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Verse	Translation	Text
So 3:4	Strong Concordance	It was but a little [04592] that I passed [05674] from them, but I found [04672] him whom my soul [05315] loveth [0157]: I held [0270] him, and would not let him go [07503], until I had brought [0935] him into my mother's [0517] house [01004], and into the chamber [02315] of her that conceived [02029] me.
	King James	It was but a little that I passed from them, but I found him whom my soul loveth: I held him, and would not let him go, until I had brought him into my mother's house, and into the chamber of her that conceived me.

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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]
Jesus Christ is generally "found" near the watchmen and means of grace; but they are not Himself; the star that points to Beth-lehem is not the Sun that has risen there; she hastens past the guideposts to the goal [MOODY STUART]. Not even angels could satisfy Mary, instead of Jesus Christ (Joh 20:11-16). found him-- (Isa 45:19; Hos 6:1-3; Mat 13:44-46). held him, &c.--willing to be held; not willing, if not held (Gen 32:26; Mat 28:9; Luk 24:28-29; Rev 3:11). "As a little weeping child will hold its mother fast, not because it is stronger than she, but because her bowels constrain her not to leave it; so Jesus Christ yearning over the believer cannot go, because He will not" [DURHAM]. In Sol 1:4 it is He who leads the bride into His chambers; here it is she who leads Him into her mother's. There are times when the grace of Jesus Christ seems to draw us to Him; and others, when we with strong cries draw Him to us and ours. In the East one large apartment often serves for the whole family; so the bride here speaks of her mother's apartment and her own together. The mention of the "mother" excludes impropriety, and imparts the idea of heavenly love, pure as a sister's, while ardent as a bride's; hence the frequent title, "my sister--spouse." Our mother after the Spirit, is the Church, the new Jerusalem (Joh 3:5-8; Gal 4:19, Gal 4:26); for her we ought to pray continually (Eph 3:14-19), also for the national Jerusalem (Isa 62:6-7; Rom 10:1), also for the human family, which is our mother and kindred after the flesh; these our mother's children have evilly treated us (Sol 1:6); but, like our Father, we are to return good for evil (Mat 5:44-45), and so bring Jesus Christ home to them (Pe1 2:12).

A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882]

Jesus Christ is generally "found" near the watchmen and means of grace; but they are not Himself; the star that points to Beth-lehem is not the Sun that has risen there; she hastens past the guideposts to the goal [MOODY STUART]. Not even angels could satisfy Mary, instead of Jesus Christ (Joh 20:11-16).

found him-- (Isa 45:19; Hos 6:1-3; Mat 13:44-46).

held him, &c.--willing to be held; not willing, if not held (Gen 32:26; Mat 28:9; Luk 24:28-29; Rev 3:11). "As a little weeping child will hold its mother fast, not because it is stronger than she, but because her bowels constrain her not to leave it; so Jesus Christ yearning over the believer cannot go, because He will not" [DURHAM]. In Sol 1:4 it is He who leads the bride into His chambers; here it is she who leads Him into her mother's. There are times when the grace of Jesus Christ seems to draw us to Him; and others, when we with strong cries draw Him to us and ours. In the East one large apartment often serves for the whole family; so the bride here speaks of her mother's apartment and her own together. The mention of the "mother" excludes impropriety, and imparts the idea of heavenly love, pure as a sister's, while ardent as a bride's; hence the frequent title, "my sister--spouse." Our mother after the Spirit, is the Church, the new Jerusalem (Joh 3:5-8; Gal 4:19, Gal 4:26); for her we ought to pray continually (Eph 3:14-19), also for the national Jerusalem (Isa 62:6-7; Rom 10:1), also for the human family, which is our mother and kindred after the flesh; these our mother's children have evilly treated us (Sol 1:6); but, like our Father, we are to return good for evil (Mat 5:44-45), and so bring Jesus Christ home to them (Pe1 2:12).

Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834]
I held him - This begins the fourth stanza. The bride's mother is mentioned again in Sol 6:9; Sol 8:2.

