Verse Song of Solomon 1:6. _BECAUSE THE SUN HATH LOOKED UPON ME_] The bride gives here certain reasons why she was _dark complexioned_. "The sun hath looked upon me." I am sunburnt, tanned by the sun...
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
LOOK NOT UPON ME. Look not down on: i.e. regard me not. Compare 1 Chronicles 17:17; Psalms 106:44. THE SUN HATH LOOKED. Figure of speech _Prosopopoeia_ (App-6), to emphasize the cause of her swarthin...
_because I_am _black_ The word for black here is a diminutive of the former word, and would be better translated SWARTHY. _the sun hath looked upon me_ Rather, HATH SCORCHED ME (R.V.). _my mother's c...
LOOK NOT UPON ME, &C.— _Look not down upon me, because I am brown; for the sun hath discoloured me. My mother's children were severe unto me: they made me keeper of the vineyards: mine own vineyard ha...
TEXT 1:5, 6 APPEAL 5 Black am I, yet comely, ye daughters of Jerusalem, as the tents of Kedar, as the hangings of Solomon. Look not on me because I am black, because the sun has scorched me. 6 My...
Look not upon me, because I am black, because the sun hath looked upon me: my mother's children were angry with me; they made me the keeper of the vineyards; but mine own vineyard have I not kept....
1:6 me. (d-15) Or 'hath burned me.'...
Her mother's sons have made it impossible for her to avoid this, treating her with that arbitrary tyranny which male relatives so often display in the East. 'I have known an ill-natured child,' says D...
THE ARDENT AFFECTION OF THE LOVERS 2-7. Songs of the bride: her enquiry and his answers....
The woman is aware that she is not perfect. She has two problems: • She thinks that her skin is too dark. She wants to marry the king. But she does not look like a princess. Instead, she looks like a...
HOW TO LOVE GOD WITH ALL YOUR HEART SONG OF SONGS _COMMENTARY: KEITH SIMONS. TRANSLATION: MARK KIRKPATRICK_ ABOUT THE SONG OF SONGS The Song of Songs is a poem about love. The main speakers are a...
Perhaps this woman is so weak that she falls. Perhaps Solomon has to hold her so that she does not hurt herself. His touch is gentle. She should be very excited that he is touching her. But instead,...
LOOK NOT..._ — i.e., with disdain,_ as in Job 41:34 (Heb. 26). BLACK. — Literally, _blackish._ THE SUN... — The word translated _looked upon_ occurs only twice besides (Job 20:9; Job 28:7). The “all-...
אַל ־תִּרְא֨וּנִי֙ שֶׁ אֲנִ֣י שְׁחַרְחֹ֔רֶת שֶׁ...
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...
Look not upon me, because I [am] (i) black, because the (k) sun hath looked upon me: (l) my mother's children were angry with me; they made me the keeper of the vineyards; [but] my own vineyard have I...
Liest. Hebrew, "makest thy flock to rest." (Protestants) (Haydock) --- Mid-day. She represents herself and her beloved as guarding flocks, which were usually driven into some shady place during the he...
Look not upon me, because I am black, because the sun hath looked upon me: my mother's children were angry with me; they made me the keeper of the vineyards; but mine own vineyard have I not kept. If,...
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...
LOOK NOT UPON ME,.... Meaning not with scorn and disdain because of her meanness; nor as prying into her infirmities to expose her; nor with joy at her trials and afflictions; neither of these can be...
Look not upon me, because I [am] black, because the sun hath looked upon me: my mother's children were angry with me; they made me the keeper of the vineyards; [but] mine own vineyard have I not kept....
_Look not upon me_ With wonder and disdain; _because the sun hath looked upon me_ My blackness is not essential and inseparable, but chiefly caused by the scorching beams of the sun; that is, sore per...
Look not upon me, because I am black, because the sun hath looked upon me, thereby causing her tanned appearance. MY MOTHER'S CHILDREN WERE ANGRY WITH ME; THEY MADE ME THE KEEPER OF THE VINEYARDS, giv...
THE SONG OF SOLOMON CHAPTER 1. The Church's Longing for Christ....
2-6 The church, or rather the believer, speaks here in the character of the spouse of the King, the Messiah. The kisses of his mouth mean those assurances of pardon with which believers are favoured,...
LOOK NOT UPON ME, with wonder and disdain, because of my blackness, as it follows. BECAUSE THE SUN HATH LOOKED UPON ME: my blackness is not essential, and inseparable, but chiefly caused by the scorch...
Song of Solomon 1:6 look H7200 (H8799) dark H7840 sun H8121 tanned H7805 (H8804) mothers H517 sons H1121
SECTION 1. The First Assignation of The Lovers (Song of Solomon 1:2 to Song of Solomon 2:7). In this first section a young Northern maiden is thinking about the handsome young shepherd king, Solomon,...
_ “Do not look upon me, Because I am swarthy, Because the sun has scorched me. My mother's sons were incensed against me. They made me keeper of the vineyards, But my own vineyard have I not kept.”_ W...
GRAVE Hebrew, "Sheol," (_ See Scofield) - (Habakkuk 2:5). _...
Song of Solomon 1:6 I. What is this complaint? "Mine own vineyard have I not kept." The spiritual nature of a godly man is here supposed to be likened to a vineyard. (1) It is a soil in which things a...
Song of Solomon 1:4 I. Note (1) what it is that the Church desires from Christ what every pious soul must desire who would make prayer to Christ at all. "Draw me," allure me, bring my soul under the p...
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....
Now, concerning our love to him, let us read a few verses of the Song of Solomon, first chapter. You have been introduced to the Beloved, red with his own blood, but never so lovely as in his passion....
Song of Solomon 1:1. _The song of songs, which is Solomon's. Let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth: for thy love is better than wine. Because of the savour of thy good ointments thy name is as...
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...
_Look not upon me, because I am black._ SELF-HUMBLING AND SELF-SEARCHING I. The fairest Christians are the most shamefaced with regard to themselves. The person who says, “Look not upon me, because I...
_I am black, but comely, O ye daughters of Jerusalem._ THE CHURCH’S BLACKNESS I. The church of God and Christians, whilst they are here, are in an imperfect state. There is a mixture of some light a...
NOTES Song of Solomon 1:6. _Look not upon me because I am black, because the sun hath looked upon me: my mother’s children were angry with me; they made me keeper of the vineyards; but my own vineyard...
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...
Acts 14:22; Galatians 4:29; Jeremiah 12:6; Jeremiah 8:21; Job 30:30;...
Look not — With wonder and disdain. Mother's children — False brethren, who pretend that the church is their mother, when their actions demonstrate, that God, the husband of the church, is not their f...