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Selected Verse: Song of solomon 8:6 - Strong Concordance
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| So 8:6 |
Strong Concordance |
Set [07760] me as a seal [02368] upon thine heart [03820], as a seal [02368] upon thine arm [02220]: for love [0160] is strong [05794] as death [04194]; jealousy [07068] is cruel [07186] as the grave [07585]: the coals [07565] thereof are coals [07565] of fire [0784], which hath a most vehement flame [07957]. |
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King James |
Set me as a seal upon thine heart, as a seal upon thine arm: for love is strong as death; jealousy is cruel as the grave: the coals thereof are coals of fire, which hath a most vehement flame. |
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] |
Implying approaching absence of the Bridegroom.
seal--having her name and likeness engraven on it. His Holy Priesthood also in heaven (Exo 28:6-12, Exo. 28:15-30; Heb 4:14); "his heart" there answering to "thine heart" here, and "two shoulders" to "arm." (Compare Jer 22:24, with Hag 2:23). But the Holy Ghost (Eph 1:13-14). As in Sol 8:5, she was "leaning" on Him, that is, her arm on His arm, her head on His bosom; so she prays now that before they part, her impression may be engraven both on His heart and His arm, answering to His love and His power (Psa 77:15; see Gen 38:18; Isa 62:3).
love is strong as death-- (Act 21:13; Rom 8:35-39; Rev 12:11). This their love unto death flows from His (Joh 10:15; Joh 15:13).
jealousy . . . the grave--Zealous love, jealous of all that would come between the soul and Jesus Christ (Kg1 19:10; Psa 106:30-31; Luk 9:60; Luk 14:26; Co1 16:22).
cruel--rather, "unyielding" hard, as the grave will not let go those whom it once holds (Joh 10:28).
a most vehement flame--literally, "the fire-flame of Jehovah" (Psa 80:16; Isa 6:6). Nowhere else is God's name found in the Song. The zeal that burnt in Jesus Christ (Psa 69:9; Luk 12:49-50) kindled in His followers (Act 2:3; Rom 15:30; Phi 2:17). |
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
The bride says this as she clings to his arm and rests her head upon his bosom. Compare Joh 13:23; Joh 21:20. This brief dialogue corresponds to the longer one Cant. 4:7-5:1, on the day of their espousals. Allegorical interpreters find a fulfillment of this in the close of the present dispensation, the restoration of Israel to the land of promise, and the manifestation of Messiah to His ancient people there, or His Second Advent to the Church. The Targum makes Sol 8:6 a prayer of Israel restored to the holy land that they may never again be carried into captivity, and Sol 8:7 the Lord's answering assurance that Israel henceforth is safe. Compare Isa 65:24; Isa 62:3-4.
Sol 8:6
The key-note of the poem. It forms the Old Testament counterpart to Paul's panegyric Co1 13:1-13 under the New.
(a) Love is here regarded as an universal power, an elemental principle of all true being, alone able to cope with the two eternal foes of God and man, Death and his kingdom.
"For strong as death is love,
Tenacious as Sheol is jealousy."
"Jealousy" is here another term for "love," expressing the inexorable force and ardor of this affection, which can neither yield nor share possession of its object, and is identified in the mind of the sacred writer with divine or true life.
(b) He goes on to describe it as an all-pervading Fire, kindled by the Eternal One, and partaking of His essence:
"Its brands are brands of fire,
A lightning-flash from Jah."
Compare Deu 4:24.
(c) This divine principle is next represented as overcoming in its might all opposing agencies whatsoever, symbolized by water.
