 2 Let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth: for thy love is better than wine. ...
Song of Solomon 1:2 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth. The beginning of this book is abrupt, and may seem disorderly; but is very suitable to and usual in writings of this nature, wherein things are not rel...
Song of Solomon 1:2 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

“Let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth.” “For your love is better than wine. Your oils have a goodly fragrance. Your name is as oil poured forth. That is why the virgins love you. Draw me. W...
Song of Solomon 1:2 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

PART FIRST The Meeting of the Betrothed CHAPTER Song of Solomon 1:2 , TO CHAPTER Song of Solomon 2:7 SCENE FIRST. Place: The Palace of Jerusalem . Speakers: Shulamite, or the Bride; and th...
Song of Solomon 1:2 - Sermon Bible Commentary

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...
Song of Solomon 1:2 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Now, concerning our love to him, let us read a few verses of the Song of Solomon, first chapter. You have been introduced to the Beloved, red with his own blood, but never so lovely as in his passion...
Song of Solomon 1:2 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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...
Song of Solomon 1:2 - The Biblical Illustrator

Let Him kiss me with the kisses of His mouth: for Thy love is better than wine. Communion with Christ 1. Such as have the least taste of Christ’s love, are impatient and restless in their desir...
Song of Solomon 1:2 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

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...
Song of Solomon 1:2 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Song of Solomon Chapter 1. The Church's Longing for Christ.
Song of Solomon 1:2 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Peter 5:14 ; Acts 21:7 ; Genesis 27:26 ; Genesis 27:27 ; Genesis 29:11 ; Genesis 45:15 ; Isaiah 25:6 ; Isaiah 55:1 ; Isaiah 55:2 ; Luke 15:20 ; Matthew 26:26 ; Psalms 2:12 ; Psalms 36:...
Song of Solomon 1:2 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Let him — The beginning is abrupt; but is suitable to, and usual in writing of this nature, wherein things are not related in an historical and exquisite order, but that which was first done is bro...

Song of Solomon 1:2 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Song of Solomon 1:2 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Song of Solomon 1:2 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Song of Solomon 1:2 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Song of Solomon 1:2 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Song of Solomon 1:2 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Song of Solomon 1:2 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Song of Solomon 1:2 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Song of Solomon 1:2 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Song of Solomon 1:2 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Song of Solomon 1:2 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Song of Solomon 1:2 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Song of Solomon 1:2 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Song of Solomon 1:2 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Song of Solomon 1:2 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Song of Solomon 1:2 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Song of Solomon 1:2 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Song of Solomon 1:2 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Song of Solomon 1:2 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Song of Solomon 1:2 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Song of Solomon 1:2 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Song of Solomon 1:2 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Song of Solomon 1:2 - The Biblical Illustrator

Song of Solomon 1:2 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Song of Solomon 1:2 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Song of Solomon 1:2 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Song of Solomon 1:2 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes