Geneva Study Bible Commentary
Song of Solomon 8:13
Thou that dwellest in the (i) gardens, the companions hearken to thy voice: cause me to hear [it].
(i) Christ dwells in his Church, whose voice the faithful hear.
Thou that dwellest in the (i) gardens, the companions hearken to thy voice: cause me to hear [it].
(i) Christ dwells in his Church, whose voice the faithful hear.
Verse Song of Solomon 8:13. _THOU THAT DWELLEST IN THE GARDENS_] This is supposed to refer to the bridegroom asking permission of his spouse early in the morning to retire, as was his usual custom. He...
The poem having opened with the song of a chorus in praise of the king Song of Solomon 1:2, concludes with a versicle recited by the bride, repeating the last words of her former strain Song of Solomo...
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...
THOU THAT DWELLEST. Oh thou that dwellest. Spoken by the shepherd. DWELLEST IN THE GARDENS. No longer in "the city" of Song of Solomon 5:7, but now abidest permanently. Hebrew. _yashab._ THE COMPANIO...
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,...
Thou that dwellest in the gardens, the companions hearken to thy voice: cause me to hear it. THOU THAT DWELLEST IN THE GARDENS, THE COMPANIONS HEARKEN TO THY VOICE: CAUSE ME TO HEAR IT - Jesus Chri...
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...
But the chorus beg her to return and perform for them the 'Dance of Mahanaim' (RV), a sword-dance, no doubt, such as the bride executes, sword in hand, on the evening of the marriage, amidst a half-ci...
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....
The gift in verse 12 is very precious. But the man does not just appreciate his wife’s gifts! He genuinely loves her. He loves to hear her voice. He respects her, and he gives her honour. He asks her...
THOU THAT DWELLEST. — In Song of Solomon 8:13 we have another brief reminiscence of the early days of courtship, when the lover envied every one near the maiden, the companions who could see and hear...
הַ יֹּושֶׁ֣בֶת בַּ † גַּנִּ֗ים חֲבֵרִ֛ים מַקְשִׁיבִ֥ים...
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...
C. The United Life (Song of Solomon 7:10; Song of Solomon 8:1) I. The Bride (Song of Solomon 7:10;...
CHAPTER VIII. _ Hearken. The seventh morning is come, and I must depart to the mountains, chap. ii. 17., and iv. 6. Christ, before his ascension, exhorts his Church to present her petitions. He is al...
Thou that dwellest in the gardens, the companions hearken to thy voice: cause me to hear it. These are the words of Christ to his Church, in which he calls her the inhabitress of the gardens, his Chur...
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...
THOU THAT DWELLEST IN THE GARDENS,.... These are the words of Christ to the church, describing her by her habitation, and may be rendered, "O thou, inhabitress of the gardens" i; the word used being i...
Thou that dwellest in the gardens, the companions hearken to thy voice: cause me to hear [it]. Ver. 13. _Thou that dwellest in the gardens,_] _i.e., _ O thou Church universal, that dwellest in the pa...
_Thou that dwellest_ The word היושׁבת thus rendered, is in the feminine gender, which plainly shows that Christ speaks here to his spouse, being about to depart from her for a season, as the next vers...
THE BLISSFUL UNION IN HEAVEN...
Thou that dwellest in the gardens, the companions hearken to thy voice; cause Me to hear it. And the bride answers in the eagerness of her love:...
13,14 These verses close the conference between Christ and his church. He first addresses her as dwelling in the gardens, the assemblies and ordinances of his saints. He exhorts her to be constant an...
THOU THAT DWELLEST: the Hebrew word is of the feminine gender, which plainly showeth that Christ speaks hero to his spouse, being about to depart from her for a season, as the next verse showorb. IN T...
Song of Solomon 8:13 dwell H3427 (H8802) gardens H1588 companions H2270 listen H7181 (H8688) voice H6963 hear...
THE SONG ENDS AS IT BEGAN WITH THE YOUNG WOMAN, NOW HIS WIFE, OFFERING HERSELF TO HIM TO BE HIS COMPLETELY. The song now finishes with the young woman, who is now his beloved wife, calling on her belo...
Song of Solomon 8:13 I. Notice the title by which the Church is addressed. "Thou that dwellest in the gardens." (1) A garden is an enclosed space taken from the surrounding uncultivated waste connecte...
Song of Solomon 8:11. _Solomon had a vineyard at Baalhamon; he let out the vineyard unto keepers; every one for the fruit thereof was to bring a thousand pieces of silver. My vineyard, which is mine,...
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...
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,...
_Thou that dwellest in the gardens, the companions hearken to thy voice: cause Me to hear it._ THE BRIDEGROOM’S PARTING WORD The Song is almost ended: the bride and Bridegroom have come to their last...
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...
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...
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,...
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...
John 14:13; John 14:14; John 14:21; John 15:7; John 16:24;...
Thou — Christ speaks here to his spouse. The gardens — Not in the wilderness of the world, but in the church, the garden of God. He saith, gardens, because of the many particular congregations, into w...