Song of Solomon 2:15 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Take us the foxes, the little foxes, that spoil the vines: for our vines have tender grapes. ”

Song of Solomon 2:15 - 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 2:15 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Take for us the foxes, the (i) little foxes, that spoil the vines: for our vines [have] tender grapes. (i) Suppress the heretics while they are young, that is, when they begin to show their malice,...
Song of Solomon 2:15 - 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 2:15 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Take us . Catch for us. The Shulamite here quotes the words of her brothers (p. 923). the... the. No Art. here in the Hebrew. vines have tender grapes . vineyards are in bloom.
Song of Solomon 2:15 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Take us the foxes, the little foxes, that spoil the vines: for our vines have tender grapes. Take us the foxes - That these were ruinous to vines all authors allow. They love the vine, and they are...
Song of Solomon 2:15 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Take us the foxes—that spoil the vines— More literally, spoil the vineyards;—for our vineyards, &c. Foxes abound in Judaea, and are observed by a multitude of authors to love grapes, and to m...
Song of Solomon 2:15 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Take us the foxes, the little foxes, that spoil the vines: for our vines have tender grapes. Transition to the vineyard, often formed in "stairs" ( Song of Solomon 2:14 ) or terraces, in which...
Song of Solomon 2:15 - 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 2:15 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Take us the foxes. — Possibly this is a verse of a familiar country song, introduced here from the suggestion of the “sweet voice” in the last verse; but more probably to be compared to the “avaunt...
Song of Solomon 2:15 - 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 2:15 - 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 2:15 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Take us the foxes, the little foxes, that spoil the vines: for our vines have tender grapes. It should seem that Christ is in this verse giving direction to his servants, perhaps the pastors in his...
Song of Solomon 2:15 - James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

LITTLE FAULTS THAT SPOIL OUR LIVES ‘Little foxes that spoil the vines.’ Song of Solomon 2:15 I. Little faults are like the little foxes so plentiful in Palestine, which destroy the fruitful...
Song of Solomon 2:15 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Take us the foxes ,.... Of which there were great numbers in Judea; see Judges 15:4 ; these words are directed not to angels, nor to civil magistrates, but to ministers of the word; but whether the...
Song of Solomon 2:15 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Take us the foxes, the little foxes, that spoil the vines: for our vines [have] tender grapes. Ver. 15. Take us the foxes, the little foxes, ] i.e., The heretics and schismatics. For as fox cub...
Song of Solomon 2:15 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Take us The bridegroom gives this charge to his bridemen or friends. By whom he understands those magistrates and ministers to whom, under Christ, the custody of the vineyards, of the churches, pri...
Song of Solomon 2:15 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Love of the Church to Christ. 14 O my dove, that art in the clefts of the rock, in the secret places of the sta...
Song of Solomon 2:15 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

The Bridegroom gives this charge to his bridemen or friends, whose office it is to attend upon him, and to observe his commands; by whom he understands those magistrates and ministers to whom, under...
Song of Solomon 2:15 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

THE YOUNG MAIDEN replies. “Take us the foxes, the little foxes, That spoil the vineyards, For our vineyards are in blossom. My beloved is mine, and I am his, He feeds his flock among the lilies. U...
Song of Solomon 2:15 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Notes Song of Solomon 2:15 : Take us the foxes, the little foxes, that spoil the vines . שֻׁעָלִים ( shualim ) foxes. So the old translators. Sometimes also used for jackals , as Judges 15:4 ;...
Song of Solomon 2:15 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Song of Solomon 2:15 To despise little things is to show oneself utterly ignorant of the philosophy of life. The phrase "little sins," common though it be, is highly unscriptural, highly immoral....
Song of Solomon 2:15 - 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 2:15 - 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 2:15 - 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 2:15 - 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 2:15 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Mutual Call of Love
Song of Solomon 2:15 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

2 Peter 2:1-3 ; Ezekiel 13:4-16 ; Luke 13:32 ; Psalms 80:13 ; Revelation 2:2 ; Song of Solomon 2:13 ; Song of Solomon 7:12
Song of Solomon 2:15 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Take us — The bridegroom gives this charge to his bridemen or friends. By whom he understands those magistrates and ministers to whom, under Christ, the custody of the vineyards, the churches, prin...

Song of Solomon 2:15 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Song of Solomon 2:15 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Song of Solomon 2:15 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Song of Solomon 2:15 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Song of Solomon 2:15 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Song of Solomon 2:15 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Song of Solomon 2:15 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Song of Solomon 2:15 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Song of Solomon 2:15 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Song of Solomon 2:15 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Song of Solomon 2:15 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Song of Solomon 2:15 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Song of Solomon 2:15 - James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

Song of Solomon 2:15 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Song of Solomon 2:15 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Song of Solomon 2:15 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Song of Solomon 2:15 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Song of Solomon 2:15 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Song of Solomon 2:15 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Song of Solomon 2:15 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Song of Solomon 2:15 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Song of Solomon 2:15 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Song of Solomon 2:15 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Song of Solomon 2:15 - The Biblical Illustrator

Song of Solomon 2:15 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Song of Solomon 2:15 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Song of Solomon 2:15 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Song of Solomon 2:15 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes