Song of Solomon 4:2 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Bible Comments

Thy teeth are like a flock of sheep that are even shorn, which came up from the washing; whereof every one bear twins, and none is barren among them.

Thy teeth (are) like a flock ... shorn. The Hebrew х qªtsuwbowt (H7094)] implies 'cut' or "shorn," so as to be like one another. Cf the same Hebrew term in 1 Kings 6:25, "of one size." So the point of comparison to teeth is their symmetry of form; as in 'come up from the washing,' the spotless whiteness; and in "twins," the exact correspondence of the upper and under teeth; and in "none barren," none wanting, none without its fellow. Faith is the tooth with which we eat the living bread. Contrast the teeth of sinners (Proverbs 30:14); also their end (Matthew 25:30). Faith leads the flock to the washing (1 Corinthians 6:11).

None ... barren - (2 Peter 1:8.) He who is begotten of God begets instrumentally other sons of God.

Song of Solomon 4:2

2 Thy teeth are like a flock of sheep that are even shorn, which came up from the washing; whereof every one bear twins, and none is barren among them.