Commentary on the Old Testament, by Carl Friedrich Keil and Franz Delitzsch [1857-78]
4 Scarcely had I passed from them, When I found him whom my soul loveth. I seized him, and did not let him go Until I brought him into the house of my mother, And into the chamber of her that gave me birth. כּמעט = paululum, here standing for a sentence: it was as a little that I passed, etc. Without שׁ, it would be paululum transii; with it, paululum fuit quod transii, without any other distinction than that in the latter case the paululum is more emphatic. Since Shulamith relates something experienced earlier, אחזתּי is not fitly rendered by teneo, but by tenui; and ארפּנּוּ dna ;iune לאו, not by et non dimittam eum, but, as the neg. of וארפנו, et dimisi eum, - not merely et non dimittebam eum, but et non dimisi eum. In Gen 32:27 [26], we read the cogn. שׁלּח, which signifies, to let go ("let me go"), as הרפּה, to let loose, to let free. It is all the same whether we translate, with the subjective colouring, donec introduxerim, or, with the objective, donec introduxi; in either case the meaning is that she held him fast till she brought him, by gentle violence, into her mother's house. With בּית there is the more definite parallel חדר lellar, which properly signifies (vid., under Sol 1:4), recessus, penetrale; with אמּי, the seldom occurring (only, besides, at Hos 2:7) הורה, part.f. Kal of הרה fo la, to conceive, be pregnant, which poetically, with the accus., may mean parturire or parere. In Jacob's blessing, Gen 49:26, as the text lies before us, his parents are called הורי; just as in Arab. ummâni, properly "my two mothers," may be used for "my parents;" in the Lat. also, parentes means father and mother zeugmatically taken together.

Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65]
Found him - Christ met me, and manifested his love to me. Mother's house - As the spouse here, signifies particular believers, so her mother is the universal church, or the true Jerusalem, which hath its rise from above, which is the mother of us all, Gal 4:26, in which Christ and believers are united, and have sweet communion together in holy ordinances, into which believers are said to bring Christ, by faith and prayer. Conceived me - Christ is as it were the father that begets, and the church the mother that conceives and brings forth believers.

Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826
Into my mother's house - The women in the East have all separate apartments, into which no person ever attempts to enter except the husband. We find Isaac bringing Rebecca into his mother's tent, when he made her his wife, Gen 24:67. What is here related appears to refer to the third night of the nuptials.

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¹² Having [2192] your [5216] conversation [391] honest [2570] among [1722] the Gentiles [1484]: that [2443], whereas [1722] [3739] they speak against [2635] you [5216] as [5613] evildoers [2555], they may [1392] by [1537] your good [2570] works [2041], which they shall behold [2029], glorify [1392] God [2316] in [1722] the day [2250] of visitation [1984].

⁴⁴ But [1161] I [1473] say [3004] unto you [5213], Love [25] your [5216] enemies [2190], bless [2127] them that curse [2672] you [5209], do [4160] good [2573] to them that hate [3404] you [5209], and [2532] pray [4336] for [5228] them which [3588] despitefully use [1908] you [5209], and [2532] persecute [1377] you [5209];
⁴⁵ That [3704] ye may be [1096] the children [5207] of your [5216] Father [3962] which [3588] is in [1722] heaven [3772]: for [3754] he maketh [393] his [846] sun [2246] to rise [393] on [1909] the evil [4190] and [2532] on the good [18], and [2532] sendeth rain [1026] on [1909] the just [1342] and [2532] on the unjust [94].

⁶ Look [07200] not upon me, because I am black [07840], because the sun [08121] hath looked [07805] upon me: my mother's [0517] children [01121] were angry [02787] with me; they made [07760] me the keeper [05201] of the vineyards [03754]; but mine own vineyard [03754] have I not kept [05201].

¹ Brethren [80], my [1699] heart's [2588] desire [2107] and [2532] prayer [1162] to [4314] God [2316] for [5228] Israel [2474] is [2076], that [3303] [1519] they might be saved [4991].

⁶ I have set [06485] watchmen [08104] upon thy walls [02346], O Jerusalem [03389], which shall never [08548] hold their peace [02814] day [03117] nor night [03915]: ye that make mention [02142] of the LORD [03068], keep not silence [01824],
⁷ And give [05414] him no rest [01824], till he establish [03559], and till he make [07760] Jerusalem [03389] a praise [08416] in the earth [0776].

