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Song of Solomon 1:4

in Song of Solomon 1

Take me away with you—let us hurry! May the king bring me to his chambers. We will rejoice and delight in you; we will praise your love more than wine. It is only right that they adore you.

BSB

The same verse in ASV and KJV

ASV

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 make mention of thy love more than of wine: Rightly do they love thee.

KJV

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.

This verse in Song of Solomon 1

Commentary

4 notes on this verse

A commentator

Jerome

LETTER 22.7 · Written before 420.

There also—the Lord himself is my witness—when I had shed copious tears and had strained my eyes toward heaven, I sometimes felt myself among angelic hosts and for joy and gladness sang, "Because of the sweet smell of your good ointments, we will run after you."

This site's exposition

song of songs, which is Solomon’s

on Song of Solomon 1:1-4

The title names itself the song of songs, the Hebrew superlative form meaning the best of all the songs Solomon wrote, a man the record credits with a thousand and five (1 Kings 4:32). The bride's voice opens the poem at once, wishing his kisses on her own mouth and naming his love better than wine, desire stated without preface or apology. Draw me, we will run after thee pictures a company running together rather than one alone, and the king hath brought me into his chambers reads either as the plain wedding chamber or, in the church's later line of reading, as the soul's nearness to Christ.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

A commentator

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

(2.) Her promise to improve that grace: Draw me, and then we will run after thee. See how the doctrine of special and effectual grace consists with our duty, and is a powerful engagement and encouragement to it, and yet reserves all the glory of all the good that is in us to God only.
The Nineteenth Century1 voice

A commentator

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible · Written before 1832.

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.

The words behind it

14 Hebrew words

Every Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.

  • מָשְׁכֵ֖נִיdraw me

    mashekheniH4900

  • אַחֲרֶ֣יךָafter you

    ʾachareikhaH310

  • נָּר֑וּצָהlet us run

    narutzahH7323

  • הֱבִיאַ֨נִיhe has brought me

    hevianiH9352568 times

  • הַמֶּ֜לֶךְthe king

    hamelekhH44282525 times

  • חֲדָרָ֗יוchambers his

    chadaravH2315

  • נָגִ֤ילָהlet us rejoice

    nagilahH1523

  • וְנִשְׂמְחָה֙and let us be glad

    venismechahH8055

  • בָּ֔ךְin you

    bakh

  • נַזְכִּ֤ירָהlet us bring to remembrance

    nazkirahH2142

  • דֹדֶ֙יךָ֙love<s> your

    dodeikhaH173061 times

  • מִיַּ֔יִןmore than wine

    miyayinH3196141 times

  • מֵישָׁרִ֖יםuprightness<es>

    meisharimH4339

  • אֲהֵבֽוּךָ׃ סthey love you

    ʾahevukhaH157211 times

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

The walk

8 stops

Each card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.

  • Through

    Hebrews 12:1

    Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off every encumbrance and the sin that so easily entangles, and let us run with endurance the race set…

    it leads to

    • 2 Timothy 4:7

      I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith.

    • 1 Corinthians 9:24–27

      Do you not know that in a race all the runners run, but only one receives the prize? Run in such a way as to take the prize.

    • Philippians 2:16

      as you hold forth the word of life, in order that I may boast on the day of Christ that I did not run or labor in vain.

    • Luke 21:34

      But watch yourselves, or your hearts will be weighed down by dissipation, drunkenness, and the worries of life—and that day will spring upon you suddenly like a snare.

    • Hebrews 10:35–39

      So do not throw away your confidence; it holds a great reward.

  • Through

    John 6:44

    “No one can come to Me unless the Father who sent Me draws him, and I will raise him up at the last day.

    it leads to

    • John 6:65

      Then Jesus said, “This is why I told you that no one can come to Me unless the Father has granted it to him.”

    • Matthew 11:25–27

      At that time Jesus declared, “I praise You, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because You have hidden these things from the wise and learned, and revealed them to little children.

    • John 6:39–40

      And this is the will of Him who sent Me, that I shall lose none of those He has given Me, but raise them up at the last day.

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About Song of Solomon

The Meeting of Isaac and Rebekah — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
The Meeting of Isaac and Rebekah — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain

This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Jerome, LETTER 22.7; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.