In his reply, Solomon tells the young woman about his work. Solomon pretends that he is looking after sheep. Really, Solomon is the king. His work is to look after people. So he invited the young woman to join him as he does his work.
Jesus also compared himself with a *shepherd (John 10:14). But really, Jesus is the greatest king (Revelation 19:16).
Verse Song of Solomon 1:8. _IF THOU KNOW NOT_] This appears to be the reply of the _virgins_. They know not exactly; and therefore direct the bride to the _shepherds_, who would give information....
This section is made by the Targumist and other Jewish interpreters to adumbrate the condition of Israel in the wilderness; by some Christian expositors, that of the Gentile Church on her first conver...
ANNOTATIONS SONG OF SONGS In studying this Love Song the primary application to the remnant of Israel must not be lost sight of. It is to be kept in mind that we are on Jewish ground and that the per...
SONG OF SOLOMON 1:1. Superscription by the collector or a later editor describing the whole book as the noblest or the most beautiful of Solomon's songs (1 Kings 4:32). SONG OF SOLOMON 1:2. A b
IF THOU, &C. Answer of the court-ladies: ironical....
Song of Solomon 1:7 is spoken by the Shulammite, asking her lover where she will find him at noon, and Song of Solomon 1:8 is the mocking comment of the daughters of Jerusalem. Martineau, indeed, supp...
_by the footsteps of the flock_ i.e. hard on the footsteps, in the very tracks of the sheep, until she reaches the place where the shepherds" tents are set up, and there she will find him....
IF THOU KNOW NOT, &C.— This is the reply of the virgins, and it breathes all the simplicity of pastoral life....
TEXT 1:8 COURT LADIES RESPONSE Song of Solomon 1:8 (ironical) 8 If you do not know, O fairest among women, follow in the tracks of the flock, and pasture your kids beside the shepherd's tents. THO...
If thou know not, O thou fairest among women, go thy way forth by the footsteps of the flock, and feed thy kids beside the shepherds' tents. IF THOU KNOW NOT. She ought to have known (John 14:8). T...
THE ARDENT AFFECTION OF THE LOVERS 2-7. Songs of the bride: her enquiry and his answers....
With kindly banter he bids her lead out her little flock of female kids and take her chance of finding him. 9-11. It would not occur to us to compare a woman to a beautiful mare: but an Eastern at onc...
IF THOU KNOW NOT. — With this verse one subsection of the poem plainly ends. Most of the supporters of the dramatic theory make Song of Solomon 1:9 begin the second scene of Act I.; and many of them u...
אִם ־לֹ֤א תֵדְעִי֙ לָ֔ךְ הַ יָּפָ֖ה בַּ
TRUE LOVE TESTED SONG OF SOLOMON 1:1; Song of Solomon 2:1; Song of Solomon 3:1; Song of So
No Book has been provocative of more controversy than this. The question at issue is as to its place and value in Holy Scripture. While there are different varieties of each, the interpretations may b...
(p) If thou knowest not, O thou fairest among women, go forth by the footsteps of the flock, and feed thy kids beside the shepherds' tents. (p) Christ speaks to his Church, bidding them that are igno...
Company. Hebrew, "mare." Such were preferred, as more gentle and swift. Pharao had probably made his son-in-law a present of a magnificent chariot. Theocritus (xviii.) compares the beauty of Helena to...
If thou know not, O thou fairest among women, go thy way forth by the footsteps of the flock, and feed thy kids beside the shepherds' tents. Some have thought, that this answer is given by the virgins...
Chapter 1 presents in the most clear and simple manner the assurance of the full enjoyment of blessing; but still, though affection be there, all is more characterised by desire than by peace. And aft...
IF THOU KNOW NOT,.... Or, "seeing thou knowest not" m; the saints in this imperfect state know but in part, are ignorant of many things, and in some measure of themselves; for though they know much of...
If thou know not, O thou fairest among women, go thy way forth by the footsteps of the flock, and feed thy kids beside the shepherds' tents. Ver. 8. _If thou know not, O thou fairest among women._] S...
_If thou know not_ This is Christ's answer; _go thy way_, &c. Observe and follow the paths which my sheep have trodden before thee, my faithful servants, Abraham and others. For the church in all ages...
If thou know not, if she is really lacking in knowledge, as she states, O THOU FAIREST AMONG WOMEN, GO THY WAY FORTH BY THE FOOTSTEPS OF THE FLOCK, following its tracks, AND FEED THY KIDS BESIDE THE S...
THE SONG OF SOLOMON CHAPTER 1. The Church's Longing for Christ....
7,8 Observe the title given to Christ, O Thou whom my soul loveth. Those that do so, may come to him boldly, and may humbly plead with him. Is it with God's people a noon-time of outward troubles, in...
IF THOU KNOW NOT, to wit, where I feed my sheep. For this is Christ's answer to his spouse or people. O THOU FAIREST AMONG WOMEN; though thou art black in thine own and others eyes, yet thou art very...
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_ “If you do not know, O you fairest among women, Go your way forth by the footsteps of the flock, And feed your kids beside the shepherds' tents.”_ Their reply is probably ironic. They are saying tha...
Song of Solomon 1:8 I. Keep on familiar ground; do not stray away from the line of footsteps; be near where you can hear the pipe, or the flute, or the trumpet of the camp. Do not detach yourselves fr...
SONG OF SONG OF SOLOMON 1 I. Though written very possibly by Solomon with reference to the daughter of Pharaoh, this Song seems evidently to have had a deep symbolical meaning from the very beginning....
We will this evening read in the one Book of the Bible which is wholly given up to fellowship; I allude to the Book of Canticles. This Book stands like the tree of life in the midst of the garden, and...
CONTENTS: The Bride and Bridegroom in joyful communion. CHARACTERS: Solomon, Bride (Christ, Church). CONCLUSION: Those who are full of Christ earnestly desire the manifestations of His love to their...
Song of Solomon 1:1. _The Song of songs, which is Solomon's._ Here our version varies from the Hebrew. The particle prefixed to the noun Solomon is rendered in the genitive, instead of the dative case...
_If thou know not, O thou fairest among women, go thy way forth by the footsteps of the flock._ CHRIST’S ANSWER UNTO HIS SPOUSE I. His supposition. 1. The faithful servants and saints of Christ wal...
SONG OF SOLOMON 1:2 The Lovers Yearn for Each Other. The two main characters, apparently betrothed, are introduced as they sing of their desire for each other. On the difference between betrothal and...
SONG OF SOLOMON—NOTE ON SONG OF SOLOMON 1:8 This is the man’s first appearance. Here he offers a playful answer to the woman’s question of where to find him. She cares for a FLOCK, as he does (v....
BRIDE’S THIRD REQUEST OF HER BELOVED. _Shulamite again addresses herself to the King, though still out of sight_. Song of Solomon 1:7 Tell me, O thou whom my soul loveth, Where thou feedest, Where...
EXPOSITION SONG OF SOLOMON 1:1 THE SONG OF SONGS, WHICH IS SOLOMON'S. This is certainly the title of the book which follows, although in our present Hebrew Bible it is the first verse of the book pre...
Tonight we want to look at the Song of Songs which is Solomon's. By the title it indicates that Solomon felt that this was the finest of the one thousand and five songs that he wrote. This is the exce...
1 Corinthians 11:1; 1 Peter 3:6; Ephesians 5:27; Hebrews 11:4;...
If — This is Christ's answer. Go — Observe and follow the paths which my sheep have trodden before thee, my faithful servants, Abraham, and others. For the church in all ages is one and the same, and...