Song of Solomon 7:8 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Bible Comments

I said — Within myself, I resolved. I will — Climb up, that so I may take hold of the boughs, which do not grow out of the sides, as in other trees, but only at the top of it. Take hold — Partly to prune and dress them, and partly to gather the fruit. The smell — Of thy breath; which is often called the breath of a man's nostrils.

Song of Solomon 7:8

8 I said, I will go up to the palm tree, I will take hold of the boughs thereof: now also thy breasts shall be as clusters of the vine, and the smell of thy nose like apples;