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Selected Verse: Song of solomon 2:9 - Strong Concordance
| Verse |
Translation |
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| So 2:9 |
Strong Concordance |
My beloved [01730] is like [01819] a roe [06643] or a young [06082] hart [0354]: behold, he standeth [05975] behind [0310] our wall [03796], he looketh forth [07688] at the windows [02474], shewing [06692] himself through the lattice [02762]. |
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King James |
My beloved is like a roe or a young hart: behold, he standeth behind our wall, he looketh forth at the windows, shewing himself through the lattice. |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
he standeth--after having bounded over the intervening space like a roe. He often stands near when our unbelief hides Him from us (Gen 28:16; Rev 3:14-20). His usual way; long promised and expected; sudden at last: so, in visiting the second temple (Mal 3:1); so at Pentecost (Act 2:1-2); so in visiting an individual soul, Zaccheus (Luk 19:5-6; Joh 3:8); and so, at the second coming (Mat 24:48, Mat 24:50; Pe2 3:4, Pe2 3:10). So it shall be at His second coming (Th1 5:2-3).
wall--over the cope of which He is first seen; next, He looks through (not forth; for He is outside) at the windows, glancing suddenly and stealthily (not as English Version, "showing Himself") through the lattice. The prophecies, types, &c., were lattice glimpses of Him to the Old Testament Church, in spite of the wall of separation which sin had raised (Joh 8:56); clearer glimpses were given by John Baptist, but not unclouded (Joh 1:26). The legal wall of partition was not to be removed until His death (Eph 2:14-15; Heb 10:20). Even now, He is only seen by faith, through the windows of His Word and the lattice of ordinances and sacraments (Luk 24:35; Joh 14:21); not full vision (Co1 13:12); an incentive to our looking for His second coming (Isa 33:17; Tit 2:13). |
| The Scofield Bible Commentary, by Cyrus Ingerson Scofield, [1917] |
our wall
"Our wall." The bride had returned to her own home: the Bridegroom seeks her. |
| Commentary on the Old Testament, by Carl Friedrich Keil and Franz Delitzsch [1857-78] |
9 My beloved is like a gazelle,
Or a young one of the harts.
Lo, there he stands behind our wall!
He looks through the windows,
Glances through the lattices.
The figure used in Sol 2:8 is continued in Sol 2:9. צבי is the gazelle, which is thus designated after its Arab. name ghazāl, which has reached us probably through the Moorish-Spanish gazela (distinct from "ghasele," after the Pers. ghazal, love-poem). עפר is the young hart, like the Arab. ghufar (ghafar), the young chamois, probably from the covering of young hair; whence also the young lion may be called כּפיר. Regarding the effect of או passing from one figure to another, vid., under Sol 2:7. The meaning would be plainer were Sol 2:9 joined to Sol 2:8, for the figures illustrate quick-footed speed (Sa2 2:18; Ch1 12:8; cf. Psa 18:34 with Hab 3:19 and Isa 35:6). In Sol 2:9 he comes with the speed of the gazelle, and his eyes seek for the unforgotten one. כּתל (from כּתל, compingere, condensare; whence, e.g., Arab. mukattal, pressed together, rounded, ramass; vid., regarding R. כת at Psa 87:6), Aram. כּוּתל (Jos 2:15; Targ. word for קיר), is meant of the wall of the house itself, not of the wall surrounding it. Shulamith is within, in the house: her beloved, standing behind the wall, stands without, before the house (Tympe: ad latus aversum parietis, viz., out from it), and looks through the windows, - at one time through this one, at another through that one, - that he might see her and feast his eyes on her. We have here two verbs from the fulness of Heb. synon. for one idea of seeing. השׁגּיח, from שׁגח, occurring only three times in the O.T., refers, in respect of the roots ש, שך, שק, to the idea of piercing or splitting (whence also שׁגּע, to be furious, properly pierced, percitum esse; cf. oestrus, sting of a gadfly = madness, Arab. transferred to hardiness = madness), and means fixing by reflexion and meditation; wherefore השׁגּחח in post-bibl. Heb. is the name for Divine Providence. הציץ, elsewhere to twinkle and to bloom, appears only here in the sense of seeing, and that of the quick darting forward of the glance of the eye, as blick glance and blitz lightning (blic) are one word; "he saw," says Goethe in Werther, "the glance of the powder" (Weigand).