¹⁴ For this [5127] cause [5484] I bow [2578] my [3450] knees [1119] unto [4314] the Father [3962] of our [2257] Lord [2962] Jesus [2424] Christ [5547],
¹⁵ Of [1537] whom [3739] the whole [3956] family [3965] in [1722] heaven [3772] and [2532] earth [1909] [1093] is named [3687],
¹⁶ That [2443] he would grant [1325] you [5213], according to [2596] the riches [4149] of his [846] glory [1391], to be strengthened [2901] with might [1411] by [1223] his [846] Spirit [4151] in [1519] the inner [2080] man [444];
¹⁷ That Christ [5547] may dwell [2730] in [1722] your [5216] hearts [2588] by [1223] faith [4102]; that [2443] ye, being rooted [4492] and [2532] grounded [2311] in [1722] love [26],
¹⁸ May be able [1840] to comprehend [2638] with [4862] all [3956] saints [40] what [5101] is the breadth [4114], and [2532] length [3372], and [2532] depth [899], and [2532] height [5311];
¹⁹ And [5037] to know [1097] the love [26] of Christ [5547], which passeth [5235] knowledge [1108], that [2443] ye might be filled [4137] with [1519] all [3956] the fulness [4138] of God [2316].

²⁶ But [1161] Jerusalem [2419] which is above [507] is [2076] free [1658], which [3748] is [2076] the mother [3384] of us [2257] all [3956].

¹⁹ My [3450] little children [5040], of whom [3739] I travail in birth [5605] again [3825] until [891] [3739] Christ [5547] be formed [3445] in [1722] you [5213],

⁵ Jesus [2424] answered [611], Verily [281], verily [281], I say [3004] unto thee [4671], Except [3362] a man [5100] be born [1080] of [1537] water [5204] and [2532] of the Spirit [4151], he cannot [3756] [1410] enter [1525] into [1519] the kingdom [932] of God [2316].
⁶ That which is born [1080] of [1537] the flesh [4561] is [2076] flesh [4561]; and [2532] that which is born [1080] of [1537] the Spirit [4151] is [2076] spirit [4151].
⁷ Marvel [2296] not [3361] that [3754] I said [2036] unto thee [4671], Ye [5209] must [1163] be born [1080] again [509].
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].

⁴ Draw [04900] me, we will run [07323] after [0310] thee: the king [04428] hath brought [0935] me into his chambers [02315]: we will be glad [01523] and rejoice [08055] in thee, we will remember [02142] thy love [01730] more than wine [03196]: the upright [04339] love [0157] thee.

¹¹ Behold [2400], I come [2064] quickly [5035]: hold that fast [2902] which [3739] thou hast [2192], that [2443] no man [3367] take [2983] thy [4675] crown [4735].

²⁸ And [2532] they drew nigh [1448] unto [1519] the village [2968], whither [3757] they went [4198]: and [2532] he [846] made as though [4364] he would have gone [4198] further [4208].
²⁹ But [2532] they constrained [3849] him [846], saying [3004], Abide [3306] with [3326] us [2257]: for [3754] it is [2076] toward [4314] evening [2073], and [2532] the day [2250] is far spent [2827]. And [2532] he went in [1525] to tarry [3306] with [4862] them [846].

⁹ And [1161] as [5613] they went [4198] to tell [518] his [846] disciples [3101], [2532] behold [2400], Jesus [2424] met [528] them [846], saying [3004], All hail [5463]. And [1161] they came [4334] and held [2902] him [846] by the feet [4228], and [2532] worshipped [4352] him [846].

²⁶ And he said [0559], Let me go [07971], for the day [07837] breaketh [05927]. And he said [0559], I will not let thee go [07971], except [0518] thou bless [01288] me.

⁴⁴ Again [3825], the kingdom [932] of heaven [3772] is [2076] like [3664] unto treasure [2344] hid [2928] in [1722] a field [68]; the which [3739] when a man [444] hath found [2147], he hideth [2928], and [2532] for [575] joy [5479] thereof [846] goeth [5217] and [2532] selleth [4453] all [3956] that [3745] he hath [2192], and [2532] buyeth [59] that [1565] field [68].
⁴⁵ Again [3825], the kingdom [932] of heaven [3772] is [2076] like [3664] unto a merchant [1713] man [444], seeking [2212] goodly [2570] pearls [3135]:
⁴⁶ Who [3739], when he had found [2147] one [1520] pearl [3135] of great price [4186], went [565] and sold [4097] all [3956] that [3745] he had [2192], and [2532] bought [59] it [846].

