Song of Solomon 5:7
in Song of Solomon 5I encountered the watchmen on their rounds of the city. They beat me and bruised me; they took away my cloak, those guardians of the walls.
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ASV
The watchmen that go about the city found me, They smote me, they wounded me; The keepers of the walls took away my mantle from me.
KJV
The watchmen that went about the city found me, they smote me, they wounded me; the keepers of the walls took away my veil from me.
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This verse in Song of Solomon 5
Commentary
9 notes on this verseTook away my veil - They tore it off rudely, to discover who she was. See on Son 5:2 (note). To tear the veil signifies, in Eastern phrase, to deflower or dishonor a woman.
This site's exposition
I encountered the watchmen on their rounds of the city
on Song of Solomon 5:7-8
The watchmen of 3:3 meet her again, "They beat me and bruised me; they took away my cloak". She charges the daughters: "if you find my beloved, tell him I am sick with love". Franz Delitzsch notes the refrain carries a message, since the beloved is the one being sought.
The record, by era
The Medieval Church3 voices
The keepers of the walls took my cloak from me. The keepers of the walls are also the highest teachers, as they strive to also instruct those capable of governing and fortifying the Church. I believe Timothy, Titus, and others like them, the laborers of …
A commentator
Robert of TombelaineCommentary on the Song of Songs, Chapter 5 · Written in the 11th century.
proposed
While the bride is troubled in her search for the beloved, she encounters the watchmen of the city: that is, while the holy mind afflicts itself with desire for her Bridegroom Christ, she receives the words of the preachers in the divine Scriptures, and through …
The watchmen found me, etc. The watchmen who go about the city are the holy teachers to whom the care of the Church has been entrusted so that they may protect it from the attack of depraved doctrines, both by word and example, and may …
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
Disconsolate saints are taken for sinners, and are censured and reproached as such. Thus Hannah, when she was praying in the bitterness of her soul, was wounded and smitten by Eli, one of the prime watchmen, when he said to her, How long wilt thou be drunken? so counting her a daughter of Belial, 1 Sam. i.
The keepers - The same with the watchmen, whose office it is to keep the gates and walls of the city. My vine - Which was an ornament of her sex, and an ensign of her relation to Christ. And so the taking of this veil away, signifies their contemptuous usage of her, and endeavours to represent her, as one that had no relation to Christ.
2 more voices on this verse
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
The watchmen that went about the city, found me,....
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
proposed
God forgives believers, but it is a serious thing to draw on His forgiveness; so the growing reserve of God towards Israel observable in Judges, as His people repeat their demands on His grace.
The words behind it
12 Hebrew wordsEvery 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.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| מְצָאֻ֧נִי | metzauni | they found me | H4672 → | 455 times |
| הַשֹּׁמְרִ֛ים | hashomerim | the watchmen | H8104 → | 468 times |
| הַסֹּבְבִ֥ים | hasoevim | who go around | H5437 → | 161 times |
| בָּעִ֖יר | bair | in the city | H5892 → | 1090 times |
| הִכּ֣וּנִי | hikuni | they struck me | H5221 → | |
| פְצָע֑וּנִי | fetzauni | they bruised me | H6481 → | |
| נָשְׂא֤וּ | naseu | they lifted | H5375 → | |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| רְדִידִי֙ | redidi | garment my | H7289 → | |
| מֵֽעָלַ֔י | mealai | from on <the> me | H5921 → | 5755 times |
| שֹׁמְרֵ֖י | shomerei | [the] watchmen of | H8104 → | 468 times |
| הַחֹמֽוֹת׃ | hachomot | the walls | H2346 → | 133 times |
מְצָאֻ֧נִיthey found me
metzauniH4672 →455 times
הַשֹּׁמְרִ֛יםthe watchmen
hashomerimH8104 →468 times
הַסֹּבְבִ֥יםwho go around
hasoevimH5437 →161 times
בָּעִ֖ירin the city
bairH5892 →1090 times
הִכּ֣וּנִיthey struck me
hikuniH5221 →
פְצָע֑וּנִיthey bruised me
fetzauniH6481 →
נָשְׂא֤וּthey lifted
naseuH5375 →
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
רְדִידִי֙garment my
redidiH7289 →
מֵֽעָלַ֔יfrom on <the> me
mealaiH5921 →5755 times
שֹׁמְרֵ֖י[the] watchmen of
shomereiH8104 →468 times
הַחֹמֽוֹת׃the walls
hachomotH2346 →133 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach 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 12:2Let us fix our eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy set before Him endured the cross, scorning its shame, and sat down at the right hand…
it leads to
- Micah 7:7
But as for me, I will look to the LORD; I will wait for the God of my salvation. My God will hear me.
- 1 Peter 3:18
For Christ also suffered for sins once for all, the righteous for the unrighteous, to bring you to God. He was put to death in the body but made alive in the Spirit,
- 1 Peter 2:23–24
When they heaped abuse on Him, He did not retaliate; when He suffered, He made no threats, but entrusted Himself to Him who judges justly.
- Hebrews 1:3
The Son is the radiance of God’s glory and the exact representation of His nature, upholding all things by His powerful word. After He had provided purification for sins, He sat down at the…
- Philippians 1:6
being confident of this, that He who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus.
- Micah 7:7
Through
Psalms 141:5Let the righteous man strike me; let his rebuke be an act of loving devotion. It is oil for my head; let me not refuse it. For my prayer is ever against the deeds…
it leads to
- Ecclesiastes 7:5
It is better to heed a wise man’s rebuke than to listen to the song of fools.
- Revelation 3:19
Those I love, I rebuke and discipline. Therefore be earnest and repent.
- Galatians 6:1
Brothers, if someone is caught in a trespass, you who are spiritual should restore him with a spirit of gentleness. But watch yourself, or you also may be tempted.
- Ecclesiastes 7:5
About Song of Solomon
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This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Bede, Commentary on the Song of Songs; Franz Delitzsch, Commentary on the Song of Songs and Ecclesiastes; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; Jamieson, Fausset and Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament; Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible and Robert of Tombelaine, Commentary on the Song of Songs, Chapter 5.