(Note: In this sense: to look sharply toward, is הציץ (Talm.) - for Grtz alone a proof that the Song is of very recent date; but this word belongs, like סמדר, to the old Heb. still preserved in the Talm.)
The plurs. fenestrae and transennae are to be understood also as synechdoche totius pro parte, which is the same as the plur. of categ.; but with equal correctness we conceive of him as changing his standing place. חלּון is the window, as an opening in the wall, from חלל, perforare. חרכּים we combine most certainly (vid., Pro 12:27) with (Arab.) khark, fissura, so that the idea presents itself of the window broken through the wall, or as itself broken through; for the window in the country there consists for the most part of a pierced wooden frame of a transparent nature, - not (as one would erroneously conclude, from the most significant name of a window שׂבכה, now schubbâke, from שׂבך, to twist, to lattice, to close after the manner of our Venetian blinds) of rods or boards laid crosswise. הציץ accords with the looking out through the pierced places of such a window, for the glances of his eye are like the penetrating rays of light. |
| Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
| Like a roe - In swiftness. He is coming to me with all speed and will not tarry a moment beyond the proper season. He standeth behind - And while he doth for wise reasons forbear to come; he is not far from us. Both this and the following phrases may denote the obscure manner of Christ's manifesting himself to his people, under the law, in comparison of his discoveries in the gospel. The window - This phrase, and that through the lattess, intimate that the church does indeed see Christ, but, as through a glass, darkly, as it is said even of gospel - revelations, Co1 13:12, which was much more true of legal administrations. |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
| He standeth behind our wall - This may refer to the wall by which the house was surrounded, the space between which and the house constituted the court. He was seen first behind the wall, and then in the court; and lastly came to the window of his bride's chamber. |
13 Looking for [4327] that blessed [3107] hope [1680], and [2532] the glorious [1391] appearing [2015] of the great [3173] God [2316] and [2532] our [2257] Saviour [4990] Jesus [2424] Christ [5547];
17 Thine eyes [05869] shall see [02372] the king [04428] in his beauty [03308]: they shall behold [07200] the land [0776] that is very far off [04801].
12 For [1063] now [737] we see [991] through [1223] a glass [2072], darkly [1722] [135]; but [1161] then [5119] face [4383] to [4314] face [4383]: now [737] I know [1097] in [1537] part [3313]; but [1161] then [5119] shall I know [1921] even as [2531] also [2532] I am known [1921].
21 He that hath [2192] my [3450] commandments [1785], and [2532] keepeth [5083] them [846], he [1565] it is [2076] that loveth [25] me [3165]: and [1161] he that loveth [25] me [3165] shall be loved [25] of [5259] my [3450] Father [3962], and [2532] I [1473] will love [25] him [846], and [2532] will manifest [1718] myself [1683] to him [846].
35 And [2532] they [846] told [1834] what things were done in [1722] the way [3598], and [2532] how [5613] he was known [1097] of them [846] in [1722] breaking [2800] of bread [740].
20 By a new [4372] and [2532] living [2198] way [3598], which [3739] he hath consecrated [1457] for us [2254], through [1223] the veil [2665], that is to say [5123], his [846] flesh [4561];
14 For [1063] he [846] is [2076] our [2257] peace [1515], who [3588] hath made [4160] both [297] one [1520], and [2532] hath broken down [3089] the middle wall [3320] of partition [5418] between us;
15 Having abolished [2673] in [1722] his [846] flesh [4561] the enmity [2189], even the law [3551] of commandments [1785] contained in [1722] ordinances [1378]; for to [2443] make [2936] in [1722] himself [1438] of twain [1417] one [1519] [1520] new [2537] man [444], so making [4160] peace [1515];
26 John [2491] answered [611] them [846], saying [3004], I [1473] baptize [907] with [1722] water [5204]: but [1161] there standeth one [2476] among [3319] you [5216], whom [3739] ye [5210] know [1492] not [3756];
56 Your [5216] father [3962] Abraham [11] rejoiced [21] to [2443] see [1492] my [1699] day [2250]: and [2532] he saw [1492] it, and [2532] was glad [5463].
2 For [1063] yourselves [846] know [1492] perfectly [199] that [3754] the day [2250] of the Lord [2962] so [3779] cometh [2064] as [5613] a thief [2812] in [1722] the night [3571].