(d) From all which it follows that love, even as a human affection, must be reverenced, and dealt with so as not to be bought by aught of different nature; the attempt to do this awakening only scorn. |
| The Scofield Bible Commentary, by Cyrus Ingerson Scofield, [1917] |
grave
Hebrew, "Sheol,"
(See Scofield) - (Hab 2:5). |
| Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
| Set me - These are undoubtedly the words of the bride. Let thy heart be constantly set upon me. He seems to allude to the engraven tablets which are frequently worn upon the breast, and to the signet on a man's arm or hand, which they prized at a more than ordinary rate, and which are continually in their sight. For love - My love to thee. Jealousy - Or, zeal; my ardent love to thee. Cruel - Heb. hard, grievous and terrible, and sometimes ready to overwhelm me; therefore have pity upon me, and do not leave me. Fire - It burns and melts my heart like fire. |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
Set me as a seal upon thine heart - It was customary in the Levant and other places to make impressions of various kinds upon the arms, the breast, and other parts. I have seen these often: some slight punctures are made, and the place rubbed over with a sort of blue powder that, getting between the cuticle and cutis, is never discharged; it continues in all its distinctness throughout life. The figures of young women are frequently thus impressed on the arms and on the breasts. If the bride alludes to any thing of this kind, which is very probable, the interpretation is easy. Let me be thus depicted upon thine arm, which being constantly before thy eyes, thou wilt never forget me; and let me be thus depicted upon thy breast, the emblem of the share I have in thy heart and affections. Do this as a proof of the love I bear to thee, which is such as nothing but death can destroy; and do it to prevent any jealousy I might feel, which is as cruel as the grave, and as deadly as fiery arrows or poisoned darts shot into the body.
A most vehement flame - שלהבתיה shalhebethyah, "the flame of God;" for the word is divided שלהבת יה shalhebeth Yah, "the flame of Jehovah," by one hundred and sixteen of Dr. Kennicott's MSS., and by one hundred and fourteen of those of De Rossi. It may mean the lightning; or, as our text understands it, a most vehement or intense fire. |
17 Yea [235], and if [1499] I be offered [4689] upon [1909] the sacrifice [2378] and [2532] service [3009] of your [5216] faith [4102], I joy [5463], and [2532] rejoice with [4796] you [5213] all [3956].
30 Now [1161] I beseech [3870] you [5209], brethren [80], for [1223] the Lord [2962] Jesus [2424] Christ's [5547] sake [2257], and [2532] for [1223] the love [26] of the Spirit [4151], that ye strive together [4865] with me [3427] in [1722] your prayers [4335] to [4314] God [2316] for [5228] me [1700];
3 And [2532] there appeared [3700] unto them [846] cloven [1266] tongues [1100] like as [5616] of fire [4442], and [5037] it sat [2523] upon [1909] each [1538] [1520] of them [846].
49 I am come [2064] to send [906] fire [4442] on [1519] the earth [1093]; and [2532] what [5101] will I [2309], if [1487] it be [381] already [2235] kindled [381]?
50 But [1161] I have [2192] a baptism [908] to be baptized with [907]; and [2532] how [4459] am I straitened [4912] till [2193] [3739] it be accomplished [5055] !
9 For the zeal [07068] of thine house [01004] hath eaten me up [0398]; and the reproaches [02781] of them that reproached [02778] thee are fallen [05307] upon me.
6 Then flew [05774] one [0259] of the seraphims [08314] unto me, having a live coal [07531] in his hand [03027], which he had taken [03947] with the tongs [04457] from off the altar [04196]:
16 It is burned [08313] with fire [0784], it is cut down [03683]: they perish [06] at the rebuke [01606] of thy countenance [06440].
28 And I [2504] give [1325] unto them [846] eternal [166] life [2222]; and [2532] they shall [622] never [3364] [1519] [165] perish [622], neither [2532] [3756] shall [726] any [5100] man pluck [726] them [846] out of [1537] my [3450] hand [5495].
22 If any man [1536] love [5368] not [3756] the Lord [2962] Jesus [2424] Christ [5547], let him be [2277] Anathema [331] Maranatha [3134].
26 If any [1536] man come [2064] to [4314] me [3165], and [2532] hate [3404] not [3756] his [1438] father [3962], and [2532] mother [3384], and [2532] wife [1135], and [2532] children [5043], and [2532] brethren [80], and [2532] sisters [79], yea [2089], and [1161] his own [1438] life [5590] also [2532], he cannot [3756] [1410] be [1511] my [3450] disciple [3101].
