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Selected Verse: Song of solomon 2:16 - King James
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| So 2:16 |
King James |
My beloved is mine, and I am his: he feedeth among the lilies. |
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] |
mine . . . his--rather, "is for me . . . for Him" (Hos 3:3), where, as here, there is the assurance of indissoluble union, in spite of temporary absence. Sol 2:17, entreating Him to return, shows that He has gone, perhaps through her want of guarding against the "little sins" (Sol 2:15). The order of the clauses is reversed in Sol 6:3, when she is riper in faith: there she rests more on her being His; here, on His being hers; and no doubt her sense of love to Him is a pledge that she is His (Joh 14:21, Joh 14:23; Co1 8:3); this is her consolation in His withdrawal now.
I am his--by creation (Psa 100:3), by redemption (Joh 17:10; Rom 14:8; Co1 6:19).
feedeth--as a "roe," or gazelle (Sol 2:17); instinct is sure to lead him back to his feeding ground, where the lilies abound. So Jesus Christ, though now withdrawn, the bride feels sure will return to His favorite resting-place (Sol 7:10; Psa 132:14). So hereafter (Rev 21:3). Psa 45:1, title, terms his lovely bride's "lilies" [HENGSTENBERG] pure and white, though among thorns (Sol 2:2). |
| Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
| My beloved - These are the words of the bride, who having come to him upon his gracious invitation, now maketh her boast of him. He feedeth - Abideth and refresheth himself amongst his faithful people, who are compared to lillies, Sol 2:2. |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
My beloved is mine - The words of the bride on his entering: "I am thy own; thou art wholly mine."
He feedeth among the lilies - The odor with which he is surrounded is as fine as if he passed the night among the sweetest scented flowers. |
2 As the lily among thorns, so is my love among the daughters.
1 To the chief Musician upon Shoshannim, for the sons of Korah, Maschil, A Song of loves. My heart is inditing a good matter: I speak of the things which I have made touching the king: my tongue is the pen of a ready writer.
3 And I heard a great voice out of heaven saying, Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men, and he will dwell with them, and they shall be his people, and God himself shall be with them, and be their God.
14 This is my rest for ever: here will I dwell; for I have desired it.
10 I am my beloved's, and his desire is toward me.
17 Until the day break, and the shadows flee away, turn, my beloved, and be thou like a roe or a young hart upon the mountains of Bether.
19 What? know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own?
8 For whether we live, we live unto the Lord; and whether we die, we die unto the Lord: whether we live therefore, or die, we are the Lord's.
10 And all mine are thine, and thine are mine; and I am glorified in them.
3 Know ye that the LORD he is God: it is he that hath made us, and not we ourselves; we are his people, and the sheep of his pasture.
3 But if any man love God, the same is known of him.
23 Jesus answered and said unto him, If a man love me, he will keep my words: and my Father will love him, and we will come unto him, and make our abode with him.
21 He that hath my commandments, and keepeth them, he it is that loveth me: and he that loveth me shall be loved of my Father, and I will love him, and will manifest myself to him.
3 I am my beloved's, and my beloved is mine: he feedeth among the lilies.
15 Take us the foxes, the little foxes, that spoil the vines: for our vines have tender grapes.
17 Until the day break, and the shadows flee away, turn, my beloved, and be thou like a roe or a young hart upon the mountains of Bether.
3 And I said unto her, Thou shalt abide for me many days; thou shalt not play the harlot, and thou shalt not be for another man: so will I also be for thee.
2 As the lily among thorns, so is my love among the daughters.