Geneva Study Bible Commentary
Song of Solomon 4:5
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.
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.
Verse Song of Solomon 4:5. _THY TWO BREASTS_ ARE _LIKE TWO YOUNG ROES_] I have met with many attempts to support this _similitude_, or rather to show that there is a _similitude_; but I judge them un...
CHAPTER 4 The King, the Bridegroom speaks of her, who is “perfect through His comeliness put upon thee” Ezekiel 16:14. He tells out all she is in His sight and loving estimation. He has called her fro...
DESCRIPTIVE POEM (_WASF_) SETTING FORTH THE BEAUTY OF THE BRIDE (_cf._ Song of Solomon 5:10; Song of Solomon 6:4, and see the Introduction). On the allegorical view, Christ here commends the beauty of...
_two young roes_, &c. TWO FAWNS THAT ARE TWINS OF A GAZELLE. _which feed among the lilies_ PASTURING _among the lilies_. Probably the comparison is meant to be limited merely to the twin fawns, and th...
Song of Solomon 4:1-7. The Royal Suitor King Solomon is here the speaker, and in these verses he presses his suit anew by praise of the Shulammite's beauty. The whole song is evidently modelled, as s...
TEXT 4:1-7 _THIRD SCENEThe Lover's Interviews Song of Solomon 4:1_ to Song of Solomon 5:1 First Meeting (Jerusalem?): Shepherd's Monologue, Song of Solomon 4:1-7 1. Beh
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. The br...
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, or...
A WONDERFUL SONG ABOUT LOVE SONG OF SONGS _MARK KIRKPATRICK_ CHAPTER 4 THE MAN V1 My *dear, you are so beautiful! Oh, you are beautiful!...
In other words, she is still very young. Compare 8:10. In chapter 8, she will be a mature woman. And she will be a good mother....
שְׁנֵ֥י שָׁדַ֛יִךְ כִּ שְׁנֵ֥י עֳפָרִ֖ים תְּאֹומֵ֣י...
TRUE LOVE TESTED SONG OF SOLOMON 1:1; Song of Solomon 2:1; Song of Solomon 3:1; Song of So
III. The Actual Betrothal (Song of Solomon 3:6; Song of Solomon 4:1) 1. The Singer Song of Solomon 3:6). The Coming of Solomon. 2. Solomon...
_Roes. This comparison does not seem happy: but exactitude is not required. (Calmet) --- Indeed if we were to take all in the literal sense, a very grotesque figure would arise, with a head like Carme...
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 t...
And now, chapter 4, He declares all that she is in His sight, although she has been in the lion's den. From thence He calls her, all fair and without spot in His eyes; His heart expressing His delight...
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, bot...
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 these...
Song 4:5. "Thy two breasts are like two young roes that are twins, which feed among the lilies." Like two young roes, _i.e. _ fair, loving, and pleasant. See Proverbs 5:19. Roes which feed among the l...
_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 s...
Thy two breasts are like two young roes that are twins, fawns, twins of a gazelle, WHICH FEED AMONG THE LILIES, of delicate and exquisite beauty. This declaration on the part of the Bridegroom causes...
THE CHURCH'S STATE OF GRACE. The Comeliness of the Church...
1-7 If each of these comparisons has a meaning applicable to the graces of the church, or of the faithful Christian, they are not clearly known; and great mistakes are made by fanciful guesses. The m...
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. Other...
Song of Solomon 4:5 two H8147 breasts H7699 two H8147 fawns H6082 H6646 Twins H8380 feed H7462 (H8802)
“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 flock...
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 l...
CONTENTS: The Bridegroom commends the beauty of the Bride and delights in her affection. CHARACTERS: Solomon, Bride (Christ, Church). CONCLUSION: Whatever others think of the Bride of Christ, she is...
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 intended...
SONG OF SOLOMON—NOTE ON SONG OF SOLOMON 4:1 The first part of v. Song of Solomon 4:1 is repeated in v....
SONG OF SOLOMON—NOTE ON SONG OF SOLOMON 4:5 FAWNS (young deer) refers to the youthful appearance of her TWO BREASTS. GAZELLE probably refers to her appealingly sleek form.
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, _adh s...
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 MOUNT GILE...
And now the bridegroom speaks. 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. Thy teeth...
1 Peter 2:2; Isaiah 66:10; Proverbs 5:19; Song of Solomon 1:13;...
Lillies — In the fields where lillies grow....