60 [1161] Jesus [2424] said [2036] unto him [846], Let [863] the dead [3498] bury [2290] their [1438] dead [3498]: but [1161] go [565] thou [4771] and preach [1229] the kingdom [932] of God [2316].
30 Then stood up [05975] Phinehas [06372], and executed judgment [06419]: and so the plague [04046] was stayed [06113].
31 And that was counted [02803] unto him for righteousness [06666] unto all [01755] generations [01755] for [05704] evermore [05769].
10 And he said [0559], I have been very [07065] jealous [07065] for the LORD [03068] God [0430] of hosts [06635]: for the children [01121] of Israel [03478] have forsaken [05800] thy covenant [01285], thrown down [02040] thine altars [04196], and slain [02026] thy prophets [05030] with the sword [02719]; and I, even I only, am left [03498]; and they seek [01245] my life [05315], to take it away [03947].
13 Greater [3187] love [26] hath [2192] no man [3762] than [3187] this [5026], that [2443] a man [5100] lay down [5087] his [846] life [5590] for [5228] his [846] friends [5384].
15 As [2531] the Father [3962] knoweth [1097] me [3165], even so [2504] know [1097] I [2504] the Father [3962]: and [2532] I lay down [5087] my [3450] life [5590] for [5228] the sheep [4263].
11 And [2532] they [846] overcame [3528] him [846] by [1223] the blood [129] of the Lamb [721], and [2532] by [1223] the word [3056] of their [846] testimony [3141]; and [2532] they loved [25] not [3756] their [846] lives [5590] unto [891] the death [2288].
35 Who [5101] shall separate [5563] us [2248] from [575] the love [26] of Christ [5547]? shall tribulation [2347], or [2228] distress [4730], or [2228] persecution [1375], or [2228] famine [3042], or [2228] nakedness [1132], or [2228] peril [2794], or [2228] sword [3162]?
36 As [2531] it is written [1125], [3754] For thy [4675] sake [1752] we are killed [2289] all [3650] the day long [2250]; we are accounted [3049] as [5613] sheep [4263] for the slaughter [4967].
37 Nay [235], in [1722] all [3956] these things [5125] we are more than conquerors [5245] through [1223] him that loved [25] us [2248].
38 For [1063] I am persuaded [3982], that [3754] neither [3777] death [2288], nor [3777] life [2222], nor [3777] angels [32], nor [3777] principalities [746], nor [3777] powers [1411], nor [3777] things present [1764], nor [3777] things to come [3195],
39 Nor [3777] height [5313], nor [3777] depth [899], nor [3777] any [5100] other [2087] creature [2937], shall be able [1410] to separate [5563] us [2248] from [575] the love [26] of God [2316], which is in [1722] Christ [5547] Jesus [2424] our [2257] Lord [2962].
13 Then [1161] Paul [3972] answered [611], What [5101] mean ye [4160] to weep [2799] and [2532] to break [4919] mine [3450] heart [2588]? for [1063] I [1473] am [2192] ready [2093] not [3756] to be bound [1210] only [3440], but [2532] also [235] to die [599] at [1519] Jerusalem [2419] for [5228] the name [3686] of the Lord [2962] Jesus [2424].
3 Thou shalt also be a crown [05850] of glory [08597] in the hand [03027] of the LORD [03068], and a royal [04410] diadem [06797] [06797] in the hand [03709] of thy God [0430].
18 And he said [0559], What [0834] pledge [06162] shall I give [05414] thee? And she said [0559], Thy signet [02368], and thy bracelets [06616], and thy staff [04294] that is in thine hand [03027]. And he gave [05414] it her, and came in [0935] unto her, and she conceived [02029] by him.
15 Thou hast with thine arm [02220] redeemed [01350] thy people [05971], the sons [01121] of Jacob [03290] and Joseph [03130]. Selah [05542].
5 Who is this that cometh up [05927] from the wilderness [04057], leaning [07514] upon her beloved [01730]? I raised [05782] thee up under the apple tree [08598]: there thy mother [0517] brought thee forth [02254]: there she brought thee forth [02254] that bare [03205] thee.
13 In [1722] whom [3739] ye [5210] also [2532] trusted, after that ye heard [191] the word [3056] of truth [225], the gospel [2098] of your [5216] salvation [4991]: in [1722] whom [3739] also [2532] after that ye believed [4100], ye were sealed with [4972] that holy [40] Spirit [4151] of promise [1860],
14 Which [3739] is [2076] the earnest [728] of our [2257] inheritance [2817] until [1519] the redemption [629] of the purchased possession [4047], unto [1519] the praise [1868] of his [846] glory [1391].
23 In that day [03117], saith [05002] the LORD [03068] of hosts [06635], will I take [03947] thee, O Zerubbabel [02216], my servant [05650], the son [01121] of Shealtiel [07597], saith [05002] the LORD [03068], and will make [07760] thee as a signet [02368]: for I have chosen [0977] thee, saith [05002] the LORD [03068] of hosts [06635].
24 As I live [02416], saith [05002] the LORD [03068], though Coniah [03659] the son [01121] of Jehoiakim [03079] king [04428] of Judah [03063] were the signet [02368] upon my right [03225] hand [03027], yet would I pluck [05423] thee thence;
14 Seeing [2192] then [3767] that we have [2192] a great [3173] high priest [749], that is passed into [1330] the heavens [3772], Jesus [2424] the Son [5207] of God [2316], let us hold fast [2902] our profession [3671].
6 And they shall make [06213] the ephod [0646] of gold [02091], of blue [08504], and of purple [0713], of scarlet [08144] [08438], and fine twined [07806] linen [08336], with cunning [02803] work [04639].
7 It shall have the two [08147] shoulderpieces [03802] thereof joined [02266] at the two [08147] edges [07098] thereof; and so it shall be joined together [02266].
8 And the curious girdle [02805] of the ephod [0642], which is upon it, shall be of the same, according to the work [04639] thereof; even of gold [02091], of blue [08504], and purple [0713], and scarlet [08144] [08438], and fine twined [07806] linen [08336].
9 And thou shalt take [03947] two [08147] onyx [07718] stones [068], and grave [06605] on them the names [08034] of the children [01121] of Israel [03478]:
10 Six [08337] of their names [08034] on one [0259] stone [068], and the other six [08337] names [08034] of the rest [03498] on the other [08145] stone [068], according to their birth [08435].
11 With the work [04639] of an engraver [02796] in stone [068], like the engravings [06603] of a signet [02368], shalt thou engrave [06605] the two [08147] stones [068] with the names [08034] of the children [01121] of Israel [03478]: thou shalt make [06213] them to be set [04142] in ouches [04865] of gold [02091].
12 And thou shalt put [07760] the two [08147] stones [068] upon the shoulders [03802] of the ephod [0646] for stones [068] of memorial [02146] unto the children [01121] of Israel [03478]: and Aaron [0175] shall bear [05375] their names [08034] before [06440] the LORD [03068] upon his two [08147] shoulders [03802] for a memorial [02146].
24 For the LORD [03068] thy God [0430] is a consuming [0398] fire [0784], even a jealous [07067] God [0410].
1 Though [1437] I speak [2980] with the tongues [1100] of men [444] and [2532] of angels [32], and [1161] have [2192] not [3361] charity [26], I am become [1096] as sounding [2278] brass [5475], or [2228] a tinkling [214] cymbal [2950].
2 And [2532] though [1437] I have [2192] the gift of prophecy [4394], and [2532] understand [1492] all [3956] mysteries [3466], and [2532] all [3956] knowledge [1108]; and [2532] though [1437] I have [2192] all [3956] faith [4102], so [5620] that I could remove [3179] mountains [3735], and [1161] have [2192] not [3361] charity [26], I am [1510] nothing [3762].
3 And [2532] though [1437] I bestow [5595] all [3956] my [3450] goods [5224] to feed [5595] the poor, and [2532] though [1437] I give [3860] my [3450] body [4983] to [2443] be burned [2545], and [1161] have [2192] not [3361] charity [26], it profiteth me [5623] nothing [3762].