3 For [1063] when [3752] they shall say [3004], Peace [1515] and [2532] safety [803]; then [5119] sudden [160] destruction [3639] cometh upon [2186] them [846], as [5618] travail [5604] upon [1722] a woman with child [1064] [2192]; and [2532] they shall [1628] not [3364] escape [1628].
10 But [1161] the day [2250] of the Lord [2962] will come [2240] as [5613] a thief [2812] in [1722] the night [3571]; in [1722] the which [3739] the heavens [3772] shall pass away [3928] with a great noise [4500], and [1161] the elements [4747] shall melt [3089] with fervent heat [2741], the earth [1093] also [2532] and [2532] the works [2041] that are therein [1722] [846] shall be burned up [2618].
4 And [2532] saying [3004], Where [4226] is [2076] the promise [1860] of his [846] coming [3952]? for [1063] since [575] [3739] the fathers [3962] fell asleep [2837], all things [3956] continue [3779] [1265] as they were from [575] the beginning [746] of the creation [2937].
50 The lord [2962] of that [1565] servant [1401] shall come [2240] in [1722] a day [2250] when [3739] he looketh [4328] not [3756] for him, and [2532] in [1722] an hour [5610] that [3739] he is [1097] not [3756] aware of [1097],
48 But and [1161] if [1437] that [1565] evil [2556] servant [1401] shall say [2036] in [1722] his [846] heart [2588], My [3450] lord [2962] delayeth [5549] his coming [2064];
8 The wind [4151] bloweth [4154] where [3699] it listeth [2309], and [2532] thou hearest [191] the sound [5456] thereof [846], but [235] canst [1492] not [3756] tell [1492] whence [4159] it cometh [2064], and [2532] whither [4226] it goeth [5217]: so [3779] is [2076] every one [3956] that is born [1080] of [1537] the Spirit [4151].
5 And [2532] when [5613] Jesus [2424] came [2064] to [1909] the place [5117], he looked up [308], and saw [1492] him [846], and [2532] said [2036] unto [4314] him [846], Zacchaeus [2195], make haste [4692], and come down [2597]; for [1063] to day [4594] I [3165] must [1163] abide [3306] at [1722] thy [4675] house [3624].
6 And [2532] he made haste [4692], and came down [2597], and [2532] received [5264] him [846] joyfully [5463].
1 And [2532] when [1722] the day [2250] of Pentecost [4005] was fully come [4845], they were [2258] all [537] with one accord [3661] in [1909] one place [846].
2 And [2532] suddenly [869] there came [1096] a sound [2279] from [1537] heaven [3772] as [5618] of a rushing [5342] mighty [972] wind [4157], and [2532] it filled [4137] all [3650] the house [3624] where [3757] they were [2258] sitting [2521].
1 Behold, I will send [07971] my messenger [04397], and he shall prepare [06437] the way [01870] before [06440] me: and the Lord [0113], whom ye seek [01245], shall suddenly [06597] come [0935] to his temple [01964], even the messenger [04397] of the covenant [01285], whom ye delight [02655] in: behold, he shall come [0935], saith [0559] the LORD [03068] of hosts [06635].
14 And [2532] unto the angel [32] of the church [1577] of the Laodiceans [2994] write [1125]; These things [3592] saith [3004] the Amen [281], the faithful [4103] and [2532] true [228] witness [3144], the beginning [746] of the creation [2937] of God [2316];
15 I know [1492] thy [4675] works [2041], that [3754] thou art [1488] neither [3777] cold [5593] nor [3777] hot [2200]: I would [3785] thou wert [1498] cold [5593] or [2228] hot [2200].
16 So [3779] then because [3754] thou art [1488] lukewarm [5513], and [2532] neither [3777] cold [5593] nor [3777] hot [2200], I will [3195] spue [1692] thee [4571] out of [1537] my [3450] mouth [4750].
17 Because [3754] thou sayest [3004], [3754] I am [1510] rich [4145], and [2532] increased with goods [4147], and [2532] have [2192] need [5532] of nothing [3762]; and [2532] knowest [1492] not [3756] that [3754] thou [4771] art [1488] wretched [5005], and [2532] miserable [1652], and [2532] poor [4434], and [2532] blind [5185], and [2532] naked [1131]:
18 I counsel [4823] thee [4671] to buy [59] of [3844] me [1700] gold [5553] tried [4448] in [1537] the fire [4442], that [2443] thou mayest be rich [4147]; and [2532] white [3022] raiment [2440], that [2443] thou mayest be clothed [4016], and [2532] that the shame [152] of thy [4675] nakedness [1132] do [5319] not [3361] appear [5319]; and [2532] anoint [1472] thine [4675] eyes [3788] with eyesalve [2854], that [2443] thou mayest see [991].
