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

Bible Comments

My beloved put in his hand by the hole of the door, and my bowels were moved for him.

Put in his hand by the hole. A key in the East is usually a piece of wood with pegs in it, corresponding to small holes in a wooden bolt within, and is put through a hole in the door, and thus draws the bolt. So Jesus Christ "puts forth His hand (namely, His Spirit,) by (Hebrew, min (H4480), from; so in Song of Solomon 2:9) the hole;" in "chastening" (Psalms 38:12; Revelation 3:14-22, evidently drawn from this passage), and other unexpected ways letting Himself in (Luke 22:61-62).

Bowels ... moved for him - it is His, which are first troubled for us and which cause ours to be troubled for him Bowels ... moved for him - it is His, which are first troubled for us and which cause ours to be troubled for him (Hosea 11:8).

Song of Solomon 5:4

4 My beloved put in his hand by the hole of the door, and my bowels were moved for him.b