4 Charity [26] suffereth long [3114], and is kind [5541]; charity [26] envieth [2206] not [3756]; charity [26] vaunteth [4068] not [3756] itself [4068], is [5448] not [3756] puffed up [5448],
5 Doth [807] not [3756] behave itself unseemly [807], seeketh [2212] not [3756] her own [1438], is [3947] not [3756] easily provoked [3947], thinketh [3049] no [3756] evil [2556];
6 Rejoiceth [5463] not [3756] in [1909] iniquity [93], but [1161] rejoiceth [4796] in the truth [225];
7 Beareth [4722] all things [3956], believeth [4100] all things [3956], hopeth [1679] all things [3956], endureth [5278] all things [3956].
8 Charity [26] never [3763] faileth [1601]: but [1161] whether [1535] there be prophecies [4394], they shall fail [2673]; whether [1535] there be tongues [1100], they shall cease [3973]; whether [1535] there be knowledge [1108], it shall vanish away [2673].
9 For [1063] we know [1097] in [1537] part [3313], and [2532] we prophesy [4395] in [1537] part [3313].
10 But [1161] when [3752] that which is perfect [5046] is come [2064], then [5119] that which is in [1537] part [3313] shall be done away [2673].
11 When [3753] I was [2252] a child [3516], I spake [2980] as [5613] a child [3516], I understood [5426] as [5613] a child [3516], I thought [3049] as [5613] a child [3516]: but [1161] when [3753] I became [1096] a man [435], I put away [2673] childish things [3516].
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].
13 And [1161] now [3570] abideth [3306] faith [4102], hope [1680], charity [26], these [5023] three [5140]; but [1161] the greatest [3187] of these [5130] is charity [26].
6 Set [07760] me as a seal [02368] upon thine heart [03820], as a seal [02368] upon thine arm [02220]: for love [0160] is strong [05794] as death [04194]; jealousy [07068] is cruel [07186] as the grave [07585]: the coals [07565] thereof are coals [07565] of fire [0784], which hath a most vehement flame [07957].
3 Thou shalt also be a crown [05850] of glory [08597] in the hand [03027] of the LORD [03068], and a royal [04410] diadem [06797] [06797] in the hand [03709] of thy God [0430].
4 Thou shalt no more be termed [0559] Forsaken [05800]; neither shall thy land [0776] any more be termed [0559] Desolate [08077]: but thou shalt be called [07121] Hephzibah [02657], and thy land [0776] Beulah [01166]: for the LORD [03068] delighteth [02654] in thee, and thy land [0776] shall be married [01166].
24 And it shall come to pass, that before they call [07121], I will answer [06030]; and while they are yet speaking [01696], I will hear [08085].
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].
6 Set [07760] me as a seal [02368] upon thine heart [03820], as a seal [02368] upon thine arm [02220]: for love [0160] is strong [05794] as death [04194]; jealousy [07068] is cruel [07186] as the grave [07585]: the coals [07565] thereof are coals [07565] of fire [0784], which hath a most vehement flame [07957].
20 Then [1161] Peter [4074], turning about [1994], seeth [991] the disciple [3101] whom [3739] Jesus [2424] loved [25] following [190]; which [3739] also [2532] leaned [377] on [1909] his [846] breast [4738] at [1722] supper [1173], and [2532] said [2036], Lord [2962], which [5101] is he [2076] that betrayeth [3860] thee [4571]?
23 Now [1161] there was [2258] leaning [345] on [1722] Jesus [2424]' bosom [2859] one [1520] of his [846] disciples [3101], whom [3739] Jesus [2424] loved [25].
5 Yea also, because he transgresseth [0898] by wine [03196], he is a proud [03093] man [01397], neither keepeth at home [05115], who enlargeth [07337] his desire [05315] as hell [07585], and is as death [04194], and cannot be satisfied [07646], but gathereth [0622] unto him all nations [01471], and heapeth [06908] unto him all people [05971]: