King James Version
What Does Song of Solomon 3:5 Mean?
“I charge you, O ye daughters of Jerusalem, by the roes, and by the hinds of the field, that ye stir not up, nor awake my love, till he please.”
Context
3
The watchmen that go about the city found me: to whom I said, Saw ye him whom my soul loveth?
4
It was but a little that I passed from them, but I found him whom my soul loveth: I held him, and would not let him go, until I had brought him into my mother's house, and into the chamber of her that conceived me.
5
I charge you, O ye daughters of Jerusalem, by the roes, and by the hinds of the field, that ye stir not up, nor awake my love, till he please.
6
Who is this that cometh out of the wilderness like pillars of smoke, perfumed with myrrh and frankincense, with all powders of the merchant?
7
Behold his bed, which is Solomon's; threescore valiant men are about it, of the valiant of Israel.
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Commentary
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary6-7. The quarrelsome bring trouble on themselves. Their rash language ensnares them (Pr 6:2).
Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset, David Brown. Public Domain.
Historical Context
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Theological Significance
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