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Selected Verse: Proverbs 5:19 - King James
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Pr 5:19 |
King James |
Let her be as the loving hind and pleasant roe; let her breasts satisfy thee at all times; and be thou ravished always with her love. |
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| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
loving . . . roe--other figures for a wife from the well-known beauty of these animals.
breasts--(Compare Sol 1:13; Eze 23:3, Eze 23:8).
ravished--literally, "intoxicated," that is, fully satisfied. |
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
| Better, "A loving hind (is she) and pleasant roe." As in the whole circle of Arab and Persian poetry the antelope and the gazelle are the chosen images of beauty, so they served with equal fitness for the masculine and feminine types of it. (Compare the names Tabitha and Dorcas Act 9:36. |
| Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
| Satisfy thee - At all convenient times: for that there may be excess in the marriage - bed is manifest. Ravished - Love her fervently. It is an hyperbolical expression. |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
The loving hind and pleasant roe - By אילת aiyeleth, the deer; by יעלה yaalah, the ibex or mountain goat, may be meant.
Let her breasts satisfy thee - As the infant is satisfied with the breasts of its mother; so shouldst thou be with the wife of thy youth. |
8 Neither left she her whoredoms brought from Egypt: for in her youth they lay with her, and they bruised the breasts of her virginity, and poured their whoredom upon her.
3 And they committed whoredoms in Egypt; they committed whoredoms in their youth: there were their breasts pressed, and there they bruised the teats of their virginity.
13 A bundle of myrrh is my wellbeloved unto me; he shall lie all night betwixt my breasts.
36 Now there was at Joppa a certain disciple named Tabitha, which by interpretation is called Dorcas: this woman was full of good works and almsdeeds which she did.