¹ Come [03212], and let us return [07725] unto the LORD [03068]: for he hath torn [02963], and he will heal [07495] us; he hath smitten [05221], and he will bind us up [02280].
² After two days [03117] will he revive [02421] us: in the third [07992] day [03117] he will raise us up [06965], and we shall live [02421] in his sight [06440].
³ Then shall we know [03045], if we follow [07291] on to know [03045] the LORD [03068]: his going forth [04161] is prepared [03559] as the morning [07837]; and he shall come [0935] unto us as the rain [01653], as the latter [04456] and former rain [03384] unto the earth [0776].

¹⁹ I have not spoken [01696] in secret [05643], in a dark [02822] place [04725] of the earth [0776]: I said [0559] not unto the seed [02233] of Jacob [03290], Seek [01245] ye me in vain [08414]: I the LORD [03068] speak [01696] righteousness [06664], I declare [05046] things that are right [04339].

¹¹ But [1161] Mary [3137] stood [2476] without [1854] at [4314] the sepulchre [3419] weeping [2799]: and [3767] as [5613] she wept [2799], she stooped down [3879], and looked into [1519] the sepulchre [3419],
¹² And [2532] seeth [2334] two [1417] angels [32] in [1722] white [3022] sitting [2516], the one [1520] at [4314] the head [2776], and [2532] the other [1520] at [4314] the feet [4228], where [3699] the body [4983] of Jesus [2424] had lain [2749].
¹³ And [2532] they [1565] say [3004] unto her [846], Woman [1135], why [5101] weepest thou [2799]? She saith [3004] unto them [846], Because [3754] they have taken away [142] my [3450] Lord [2962], and [2532] I know [1492] not [3756] where [4226] they have laid [5087] him [846].
¹⁴ And [2532] when she had [2036] thus [5023] said [2036], she turned [4762] herself [1519] back [3694], and [2532] saw [2334] Jesus [2424] standing [2476], and [2532] knew [1492] not [3756] that [3754] it was [2076] Jesus [2424].
¹⁵ Jesus [2424] saith [3004] unto her [846], Woman [1135], why [5101] weepest thou [2799]? whom [5101] seekest thou [2212]? She [1565], supposing [1380] [3754] him to be [2076] the gardener [2780], saith [3004] unto him [846], Sir [2962], if [1487] thou [4771] have borne [941] him [846] hence [941], tell [2036] me [3427] where [4226] thou hast laid [5087] him [846], and I [2504] will take [142] him [846] away [142].
¹⁶ Jesus [2424] saith [3004] unto her [846], Mary [3137]. She [1565] turned [4762] herself, and saith [3004] unto him [846], Rabboni [4462]; which [3739] is to say [3004], Master [1320].

² I would lead [05090] thee, and bring [0935] thee into my mother's [0517] house [01004], who would instruct [03925] me: I would cause thee to drink [08248] of spiced [07544] wine [03196] of the juice [06071] of my pomegranate [07416].

⁹ My dove [03123], my undefiled [08535] is but one [0259]; she is the only one [0259] of her mother [0517], she is the choice [01249] one of her that bare [03205] her. The daughters [01323] saw [07200] her, and blessed [0833] her; yea, the queens [04436] and the concubines [06370], and they praised [01984] her.

²⁶ The blessings [01293] of thy father [01] have prevailed [01396] above the blessings [01293] of my progenitors [02029] unto the utmost bound [08379] of the everlasting [05769] hills [01389]: they shall be on the head [07218] of Joseph [03130], and on the crown of the head [06936] of him that was separate [05139] from his brethren [0251].

⁷ And she shall follow [07291] after her lovers [0157], but she shall not overtake [05381] them; and she shall seek [01245] them, but shall not find [04672] them: then shall she say [0559], I will go [03212] and return [07725] to my first [07223] husband [0376]; for then was it better [02896] with me than now [06258].

²⁷ And he said [0559] unto him, What is thy name [08034]? And he said [0559], Jacob [03290].

²⁶ But [1161] Jerusalem [2419] which is above [507] is [2076] free [1658], which [3748] is [2076] the mother [3384] of us [2257] all [3956].

⁶⁷ And Isaac [03327] brought her [0935] into his mother [0517] Sarah's [08283] tent [0168], and took [03947] Rebekah [07259], and she became his wife [0802]; and he loved [0157] her: and Isaac [03327] was comforted [05162] after [0310] his mother's [0517] death.