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Song of Solomon 8:2

Such a little girl can show love to her brother in many different ways. She can stay with him, and she can lead him about. She can take him into her home. She can make a special drink for him.

That drink is wine. Its juice comes from *pomegranates. It contains *spices. Elsewhere in the Song, those things are all word pictures for love. So, the girl is showing love to her brother. She is showing it by her desire to look after him well. She wants him to be content and happy. So she works hard for him, and she gives him precious things. All of these things are expressions of love. And this is real love.

We must not imagine that sex is the only way to express love. And we must not imagine that we can only have real love for our husbands and wives. Sex is only for husbands and their wives. But love for brothers and sisters can be real love. Love for friends can be real love. Love for children and parents can be real love. The Bible tells us that Christians should love each other, too. We express such love when we use our lives to help other people (see verse 7).

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  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse Song of Solomon 8:2. _WOULD - BRING THEE INTO MY MOTHER'S HOUSE_, WHO _WOULD_ _INSTRUCT ME_] She would teach me how to conduct myself towards thee, as she would how to nurse a young child. _TO...

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    WHO WOULD INSTRUCT ME - Or, thou shouldest teach me Isaiah 54:13. Some allegorists make the whole passage Song of Solomon 7:11-8 a prayer of the synagogue for the Incarnation of the Word, like...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    CHAPTER 8 The last chapter of the Song is a review of the whole. There is unquestionably a recapitulation of the entire book. The bride's desires are once more given to be loved and caressed by Him. F...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    SONG OF SOLOMON 6:13 TO SONG OF SOLOMON 8:4. THE DANCING BRIDE AND THE RAPTURE OF LOVE. This section also is probably composed of different lyrics, though it is difficult to separate them; we have fir...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    WOULD LEAD THEE. would fain lead thee thence [in triumph]. WHO WOULD. thou wouldest, or she would. SPICED WINE. the aromatic [wine]. Hebrew. _rekah._...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    Song of Solomon 7:7 Chap. Song of Solomon 8:4. The King and the Shepherdess the last Assault We may suppose that after her attendants have completed the Shulammite's adornment, and have finished thei...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    The bride thinks with delight of the close familiar intercourse she would in that case have had with him. who _would instruct me_ The verb here may be either 3rd pers. sing. fem. as the A.V. takes it...

  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    WHO WOULD INSTRUCT ME— literally, _Thou shouldest be constantly with me:_ so Houbigant. The next clause refers to the Hebrew custom of mixing aromatic drugs with their wine. Russel in one place observ...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    TEXT 7:118:4 _Shulammite:_ Invitation to the Shepherd, Song of Solomon 7:11 to Song of Solomon 8:2 Aside to Court Ladies, Song of Solomon 8:3 Adjuration to Court Ladies,...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    I would lead thee, and bring thee into my mother's house, who would instruct me: I would cause thee to drink of spiced wine of the juice of my pomegranate. BRING THEE INTO MY MOTHER'S HOUSE. Her d...

  • Darby's translation notes (1890)

    8:2 wouldest (f-12) Or 'She would.'...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    A DIALOGUE. HER LOVELINESS 10-13. A dialogue between these ladies and her. They compare her to the dawn, stooping down to look on the earth from the sky. It is still common in Arabic poems to address...

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    JUICE OF MY POMEGRANATE. — “The Orientals,” says Dr. Kitto, “indulge largely in beverages made of fresh juice of various kinds of fruits. Among these, sherbet made of pomegranate juice is particularly...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    אֶנְהָֽגֲךָ֗ אֲבִֽיאֲךָ֛ אֶל ־בֵּ֥ית אִמִּ֖י תְּלַמְּדֵ֑נִי...

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    MYSTICAL INTERPRETATIONS THUS far we have been considering the bare, literal sense of the text. It cannot be denied that, if only to lead up to the metaphorical significance of the words employed, tho...

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

    C. The United Life (Song of Solomon 7:10; Song of Solomon 8:1) I. The Bride (Song of Solomon 7:10;...

  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

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  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    I would lead thee, and bring thee into my mother's house, who would instruct me: I would cause thee to drink of spiced wine of the juice of my pomegranate. And then, saith the Church, (still following...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    SUMMARY TO THE SONG OF SOLOMON Chapter 8 stands by itself, and appears to me to recapitulate the principles of the whole book. It returns to the foundation of that which gave rise to all these exercis...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    I WOULD LEAD THEE, [AND] BRING, THEE INTO MOTHER'S HOUSE,.... The general assembly and church of the firstborn is mother to the church visible, to particular churches and believers, where they are bor...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    I would lead thee, [and] bring thee into my mother's house, [who] would instruct me: I would cause thee to drink of spiced wine of the juice of my pomegranate. Ver. 2. _I would lead thee and bring th...

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

    _I would lead and bring thee_ With joy and triumph, as the bridegroom was usually brought to the bride's house; _into my mother's house, who would instruct me_ How I should behave myself toward thee:...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    I would lead Thee and bring Thee into my mother's house, who would instruct me, rather, "Thou wouldest instruct me"; I WOULD CAUSE THEE, in return for such instruction, TO DRINK OF SPICED WINE OF THE...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

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  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    1-4 The church wishes for the constant intimacy and freedom with the Lord Jesus that a sister has with a brother. That they might be as his brethren, which they are, when by grace they are made parta...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    BRING THEE, with joy and triumph, as the bridegroom was usually brought to the bride's house. See PSALMS 45:14,15. INTO MY MOTHER'S HOUSE; either, 1. My mother s-inlaw, my husband's mother, as the cus...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Song of Solomon 8:2 lead H5090 (H8799) bring H935 (H8686) house H1004 mother H517 instruct H3925 (H8762)

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    The YOUNG WIFE continues, but now there is a desire to enter more deeply into what her beloved can offer her, for she is aware of his great wisdom. She still wants to kiss him and bring him to her mot...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    CONTENTS: The affections between the Bridegroom and His Bride. CHARACTERS: Solomon, Bride (Christ, Church). CONCLUSION: Those who are espoused to the Lord Jesus, should desire constant intimacy and...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    Song of Solomon 8:1. _Oh that thou wert as my brother._ The Chaldaic is a metaphrase of the text. “In the time that king Messiah shall be revealed to the congregation of Israel, they shall say to him,...

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    SHULAMITE’S WISH Chap. Song of Solomon 8:1 O that thou wert as my brother, That sucked the breasts of my mother! When I should find thee without, I would kiss thee, Yea, I should not be despised. I w...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    EXPOSITION SONG OF SOLOMON 8:1 Oh that thou wert as my brother, that sucked the breasts of my mother! When I should find thee without, I would kiss thee; and none would despise me. I would lead thee,...

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    The bride continues her song. O that thou wert as my brother, that nursed upon the breasts of my mother! when I should find thee without, I would kiss thee; yea, I should not be despised. I would lead...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    1 Peter 1:10; 2 Peter 1:19; 2 Timothy 3:15; Acts 17:11; Acts 17:12;...

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    Instruct me — Or, where she did instruct or educate me. I would — My gifts and graces should all be employed to serve and glorify thee....

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