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Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Song of Solomon 8:10

I am a wall... — The heroine interrupts with a protestation of her purity, and of her right to marry, being of age, and conscious of being beloved.

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See also Song of Solomon 8:10 in other biblical comments:

  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse 10. _I_ AM _A WALL, AND MY BREASTS LIKE TOWERS_] I am become marriageable, and I stood in need of the _defense_ I have now in my beloved; and as soon as I was so, and became pleasing in the eye...

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    A brief dialogue commencing with a question and answer probably made by brothers of the bride concerning a younger sister who will soon be old enough to be asked in marriage. The answer is given in th...

  • 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

    THE SONG OF THE LITTLE SISTER. Whether part of the story or as a fragment of a song, Song of Solomon 8:8 introduces the brothers of a young woman speaking, as her guardians, and telling of their anxie...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    I AM. WALL. The Shulamite thus replies:. stand firm against all the blandishments of Solomon.. am not. door admitting any one. HIS EYES: i.e. her shepherd lover's, or the brother's who last spoke (no...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    TEXT 8:5-14 _FIFTH SCENEThe Homeward Journey, Song of Solomon 8:5-14_ Villagers (or the Shepherd's Companions): Inquiry, Song of Solomon 8:5 a _The Lovers:_ Dialogue,...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    I am a wall, and my breasts like towers: then was I in his eyes as one that found favour. I (AM) A WALL, AND MY BREASTS LIKE TOWERS. The Gentile Church's joy at its free admission to Gospel privile...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    MEMORIES. THE CLOSE 5. The chorus enquire who this happy bride may be. And the bridegroom points her to the apple-tree where he had once found her asleep, and to the spot where she was born. These ar...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    Our heroine can proudly assert her purity, and her beloved honours her. 11, 12. In figurative speech he expresses his contentment. King Solomon has a fertile and profitable vineyard at BAAL-HAMON (per...

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    A WONDERFUL SONG ABOUT LOVE SONG OF SONGS _MARK KIRKPATRICK_ CHAPTER 8 THE WOMAN V1 I wish that you were like my brother. My mother fed him at her breasts....

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    The young woman seems pleased with the answer that the people have given. She compares herself to a wall with strong *towers. By the *towers, she means her breasts. This is not how the man described h...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    אֲנִ֣י חֹומָ֔ה וְ שָׁדַ֖י כַּ † מִּגְדָּלֹ֑ות...

  • 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;...

  • Geneva Study Bible Commentary

    (g) I [am] a wall, and my breasts like towers: then was I in his eyes as one that found favour. (g) The Church promises fidelity and constancy....

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    We have a little sister, and she hath no breasts: what shall we do for our sister in the day when she shall be spoken for? (9) If she be a wall, we will build upon her a palace of silver: and if she b...

  • 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 [AM] A WALL,.... The words of the little sister, or Gentile church; either wishing she was what was supposed, and desiring to be in a well settled state, "O that I was a wall!" or as asserting d tha...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    I [am] a wall, and my breasts like towers: then was I in his eyes as one that found favour. Ver. 10. _I am a wall; and my breasts like towers._] If she be a wall, saith Christ. I am a wall, saith thi...

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

    _I am a wall_, &c. “The ancient church,” says Mr. Scott, “seems here thankfully to reflect on her privileges; she was, before the coming of the Messiah, as a wall built on the precious foundation, a p...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    I am a wall, so Shulamith answers, AND MY BREASTS LIKE TOWERS; THEN WAS I IN HIS EYES AS ONE THAT FOUND FAVOR; because she had kept her charms intact, she found peace in the love of the King....

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    THE BLISSFUL UNION IN HEAVEN...

  • Marginal Notes in the King James Version (1611)

    FAVOUR: _ Heb._ peace...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    8-12 The church pleads for the Gentiles, who then had not the word of God, nor the means of grace. Those who are brought to Christ themselves, should contrive what they may do to help others to him....

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    These seem to be the words of the Jewish church to Christ: O Lord, by thy grace I am what thou wouldst have my sister to be, a wall, and therefore do humbly beg and hope that, according to thy promise...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Song of Solomon 8:10 wall H2346 breasts H7699 towers H4026 eyes H5869 found H4672 (H8802) peace H7965 a wall -...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    Solomon's new WIFE speaking on behalf of her family and looking to Solomon's wisdom (verse 2). _ “We have a little sister, And she has no breasts, What shall we do for our sister, In the day when she...

  • 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 ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    SONG OF SOLOMON—NOTE ON SONG OF SOLOMON 8:5 The Lovers Join in Marriage. The pair have gone from yearning to be joined together, to actually being married and consummating their union. The tension of...

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    NOTES Song of Solomon 8:9. _If she be a wall, we well build upon her a palace of silver: and if she be a door, we will enclose her with boards of cedar_. ‘If she be a wall.’ חוֹמָה _khomah_, from the...

  • 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 Timothy 1:16; Deuteronomy 7:7; Deuteronomy 7:8; Ephesians 1:6;...

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    I am — These seem to be the words of the Jewish church. O Lord, by thy grace I am what thou wouldst have my sister to be, and therefore humbly hope, according to thy promise to her in that case, thou...

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