Song of Solomon 2:12 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ The flowers appear on the earth; the time of the singing of birds is come, and the voice of the turtle is heard in our land; ”

Song of Solomon 2:12 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The bride relates to the chorus a visit which the beloved had paid her some time previously in her native home. He on a fair spring morning solicits her company. The bride, immersed in rustic toils...
Song of Solomon 2:12 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Song of Solomon 2:8-17 contains one of the most beautiful poems in the whole book; it breathes the air of the fresh spring-time, when, according to our own poet, a young man's fancy lightly turns...
Song of Solomon 2:12 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

on the earth . in the fields. voice: i.e. cooing. turtle . turtle-dove.. migratory bird ( Jeremiah 8:7 ).
Song of Solomon 2:12 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

The flowers appear on the earth; the time of the singing of birds is come, and the voice of the turtle is heard in our land;
Song of Solomon 2:12 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

The flowers appear on the earth; the time of the singing of birds is come, and the voice of the turtle is heard in our land; Flowers - tokens of anger past, and of grace come. 'The summoned b...
Song of Solomon 2:12 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

1. She compares herself to a simple wild flower, the crocus (RM) of Sharon. The plain, which extended from Joppa to Cæsarea, was proverbial for its flowers ( Isaiah 35:2 ), and travellers continue...
Song of Solomon 2:12 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

The time of the singing — Heb., zamîr· — may mean pruning (so LXX. and Vulg.), but parallelism requires singing-time (a meaning which analogy will certainly allow us to give to the Hebrew wor...
Song of Solomon 2:12 - 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 2:12 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

B. The Betrothal ( Song of Solomon 2:8-17 ; Song of Solomon 3:1-11 ; Song of Solomon 4:1-16 ; Song of Solomon 5:1-16 ; Song of Solomon 6:1-13 ; Song of Solomon 7:1-9 ) I. Memories of the Wooing...
Song of Solomon 2:12 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

My beloved spake, and said unto me, Rise up, my love, my fair one, and come away. (11) For, lo, the winter is past, the rain is over and gone; (12) The flowers appear on the earth; the time of the si...
Song of Solomon 2:12 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

The flowers appear on the earth ,.... One of the first signs of the spring being come t; and make the season delightful and pleasant; the sun returning with its warming influences, herbs and plants...
Song of Solomon 2:12 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

The flowers appear on the earth; the time of the singing [of birds] is come, and the voice of the turtle is heard in our land; Ver. 12. The flowers appear on the earth. ] Here we have a most daint...
Song of Solomon 2:12 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

My beloved spake Invited me outwardly by his word, and inwardly by his Spirit. Rise up, my love Shake off sloth, and disentangle thyself more fully from all the snares of this world. And come aw...
Song of Solomon 2:12 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Mutual Love of Christ and the Church. 8 The voice of my beloved! behold, he cometh leaping upon the mountains, skipping...
Song of Solomon 2:12 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

The flowers appear on the earth: this and the following clauses are here alleged as evidences of the spring time, which in the mystical and principal sense seems to signify the day of grace, or the...
Song of Solomon 2:12 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

THE VOICE OF THE BELOVED. ‘My beloved spoke, and said to me, “Rise up, my love, my fair one, and come away. For, lo, the winter is past, The rain is over and gone, The flowers appear on the earth,...
Song of Solomon 2:12 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Notes Song of Solomon 2:12 : The time of the singing of birds iS come . ‘The time of the singing,’ עֵת הַזָּמִיר ( eth ha-zamir ). Two meanings given to זָמִיר ( zamir ). GESENIUS and others de...
Song of Solomon 2:12 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Song of Solomon 2:11-12 There are two characteristics of spring that strike us, I do not say as wrong, but as more belonging to human than Divine character. The first of these is its changeablenes...
Song of Solomon 2:12 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Here we have a dialogue of love between the Lord Jesus and his people. Song of Solomon 2:1 . I am the rose of Sharon, and the lily of the valleys. Amongst all flowers, there is none that can be...
Song of Solomon 2:12 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Song of Solomon 2:1 . Sharon was a fertile district not far from Nazareth. 1 Chronicles 27:29 ; Isaiah 33:9 ; Isaiah 65:10 . Song of Solomon 2:6 . His left hand is under my head, conferring...
Song of Solomon 2:12 - The Biblical Illustrator

The voice of my Beloved. The voice of the Beloved I. When Christ is away from the soul of the believer, he sits alone. Whatever he the mountains of Bether that have come between his soul and Ch...
Song of Solomon 2:12 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Song of Solomon 2:2 As a lily among thorns, so is my love among the daughters. The king responds, taking up the lovely simile and giving it a very apt and charming turn, "My lo...
Song of Solomon 2:12 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Mutual Call of Love
Song of Solomon 2:12 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Colossians 3:16 ; Ephesians 1:13 ; Ephesians 1:14 ; Ephesians 5:18-20 ; Hosea 14:5-7 ; Isaiah 35:1 ; Isaiah 35:2 ; Isaiah 42:10-12 ; Isaiah 55:12 ; Psalms 148:7-13 ; Psalms 40:1-3 ; Psalm...
Song of Solomon 2:12 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

The flowers — The communications of God's grace, the gifts, and graces, and comforts of the Holy Spirit, are vouchsafed unto, and appear in believers, as buds and blossoms do in the spring. The tur...

Song of Solomon 2:12 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Song of Solomon 2:12 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Song of Solomon 2:12 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Song of Solomon 2:12 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Song of Solomon 2:12 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Song of Solomon 2:12 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Song of Solomon 2:12 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Song of Solomon 2:12 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Song of Solomon 2:12 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Song of Solomon 2:12 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Song of Solomon 2:12 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Song of Solomon 2:12 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Song of Solomon 2:12 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Song of Solomon 2:12 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Song of Solomon 2:12 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Song of Solomon 2:12 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Song of Solomon 2:12 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Song of Solomon 2:12 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Song of Solomon 2:12 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Song of Solomon 2:12 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Song of Solomon 2:12 - The Biblical Illustrator

Song of Solomon 2:12 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Song of Solomon 2:12 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Song of Solomon 2:12 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Song of Solomon 2:12 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes