Song of Solomon 3
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The trials of the church by the withdrawing of Christ
Verse 1
WEB By night on my bed, I sought him whom my soul loves. I sought him, but I didn’t find him.
KJV By night on my bed I sought him whom my soul loveth: I sought him, but I found him not.
TSK night: ps 4:4, ps 6:6, ps 22:2, ps 63:6-8, ps 77:2-4, isa 26:9; him whom: so 1:7, so 5:8, joh 21:17, 1pe 1:8; I sought him, but: so 5:6, job 23:8,9, ps 130:1,2, isa 55:6, lu 13:24
Verse 2
WEB I will get up now, and go about the city; in the streets and in the squares I will seek him whom my soul loves. I sought him, but I didn’t find him.
KJV I will rise now, and go about the city in the streets, and in the broad ways I will seek him whom my soul loveth: I sought him, but I found him not.
TSK will rise: so 5:5, isa 64:7, joh 1:6, mt 26:40,41, ro 13:11, 1co 15:34, eph 5:14; the streets: pr 1:20,21, pr 8:2,3,34, lu 14:21-23; I sought: ps 22:1,2, ps 42:7-9, ps 43:2-5, ps 77:7-10
Verse 3
WEB The watchmen who go about the city found me; “Have you seen him whom my soul loves?”
KJV The watchmen that go about the city found me: to whom I said, Saw ye him whom my soul loveth?
TSK watchmen: so 5:7, isa 21:6-8,11,12, isa 56:10, isa 62:6, eze 3:17, eze 33:2-9, heb 13:17; Saw: joh 20:15
Verse 4
WEB I had scarcely passed from them, when I found him whom my soul loves. I held him, and would not let him go, until I had brought him into my mother’s house, into the room of her who conceived me.
KJV 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.
TSK but: so 6:12, pr 8:17, isa 45:19, isa 55:6,7, jer 29:13, la 3:25, mt 7:7; I held: so 7:5, ge 32:26, pr 4:13, ho 12:3,4, mt 28:9, joh 20:16,17, re 3:11,12; I had: isa 49:14-18, isa 54:1-3, ga 4:26
Verse 5
WEB I adjure you, daughters of Jerusalem, by the roes, or by the hinds of the field, that you not stir up, nor awaken love, until it so desires.
KJV I charge you, O ye daughters of Jerusalem, by the roes, and by the hinds of the field, that ye stir not up, nor awake my love, till he please.
TSK I charge you, O ye daughters of Jerusalem, by the roes, and by the hinds of the field, that ye stir not up, nor awake my love, till he please.: so 2:7, so 8:4, mic 4:8
The excellences of the church, The care of Christ for her
Verse 6
WEB Who is this who comes up from the wilderness like pillars of smoke, perfumed with myrrh and frankincense, with all spices of the merchant?
KJV Who is this that cometh out of the wilderness like pillars of smoke, perfumed with myrrh and frankincense, with all powders of the merchant?
TSK this: so 8:5, de 8:2, isa 43:19, jer 2:2, jer 31:2, re 12:6,14; like: ex 13:21,22, joe 2:29-31, ac 2:18-21, col 3:1,2; perfumed: so 1:3,13, so 4:12-14, so 5:5,13, 2co 2:14-16, php 4:18, re 5:8
Verse 7
WEB Behold, it is Solomon’s carriage! Sixty mighty men are around it, of the mighty men of Israel.
KJV Behold his bed, which is Solomon's; threescore valiant men are about it, of the valiant of Israel.
TSK his bed: so 3:9, so 1:16; threescore: 1sa 8:16, 1sa 14:52, 1sa 28:2, 1ki 9:22, 1ki 14:27, 2ki 6:17, heb 1:14
Verse 8
WEB They all handle the sword, and are expert in war. Every man has his sword on his thigh, because of fear in the night.
KJV They all hold swords, being expert in war: every man hath his sword upon his thigh because of fear in the night.
TSK all: ps 45:3, ps 149:5-9, isa 27:3, eph 6:16-18; because: ne 4:21,22, 1th 5:6-8
Verse 10
WEB He made its pillars of silver, its bottom of gold, its seat of purple, its midst being paved with love, from the daughters of Jerusalem.
KJV He made the pillars thereof of silver, the bottom thereof of gold, the covering of it of purple, the midst thereof being paved with love, for the daughters of Jerusalem.
TSK He made the pillars thereof of silver, the bottom thereof of gold, the covering of it of purple,: ps 87:3, 1ti 3:15,16, re 3:12; the midst: ro 5:8, eph 3:18,19, re 1:5
Verse 11
WEB Go forth, you daughters of Zion, and see king Solomon, with the crown with which his mother has crowned him, in the day of his weddings, in the day of the gladness of his heart.
KJV Go forth, O ye daughters of Zion, and behold king Solomon with the crown wherewith his mother crowned him in the day of his espousals, and in the day of the gladness of his heart.
TSK Go: so 7:11, heb 13:13; O ye: so 1:5, so 2:7, ps 9:14, ps 48:11; behold: isa 9:6, mt 12:42, php 2:9-11, heb 2:9, re 1:7, re 19:12; his mother: so 8:5, col 1:18, re 5:9,10; in the day of his: isa 62:5, jer 2:2, ho 2:19,20, joh 3:29, re 19:7, re 22:9,10; in the day of the: isa 53:11, jer 32:41, zep 3:17, lu 15:6,7,23,24,32, joh 15:11