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See also Song of Solomon 4:9 in other biblical comments:

  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse 9. _THOU HAST RAVISHED MY HEART_] לבבתני _libbabtini_, "Thou hast hearted me," i.e., taken away my heart; as we say, "He has barked the tree," i.e., he has stripped it of its bark; "He has fleec...

  • 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

    THE RESISTLESS CHARM OF THE BEAUTIFUL BRIDE. In the Oriental manner this enchantment is expressed in the sensuous terms of wine, honey, and delicious odours. SISTER is found in old Egyptian love-songs...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    RAVISHED MY HEART. put heart into me. ONE. It was customary to unveil one eye in conversation. OF: or round....

  • 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...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    Song of Solomon 4:8 Chap. Song of Solomon 5:1. A true Lover's Pleading With Song of Solomon 4:8 a new song, representing another scene, begins. In it the peasant lover of the Shulammite comes to b

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    TEXT 4:8 to Song of Solomon 5:1 _SECOND MEETING (Jerusalem_); Prolepsis, Song of Solomon 4:8 to Song of Solomon 5:1 (Chronologically coming between...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    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. SISTER ... SPOUSE - this title is here first used, as he is soon a...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    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 pr...

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    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!...

  • 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

    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...

  • 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

    _Wounded. Symmachus, "given." Septuagint, Protestants, "ravished." Mystic writers suppose, that the spouse had been guilty of some negligence; or, on the contrary, that her deportment was most enchant...

  • Hawker's Poor man's 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. The Lord Jesus continues the same strain of affection in this verse a...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    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...

  • 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

    _My sister, my spouse_ So he calls her to show the greatness of his love, which could not sufficiently be expressed by any one relation. _With one of thine eyes_ With one glance. _One chain of thy nec...

  • 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

    THE RAVISHING LOVE OF THE CHURCH...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    8-15 Observe the gracious call Christ gives to the church. It is, 1. A precept; so this is Christ's call to his church to come off from the world. These hills seem pleasant, but there are in them lio...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    THOU HAST RAVISHED MY HEART; I am overcome with thy beauty, and therefore am so desirous of thy company. MY SISTER; so he calls her, partly because both he and she had one and the same father, to wit,...

  • 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

    _ “You have ravished my heart, my sister, my bride, You have ravished my heart with one of your eyes, With one chain of your neck. How fair is your love, my sister, my bride! How much better is your l...

  • Scofield's Bible Commentary

    SISTER The word "sister" here is of infinitely delicate significance, intimating the very whiteness of purity in the midst of an ardour which is, like the shekinah, aglow but unspeakably holy. Sin ha...

  • Spurgeon's Bible Commentary

    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...

  • 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

    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...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    1 Corinthians 9:5; 2 Corinthians 11:2; Ezekiel 16:8; Genesis 20:12;...

  • 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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