19 As many as [3745] [1437] I love [5368], I [1473] rebuke [1651] and [2532] chasten [3811]: be zealous [2206] therefore [3767], and [2532] repent [3340].
20 Behold [2400], I stand [2476] at [1909] the door [2374], and [2532] knock [2925]: if [1437] any man [5100] hear [191] my [3450] voice [5456], and [2532] open [455] the door [2374], I will come in [1525] to [4314] him [846], and [2532] will sup [1172] with [3326] him [846], and [2532] he [846] with [3326] me [1700].
16 And Jacob [03290] awaked [03364] out of his sleep [08142], and he said [0559], Surely [0403] the LORD [03068] is [03426] in this place [04725]; and I knew [03045] it not.
27 The slothful [07423] man roasteth [02760] not that which he took in hunting [06718]: but the substance [01952] of a diligent [02742] man [0120] is precious [03368].
15 Then she let them down [03381] by a cord [02256] through [01157] the window [02474]: for her house [01004] was upon the town [07023] wall [02346], and she dwelt [03427] upon the wall [02346].
6 The LORD [03068] shall count [05608], when he writeth up [03789] the people [05971], that this man was born [03205] there. Selah [05542].
9 My beloved [01730] is like [01819] a roe [06643] or a young [06082] hart [0354]: behold, he standeth [05975] behind [0310] our wall [03796], he looketh forth [07688] at the windows [02474], shewing [06692] himself through the lattice [02762].
6 Then shall the lame [06455] man leap [01801] as an hart [0354], and the tongue [03956] of the dumb [0483] sing [07442]: for in the wilderness [04057] shall waters [04325] break out [01234], and streams [05158] in the desert [06160].
19 The LORD [03069] God [0136] is my strength [02428], and he will make [07760] my feet [07272] like hinds [0355]' feet, and he will make me to walk [01869] upon mine high places [01116]. To the chief singer [05329] on my stringed instruments [05058].
34 He teacheth [03925] my hands [03027] to war [04421], so that a bow [07198] of steel [05154] is broken [05181] by mine arms [02220].
8 And of the Gadites [01425] there separated [0914] themselves unto David [01732] into the hold [04679] to the wilderness [04057] men [01368] of might [02428], and men [0582] of war [06635] fit for the battle [04421], that could handle [06186] shield [06793] and buckler [07420], whose faces [06440] were like the faces [06440] of lions [0738], and were as swift [04116] as the roes [06643] upon the mountains [02022];
18 And there were three [07969] sons [01121] of Zeruiah [06870] there, Joab [03097], and Abishai [052], and Asahel [06214]: and Asahel [06214] was as light [07031] of foot [07272] as a [0259] wild [07704] roe [06643].
8 The voice [06963] of my beloved [01730]! behold, he cometh [0935] leaping [01801] upon the mountains [02022], skipping [07092] upon the hills [01389].
9 My beloved [01730] is like [01819] a roe [06643] or a young [06082] hart [0354]: behold, he standeth [05975] behind [0310] our wall [03796], he looketh forth [07688] at the windows [02474], shewing [06692] himself through the lattice [02762].
7 I charge [07650] you, O ye daughters [01323] of Jerusalem [03389], by the roes [06643], and [0176] by the hinds [0355] of the field [07704], that ye stir not up [05782], nor awake [05782] my love [0160], till he please [02654].
9 My beloved [01730] is like [01819] a roe [06643] or a young [06082] hart [0354]: behold, he standeth [05975] behind [0310] our wall [03796], he looketh forth [07688] at the windows [02474], shewing [06692] himself through the lattice [02762].
8 The voice [06963] of my beloved [01730]! behold, he cometh [0935] leaping [01801] upon the mountains [02022], skipping [07092] upon the hills [01389].
12 For [1063] now [737] we see [991] through [1223] a glass [2072], darkly [1722] [135]; but [1161] then [5119] face [4383] to [4314] face [4383]: now [737] I know [1097] in [1537] part [3313]; but [1161] then [5119] shall I know [1921] even as [2531] also [2532] I am known [1921].