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Selected Verse: Song of solomon 1:4 - Strong Concordance
Verse |
Translation |
Text |
So 1:4 |
Strong Concordance |
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. |
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King James |
Draw me, we will run after thee: the king hath brought me into his chambers: we will be glad and rejoice in thee, we will remember thy love more than wine: the upright love thee. |
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] |
(1) The cry of ancient Israel for Messiah, for example, Simeon, Anna, &c. (2) The cry of an awakened soul for the drawing of the Spirit, after it has got a glimpse of Christ's loveliness and its own helplessness.
Draw me--The Father draws (Joh 6:44). The Son draws (Jer 31:3; Hos 11:4; Joh 12:32). "Draw" here, and "Tell" (Sol 1:7), reverently qualify the word "kiss" (Sol 1:2).
me, we--No believer desires to go to heaven alone. We are converted as individuals; we follow Christ as joined in a communion of saints (Joh 1:41, Joh 1:45). Individuality and community meet in the bride.
run--Her earnestness kindles as she prays (Isa 40:31; Psa 119:32, Psa 119:60).
after thee--not before (Joh 10:4).
king . . . brought me into-- (Psa 45:14-15; Joh 10:16). He is the anointed Priest (Sol 1:3); King (Sol 1:4).
chambers--Her prayer is answered even beyond her desires. Not only is she permitted to run after Him, but is brought into the inmost pavilion, where Eastern kings admitted none but the most intimate friends (Est 4:11; Est 5:2; Psa 27:5). The erection of the temple of Solomon was the first bringing of the bride into permanent, instead of migratory, chambers of the King. Christ's body on earth was the next (Joh 2:21), whereby believers are brought within the veil (Eph 2:6; Heb 10:19-20). Entrance into the closet for prayer is the first step. The earnest of the future bringing into heaven (Joh 14:3). His chambers are the bride's also (Isa 26:20). There are various chambers, plural (Joh 14:2).
be glad and rejoice--inward and outward rejoicing.
in thee-- (Isa 61:10; Phi 4:1, Phi 4:4). Not in our spiritual frames (Psa 30:6-7).
remember--rather, "commemorate with praises" (Isa 63:7). The mere remembrance of spiritual joys is better than the present enjoyment of carnal ones (Psa 4:6-7).
upright--rather, "uprightly," "sincerely" (Psa 58:1; Rom 12:9); so Nathanael (Joh 1:47); Peter (Joh 21:17); or "deservedly" [MAURER]. |
Commentary on the Old Testament, by Carl Friedrich Keil and Franz Delitzsch [1857-78] |
The second pentastich also begins with a solo:
4 Draw me, so will we run after thee.
All recent interpreters (except Bttcher) translate, like Luther, "Draw me after thee, so we run." Thus also the Targ., but doubtfully: Trahe nos post te et curremus post viam bonitatis tuae. But the accentuation which gives Tiphcha to משׁ requires the punctuation to be that adopted by the Peshito and the Vulg., and according to which the passage is construed by the Greeks (except, perhaps, by the Quinta): Draw me, so will we, following thee, run (vid., Dachselt, Biblia Accentuata, p. 983 s.). In reality, this word needs no complement: of itself it already means, one drawing towards, or to himself; the corresponding (Arab.) masak signifies, prehendere prehensumque tenere; the root is מש, palpare, contrectare. It occurs also elsewhere, in a spiritual connection, as the expression of the gentle drawing of love towards itself (Hos 11:4; Jer 31:3); cf. ἑλκύειν, Joh 6:44; Joh 12:32. If one connects "after thee" with "draw me," then the expression seems to denote that a certain violence is needed to bring the one who is drawn from her place; but if it is connected with "we will run," then it defines the desire to run expressed by the cohortative, more nearly than a willing obedience or following. The whole chorus, continuing the solo, confesses that there needs only an indication of his wish, a direction given, to make those who here speak eager followers of him whom they celebrate.
In what follows, this interchange of the solo and the unisono is repeated:
4b If the king has brought me into his chambers,
So will we exult and rejoice in thee.
We will praise thy love more than wine!
Uprightly have they loved thee.
The cohortative נרוּצה (we will run) was the apodosis imperativi; the cohortatives here are the apodosis perfecti hypothetici. "Suppose that this has happened," is oftener expressed by the perf. (Psa 57:7; Pro 22:29; Pro 25:16); "suppose that this happens," by the fut. (Job 20:24; Ewald, 357b). חדרי are the interiora domus; the root word hhādǎr, as the Arab. khadar shows, signifies to draw oneself back, to hide; the hhěděr of the tent is the back part, shut off by a curtain from the front space. Those who are singing are not at present in this innermost chamber. But if the king brings one of them in (הביא, from בּוא, introire, with acc. loci), then - they all say - we will rejoice and be glad in thee. The cohortatives are better translated by the fut. than by the conjunctive (exultemus); they express as frequently not what they then desire to do, but what they then are about to do, from inward impulse, with heart delight. The sequence of ideas, "exult" and "rejoice," is not a climax descendens, but, as Psa 118:24, etc., an advance from the external to the internal, - from jubilation which can be feigned, to joy of heart which gives it truth; for שׂמח - according to its root signification: to be smoothed, unwrinkled, to be glad
(Note: Vid., Friedr. Delitzsch's Indo-german.-sem. Studien (1873), p. 99f.)
- means to be of a joyful, bright, complaisant disposition; and גּיל, cogn. חיל, to turn (wind) oneself, to revolve, means conduct betokening delight. The prep. ב in verbs of rejoicing, denotes the object on account of which, and in which, one has joy. Then, if admitted into the closest neighbourhood of the king, they will praise his love more than wine. זכר denotes to fix, viz., in the memory; Hiph.: to bring to remembrance, frequently in the way of praise, and thus directly equivalent to celebrare, e.g., Ps. 45:18. The wine represents the gifts of the king, in contradistinction to his person. That in inward love he gives himself to them, excels in their esteem all else he gives. For, as the closing line expresses, "uprightly they love thee," - viz. they love thee, i.e., from a right heart, which seeks nothing besides, and nothing with thee; and a right mind, which is pleased with thee, and with nothing but thee. Heiligstedt, Zckler, and others translate: with right they love thee. But the pluralet. מישׁרים (from מישׁר, for which the sing. מישׁור occurs) is an ethical conception (Pro 1:3), and signifies, not: the right of the motive, but: the rightness of the word, thought, and act (Pro 23:16; Psa 17:2; Psa 58:2); thus, not: jure; but: recte, sincere, candide. Hengst., Thrupp, and others, falsely render this word like the lxx, Aquil., Symm., Theod., Targ., Jerome, Venet., and Luther, as subject: rectitudes abstr. for concr. = those who have rectitude, the upright. Hengstenberg's assertion, that the word never occurs as in adv., is set aside by a glance at Psa 58:2; Psa 75:3; and, on the other hand, there is no passage in which it is sued as abstr. pro concr. It is here, as elsewhere, an adv. acc. for which the word בּמישׁרים might also be used.
The second pentastich closes similarly with the first, which ended with "love thee." What is there said of this king, that the virgins love him, is here more generalized; for diligunt te is equivalent to diligeris (cf. Sol 8:1, Sol 8:7). With these words the table-song ends. It is erotic, and yet so chaste and delicate, - it is sensuous, and yet so ethical, that here, on the threshold, we are at once surrounded as by a mystical cloudy brightness. But how is it to be explained that Solomon, who says (Pro 27:2), "Let another praise thee, and not thine own mouth," begins this his Song of Songs with a song in praise of himself? It is explained from this, that here he celebrates an incident belonging to the happy beginning of his reign; and for him so far fallen into the past, although not to be forgotten, that what he was and what he now is are almost as two separate persons. |
Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
Draw me - By thy grace and holy spirit. We - Both I, thy spouse, and the virgins, my companions. And this change of numbers teaches us that the spouse is one great body, consisting of many members. Run - Will follow thee readily, chearfully, and swiftly. The king - Christ, the king of his church, hath answered my prayer. Chambers - Where I may freely converse with him, and enjoy him. He hath taken me into intimate communion with himself. Remember - This shall be the matter of our thoughts and discourses. |
Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
Draw me - Let me have the full assurance of thy affection.
We will run after thee - Speaking in the plural through modesty, while still herself is meant.
The king hath brought me - My spouse is a potentate, a mighty king, no ordinary person.
Into his chambers - He has favored me with his utmost confidence.
The upright love thee - The most perfect and accomplished find thee worthy of their highest esteem. |
17 He saith [3004] unto him [846] the third [5154] time, Simon [4613], son of Jonas [2495], lovest [5368] thou me [3165]? Peter [4074] was grieved [3076] because [3754] he said [2036] unto him [846] the third [5154] time, Lovest [5368] thou me [3165]? And [2532] he said [2036] unto him [846], Lord [2962], thou [4771] knowest [1492] all things [3956]; thou [4771] knowest [1097] that [3754] I love [5368] thee [4571]. Jesus [2424] saith [3004] unto him [846], Feed [1006] my [3450] sheep [4263].
47 Jesus [2424] saw [1492] Nathanael [3482] coming [2064] to [4314] him [846], and [2532] saith [3004] of [4012] him [846], Behold [2396] an Israelite [2475] indeed [230], in [1722] whom [3739] is [2076] no [3756] guile [1388]!
9 Let love [26] be without dissimulation [505]. Abhor [655] that which is evil [4190]; cleave [2853] to that which is good [18].
1 To the chief Musician [05329], Altaschith [0516], Michtam [04387] of David [01732]. Do ye indeed [0552] speak [01696] righteousness [06664], O congregation [0482]? do ye judge [08199] uprightly [04339], O ye sons [01121] of men [0120]?
6 There be many [07227] that say [0559], Who will shew [07200] us any good [02896]? LORD [03068], lift thou up [05375] the light [0216] of thy countenance [06440] upon us.
7 Thou hast put [05414] gladness [08057] in my heart [03820], more than in the time [06256] that their corn [01715] and their wine [08492] increased [07231].
7 I will mention [02142] the lovingkindnesses [02617] of the LORD [03068], and the praises [08416] of the LORD [03068], according to all that the LORD [03068] hath bestowed [01580] on us, and the great [07227] goodness [02898] toward the house [01004] of Israel [03478], which he hath bestowed [01580] on them according to his mercies [07356], and according to the multitude [07230] of his lovingkindnesses [02617].
6 And in my prosperity [07959] I said [0559], I shall never [05769] be moved [04131].
7 LORD [03068], by thy favour [07522] thou hast made my mountain [02042] to stand [05975] strong [05797]: thou didst hide [05641] thy face [06440], and I was troubled [0926].
4 Rejoice [5463] in [1722] the Lord [2962] alway [3842]: and again [3825] I say [2046], Rejoice [5463].
1 Therefore [5620], my [3450] brethren [80] dearly beloved [27] and [2532] longed for [1973], my [3450] joy [5479] and [2532] crown [4735], so [3779] stand fast [4739] in [1722] the Lord [2962], my dearly beloved [27].
10 I will greatly [07797] rejoice [07797] in the LORD [03068], my soul [05315] shall be joyful [01523] in my God [0430]; for he hath clothed [03847] me with the garments [0899] of salvation [03468], he hath covered [03271] me with the robe [04598] of righteousness [06666], as a bridegroom [02860] decketh [03547] himself with ornaments [06287], and as a bride [03618] adorneth [05710] herself with her jewels [03627].
2 In [1722] my [3450] Father's [3962] house [3614] are [1526] many [4183] mansions [3438]: if it were not [1490] so, I would have told [302] [2036] you [5213]. I go [4198] to prepare [2090] a place [5117] for you [5213].
20 Come [03212], my people [05971], enter [0935] thou into thy chambers [02315], and shut [05462] thy doors [01817] about thee: hide [02247] thyself as it were for a little [04592] moment [07281], until the indignation [02195] be overpast [05674].
3 And [2532] if [1437] I go [4198] and [2532] prepare [2090] a place [5117] for you [5213], I will come [2064] again [3825], and [2532] receive [3880] you [5209] unto [4314] myself [1683]; that [2443] where [3699] I [1473] am [1510], there ye [5210] may be [5600] also [2532].
19 Having [2192] therefore [3767], brethren [80], boldness [3954] to [1519] enter [1529] into the holiest [39] by [1722] the blood [129] of Jesus [2424],
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];
6 And [2532] hath raised us up together [4891], and [2532] made us sit together [4776] in [1722] heavenly [2032] places in [1722] Christ [5547] Jesus [2424]:
21 But [1161] he [1565] spake [3004] of [4012] the temple [3485] of his [846] body [4983].
5 For in the time [03117] of trouble [07451] he shall hide [06845] me in his pavilion [05520]: in the secret [05643] of his tabernacle [0168] shall he hide [05641] me; he shall set me up [07311] upon a rock [06697].
2 And it was so, when the king [04428] saw [07200] Esther [0635] the queen [04436] standing [05975] in the court [02691], that she obtained [05375] favour [02580] in his sight [05869]: and the king [04428] held out [03447] to Esther [0635] the golden [02091] sceptre [08275] that was in his hand [03027]. So Esther [0635] drew near [07126], and touched [05060] the top [07218] of the sceptre [08275].
11 All the king's [04428] servants [05650], and the people [05971] of the king's [04428] provinces [04082], do know [03045], that whosoever, whether man [0376] or woman [0802], shall come [0935] unto the king [04428] into the inner [06442] court [02691], who is not called [07121], there is one [0259] law [01881] of his to put him to death [04191], except [0905] such to whom the king [04428] shall hold out [03447] the golden [02091] sceptre [08275], that he may live [02421]: but I have not been called [07121] to come in [0935] unto the king [04428] these thirty [07970] days [03117].
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.
3 Because of the savour [07381] of thy good [02896] ointments [08081] thy name [08034] is as ointment [08081] poured forth [07324], therefore do the virgins [05959] love [0157] thee.
16 And [2532] other [243] sheep [4263] I have [2192], which [3739] are [2076] not [3756] of [1537] this [5026] fold [833]: them also [2548] I [3165] must [1163] bring [71], and [2532] they shall hear [191] my [3450] voice [5456]; and [2532] there shall be [1096] one [3391] fold [4167], and one [1520] shepherd [4166].
14 She shall be brought [02986] unto the king [04428] in raiment of needlework [07553]: the virgins [01330] her companions [07464] that follow [0310] her shall be brought [0935] unto thee.
15 With gladness [08057] and rejoicing [01524] shall they be brought [02986]: they shall enter [0935] into the king's [04428] palace [01964].
4 And [2532] when [3752] he putteth forth [1544] his own [2398] sheep [4263], he goeth [4198] before [1715] them [846], and [2532] the sheep [4263] follow [190] him [846]: for [3754] they know [1492] his [846] voice [5456].
60 I made haste [02363], and delayed [04102] not to keep [08104] thy commandments [04687].
32 I will run [07323] the way [01870] of thy commandments [04687], when thou shalt enlarge [07337] my heart [03820].
31 But they that wait [06960] upon the LORD [03068] shall renew [02498] their strength [03581]; they shall mount up [05927] with wings [083] as eagles [05404]; they shall run [07323], and not be weary [03021]; and they shall walk [03212], and not faint [03286].
45 Philip [5376] findeth [2147] Nathanael [3482], and [2532] saith [3004] unto him [846], We have found [2147] him, of whom [3739] Moses [3475] in [1722] the law [3551], and [2532] the prophets [4396], did write [1125], Jesus [2424] of [575] Nazareth [3478], the son [5207] of Joseph [2501].
41 He [3778] first [4413] findeth [2147] his own [2398] brother [80] Simon [4613], and [2532] saith [3004] unto him [846], We have found [2147] the Messias [3323], which [3739] is [2076], being interpreted [3177], the Christ [5547].
2 Let him kiss [05401] me with the kisses [05390] of his mouth [06310]: for thy love [01730] is better [02896] than wine [03196].
7 Tell [05046] me, O thou whom my soul [05315] loveth [0157], where thou feedest [07462], where [0349] thou makest thy flock to rest [07257] at noon [06672]: for [04100] why should I be as one that turneth aside [05844] by the flocks [05739] of thy companions [02270]?
32 And I [2504], if [1437] I be lifted up [5312] from [1537] the earth [1093], will draw [1670] all [3956] men unto [4314] me [1683].
4 I drew [04900] them with cords [02256] of a man [0120], with bands [05688] of love [0160]: and I was to them as they that take off [07311] the yoke [05923] on their jaws [03895], and I laid [05186] meat [0398] unto them.
3 The LORD [03068] hath appeared [07200] of old [07350] unto me, saying, Yea, I have loved [0157] thee with an everlasting [05769] love [0160]: therefore with lovingkindness [02617] have I drawn [04900] thee.
44 No man [3762] can [1410] come [2064] to [4314] me [3165], except [3362] the Father [3962] which [3588] hath sent [3992] me [3165] draw [1670] him [846]: and [2532] I [1473] will raise [450] him [846] up [450] at the last [2078] day [2250].
2 Let another man [02114] praise [01984] thee, and not thine own mouth [06310]; a stranger [05237], and not thine own lips [08193].
7 Many [07227] waters [04325] cannot [03201] quench [03518] love [0160], neither can the floods [05104] drown [07857] it: if a man [0376] would give [05414] all the substance [01952] of his house [01004] for love [0160], it would utterly [0936] be contemned [0936].
1 O that [05414] thou wert as my brother [0251], that sucked [03243] the breasts [07699] of my mother [0517]! when I should find [04672] thee without [02351], I would kiss [05401] thee; yea, I should not be despised [0936].
3 The earth [0776] and all the inhabitants [03427] thereof are dissolved [04127]: I bear up [08505] the pillars [05982] of it. Selah [05542].
2 Yea, in heart [03820] ye work [06466] wickedness [05766]; ye weigh [06424] the violence [02555] of your hands [03027] in the earth [0776].
2 Yea, in heart [03820] ye work [06466] wickedness [05766]; ye weigh [06424] the violence [02555] of your hands [03027] in the earth [0776].
2 Let my sentence [04941] come forth [03318] from thy presence [06440]; let thine eyes [05869] behold [02372] the things that are equal [04339].
16 Yea, my reins [03629] shall rejoice [05937], when thy lips [08193] speak [01696] right things [04339].
3 To receive [03947] the instruction [04148] of wisdom [07919], justice [06664], and judgment [04941], and equity [04339];
24 This is the day [03117] which the LORD [03068] hath made [06213]; we will rejoice [01523] and be glad [08055] in it.
24 He shall flee [01272] from the iron [01270] weapon [05402], and the bow [07198] of steel [05154] shall strike him through [02498].
16 Hast thou found [04672] honey [01706]? eat [0398] so much as is sufficient [01767] for thee, lest thou be filled [07646] therewith, and vomit [06958] it.
29 Seest [02372] thou a man [0376] diligent [04106] in his business [04399]? he shall stand [03320] before [06440] kings [04428]; he shall not stand [03320] before [06440] mean [02823] men.
7 My heart [03820] is fixed [03559], O God [0430], my heart [03820] is fixed [03559]: I will sing [07891] and give praise [02167].
32 And I [2504], if [1437] I be lifted up [5312] from [1537] the earth [1093], will draw [1670] all [3956] men unto [4314] me [1683].
44 No man [3762] can [1410] come [2064] to [4314] me [3165], except [3362] the Father [3962] which [3588] hath sent [3992] me [3165] draw [1670] him [846]: and [2532] I [1473] will raise [450] him [846] up [450] at the last [2078] day [2250].
3 The LORD [03068] hath appeared [07200] of old [07350] unto me, saying, Yea, I have loved [0157] thee with an everlasting [05769] love [0160]: therefore with lovingkindness [02617] have I drawn [04900] thee.
4 I drew [04900] them with cords [02256] of a man [0120], with bands [05688] of love [0160]: and I was to them as they that take off [07311] the yoke [05923] on their jaws [03895], and I laid [05186] meat [0398] unto them.