Song of Solomon 4:5 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Thy two breasts are like two young roes that are twins, which feed among the lilies. ”

Song of Solomon 4:5 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Thy two (c) breasts [are] like two young roes that are twins, which feed among the lilies. (c) In which are knowledge and zeal two precious jewels.
Song of Solomon 4:5 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Descriptive Poem ( Wasf ) Setting forth the Beauty of the Bride ( cf. Song of Solomon 5:10-15 ; Song of Solomon 6:4-7 , and see the Introduction). On the allegorical view, Christ here commends t...
Song of Solomon 4:5 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Thy two breasts are like two young roes that are twins, which feed among the lilies. Thy two breasts are like two young roes - I have met with many attempts to support this similitude, or rather to...
Song of Solomon 4:5 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Thy two breasts are like two young roes that are twins, which feed among the lilies. Thy two breasts - an image of the nutritive virtue in the Church. The bust is left open in Eastern dress....
Song of Solomon 4:5 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Description of her Charms. Her Invitation 1-7. This short poem belongs to the class which the Arabs call wasf, in which the bride's charms are described: they are sung while she is being dressed,...
Song of Solomon 4:5 - 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 4:5 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

III. The Actual Betrothal ( Song of Solomon 3:6-11 ; Song of Solomon 4:1-15 ) 1. The Singer Song of Solomon 3:6-11 ). The Coming of Solomon. 2. Solomon Song of Solomon 4:1-15 ). The Proposal.
Song of Solomon 4:5 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Behold, thou art fair, my love; behold, thou art fair; thou hast doves' eyes within thy locks: thy hair is as a flock of goats, that appear from mount Gilead. (2) Thy teeth are like a flock of sheep...
Song of Solomon 4:5 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Thy two breasts [are] like two young roes that are twins ,.... Or, "two fawns, the twins of a doe": Providence, as Plutarch observes p, has given to women two breasts, that, should they have twins,...
Song of Solomon 4:5 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Thy two breasts [are] like two young roes that are twins, which feed among the lilies. Ver. 5. Thy two breasts are like two young roes, &c. ] From the neck he descendeth to the breasts, and by...
Song of Solomon 4:5 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Thy neck This may represent the grace of faith, by which we are united to Christ, (as the body is to the head by the neck,) by which Christians receive their spiritual food, and consequently their...
Song of Solomon 4:5 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Beauty of the Church. 1 Behold, thou art fair, my love; behold, thou art fair; thou hast doves' eyes within t...
Song of Solomon 4:5 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Thy two breasts; another part in which beauty consists, Ezekiel 16:7 . By which some understand the two testaments, or the two sacraments; but these are rather Christ's than the church's breasts...
Song of Solomon 4:5 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

“Behold, you are fair, my love; behold, you are fair, Your eyes are as doves behind your veil. Your hair is as a flock of goats, Which lie along the side of mount Gilead. Your teeth are like a floc...
Song of Solomon 4:5 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Notes Song of Solomon 4:6 : Until the day dawn, and the shadows flew away, I will get me to the mountain of myrrh and to the hill of frankincense . ‘Until the day dawn’ (עַדשָׁיָּפוּחַ הַיּוֹם,...
Song of Solomon 4:5 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

This is a chapter which is, perhaps, more adapted for private meditation than for rending in public. Nevertheless, as this is a communion season, and I trust that the most of us are partakers of the...
Song of Solomon 4:5 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Song of Solomon 4:8 . Come with me from Lebanon, my spouse. This endearing appellative occurs here for the first time. This summerhouse of Solomon was built in the forest of Lebanon, and was inten...
Song of Solomon 4:5 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Song of Solomon 4:1 Behold, thou art fair, my love; behold, thou art fair; thine eyes are as doves behind thy veil; thine hair is as a flock of goats, that lie along the side of...
Song of Solomon 4:5 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Church's State of Grace. The Comeliness of the Church
Song of Solomon 4:5 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Peter 2:2 ; Isaiah 66:10-12 ; Proverbs 5:19 ; Song of Solomon 1:13 ; Song of Solomon 2:16 ; Song of Solomon 6:3 ; Song of Solomon 7:3 ; Song of Solomon 7:7 ; Song of Solomon 8:1 ; Song of...
Song of Solomon 4:5 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Lillies — In the fields where lillies grow.

Song of Solomon 4:5 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Song of Solomon 4:5 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Song of Solomon 4:5 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Song of Solomon 4:5 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Song of Solomon 4:5 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Song of Solomon 4:5 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Song of Solomon 4:5 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Song of Solomon 4:5 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Song of Solomon 4:5 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Song of Solomon 4:5 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Song of Solomon 4:5 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Song of Solomon 4:5 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Song of Solomon 4:5 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Song of Solomon 4:5 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Song of Solomon 4:5 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Song of Solomon 4:5 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Song of Solomon 4:5 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Song of Solomon 4:5 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Song of Solomon 4:5 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Song of Solomon 4:5 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Song of Solomon 4:5 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes