Song of Solomon 3:3 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ The watchmen that go about the city found me: to whom I said, Saw ye him whom my soul loveth? ”

Song of Solomon 3:3 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The city - One near the bride’s native home, possibly Shunem.
Song of Solomon 3:3 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

The (c) watchmen that go about the city found me: [to whom I said], Saw ye him whom my soul loveth? (c) Which declares that we must seek to all of whom we hope to have any help.
Song of Solomon 3:3 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

A Dream of Love. The adjuration Song of Solomon 3:5 ( cf. Song of Solomon 2:7 ) may have been added to adapt the passionate poem to the wedding week, in which there was much noisy revelling. Fo...
Song of Solomon 3:3 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

bed . couch, not the same word as in Song of Solomon 1:16 ; Song of Solomon 3:7 , &c. sought . still sought. my soul . I myself.
Song of Solomon 3:3 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

DISCOURSE: 850 PERSEVERANCE CROWNED WITH SUCCESS Song of Solomon 3:1-4 . By night on my bed I sought him whom my soul loveth; I sought him, but I found him not. I will rise now, and go about the...
Song of Solomon 3:3 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

The watchmen that go about the city found me: to whom I said , Saw ye him whom my soul loveth?
Song of Solomon 3:3 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

The watchmen that go about the city found me: to whom I said, Saw ye him whom my soul loveth? Watchmen - ministers ( Isaiah 62:6 ; Jeremiah 6:17 ; Hebrews 13:17 ); fit persons to consult (...
Song of Solomon 3:3 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Night Thoughts and an Interlude 1-4. There is a charming lightness of touch and quickness of movement in the story she tells, and it is all the more interesting for our having to supply the prosai...
Song of Solomon 3:3 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

The watchmen that go about the city . — “Henceforward until morning the streets are deserted and silent, with only here and there a company returning from a visit, with a servant bearing a lantern b...
Song of Solomon 3:3 - 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 3:3 - 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 3:3 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

The watchmen that go about the city found me: to whom I said, Saw ye him whom my soul loveth? Very probably the watchmen here described, are meant for the ministers of the gospel of Christ; for so t...
Song of Solomon 3:3 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

The watchmen that go about the city found me ,.... By whom are meant the ministers of the Gospel; who are called watchmen, as the prophets were under the Old Testament, Isaiah 52:8 ; in allusion to...
Song of Solomon 3:3 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

The watchmen that go about the city found me: [to whom I said], Saw ye him whom my soul loveth? Ver. 3. The watchmen that go about the city found me, ] i.e., The angels, who are God's watchmen...
Song of Solomon 3:3 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The watchmen The ministers of Christ, and rulers of the church; that go about the city To prevent disorders and dangers; found me While they walked round about the city according to their duty:...
Song of Solomon 3:3 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Love of the Church to Christ. 1 By night on my bed I sought him whom my soul loveth: I sought him, but I found him...
Song of Solomon 3:3 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

The watchmen; the ministers of Christ, and rulers of the church, who are oft called watchmen, as Isaiah 62:6 Ezekiel 3:17 , and elsewhere. That go about the city, to prevent disorders and da...
Song of Solomon 3:3 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

The Young Maiden Dreams That She Has Lost Her Beloved ( Song of Solomon 3:1-5 ). THE YOUNG MAIDEN'S FIRST NIGHTMARE. Song of Solomon 3:1-4 ‘By night on my bed I sought him whom my soul loves...
Song of Solomon 3:3 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

The Missing One Found Chapter 3 Song of Solomon 3:1-5 PROBABLY A DREAM RELATED BY SHULAMITE TO THE DAUGHTERS OF JERUSALEM By night on my bed I sought him whom my soul loveth; I sought him, but I...
Song of Solomon 3:3 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Song of Solomon 3:1-3 . By night on my bed I sought him whom my soul loveth: I sought him, but I found him not. I will rise now, and go about the city in the streets, and in the broad ways I will s...
Song of Solomon 3:3 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Song of Solomon 3:7 . Behold his bed, which is Solomon's; the palace where he sleeps, and where so many treasures of gold and works of art are preserved. Threescore valiant men are about it. His...
Song of Solomon 3:3 - The Biblical Illustrator

I sought Him, but I found Him not. Hidings of God Prophetically these verses may be taken as delineating the sorrow of the first disciples at the departure of Christ from the earth. Between Eas...
Song of Solomon 3:3 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Song of Solomon 3:1 By night on my bed I sought him whom my soul loveth: I sought him, but I found him not. The bride is probably relating a dream. The time referred to is the...
Song of Solomon 3:3 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Reverses and New Hopes for the Church. The Church in Difficulties
Song of Solomon 3:3 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Ezekiel 3:17 ; Ezekiel 33:2-9 ; Hebrews 13:17 ; Isaiah 21:11 ; Isaiah 21:12 ; Isaiah 21:6-8 ; Isaiah 56:10 ; Isaiah 62:6 ; John 20:15 ; Song of Solomon 5:7
Song of Solomon 3:3 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

The watch — men — The ministers of Christ, and rulers of the church. Go about — To prevent disorders and dangers. Him — She does not name him, because she thought it needless, as supposing a person...

Song of Solomon 3:3 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Song of Solomon 3:3 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Song of Solomon 3:3 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Song of Solomon 3:3 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Song of Solomon 3:3 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

Song of Solomon 3:3 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Song of Solomon 3:3 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Song of Solomon 3:3 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Song of Solomon 3:3 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Song of Solomon 3:3 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Song of Solomon 3:3 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Song of Solomon 3:3 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Song of Solomon 3:3 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Song of Solomon 3:3 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Song of Solomon 3:3 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Song of Solomon 3:3 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Song of Solomon 3:3 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Song of Solomon 3:3 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Song of Solomon 3:3 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Song of Solomon 3:3 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Song of Solomon 3:3 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Song of Solomon 3:3 - The Biblical Illustrator

Song of Solomon 3:3 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Song of Solomon 3:3 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Song of Solomon 3:3 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Song of Solomon 3:3 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes