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Song of Solomon 4:9-11

Their love seems very special:

• She glanced at him. So he loves her.

• He saw the chain round her neck. And he wanted her to be his bride.

• He prefers her love rather than the best wine.

• He prefers her *perfume rather than any other smell.

• Her words seem so sweet (pleasant). He jokes that they are sweeter than honey.

• In the mountains of Lebanon, many plants have beautiful smells. See verses 6 and 8. She seems to come from such a place. When he is with her, he seems to be able to smell the air from the mountains.

We might think that we are not important to God. Or, that God does not really care about us. But the Bible teaches that such ideas are wrong. God really does love us. He loves us so much that he sent Jesus to die for us (John 3:16). God loves us, and he wants us to love him too (Mark 12:30).

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  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

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  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    The similes employed refer to the graces of adornment, speech, and gesture, as expressions of inward character and sentiment. Song of Solomon 4:9 WITH ONE OF THINE EYES - Rather, with one look of th...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    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...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

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  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

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  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

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  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    _Thou hast ravished my heart_ This clause is represented by one word in Heb., a denom. Piel verb, formed from the noun _lçbhâbh_= -heart." According to usage this might mean either -thou hast heartene...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

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  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    RAVISHED. — Marg., _taken away,_ whereas many (including Herder, Ewald, &c) give an exactly opposite sense: “thou hast given me heart, emboldened me.” The literal, “thou hast _hearted_ (_libabtinî_) m...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    לִבַּבְתִּ֖נִי אֲחֹתִ֣י כַלָּ֑ה לִבַּבְתִּ֨ינִי֙ _בְּ_†_אַחַ֣ת_† מֵ...

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    TRUE LOVE TESTED SONG OF SOLOMON 1:1; Song of Solomon 2:1; Song of Solomon 3:1; Song of So

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

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  • Geneva Study Bible Commentary

    Thou hast ravished my heart, my (e) sister, [my] spouse; thou hast ravished my heart with one of thy (f) eyes, with one chain of thy neck. (e) Christ calls his Church sister in respect that he had ta...

  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

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  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

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  • John Darby's Synopsis

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  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    THOU HAST RAVISHED MY HEART, MY SISTER, [MY] SPOUSE,.... Here another new title is given to the church, "my sister", with the repetition of the former, my "spouse": for one and the same person, with t...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    _Thou hast ravished my heart, my sister, [my] spouse; thou hast ravished my heart with one of thine eyes, with one chain of thy neck._ Ver. 9. _Thou hast ravished mine heart, &c._] Thou hast caught i...

  • Jonathan Edwards' Notes On The Scriptures

    Song 4:9. "Thou hast ravished my heart with one of thine eyes, with one chain of thy neck." What that one chain of the spouse's neck is, that does so peculiarly ravish the heart of Christ, we may lear...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    Thou hast ravished My heart, robbing Him of His heart by the miracle of her beauty, MY SISTER, as the adopted child of His heavenly Father, MY SPOUSE; THOU HAST RAVISHED MY HEART WITH ONE OF THINE EYE...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

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  • Marginal Notes in the King James Version (1611)

    RAVISHED: Or, taken away my heart...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

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  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

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  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Song of Solomon 4:9 heart H3823 (H8765) sister H269 spouse H3618 heart H3823 (H8765) one H259 eyes H5869

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

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  • Scofield's Bible Commentary

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  • Spurgeon's Bible Commentary

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  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    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...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    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...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    SONG OF SOLOMON—NOTE ON SONG OF SOLOMON 4:9 The HEART is the center of one’s inner life, the place of thinking, feeling, and choosing (see Proverbs 4:23).

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    NOTES Song of Solomon 4:9. _Thou hast ravished my heart, my sister, my spouse: thou hast ravished my heart with one of thine eyes, with one chain of thy neck_. ‘Thou hast ravished my heart’ (לִבַּבְתּ...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    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...

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

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  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    My sister — So he calls her to shew the greatness of his love, which cannot sufficiently be expressed by any one relation. With one — With one glance. One chain — With one of those other graces and pe...

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