Song of Solomon 2:14 BSB

Song of Solomon 2:14

O my dove in the clefts of the rock, in the crevices of the cliff, let me see your face, let me hear your voice; for your voice is sweet, and your countenance is lovely.

BSB

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ASV

O my dove, that art in the clefts of the rock, In the covert of the steep place, Let me see thy countenance, Let me hear thy voice; For sweet is thy voice, and thy countenance is comely.

KJV

O my dove, that art in the clefts of the rock, in the secret places of the stairs, let me see thy countenance, let me hear thy voice; for sweet is thy voice, and thy countenance is comely.

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Commentary

3 voices

Origen of Alexandria

COMMENTARY ON THE SONG OF SONGS 3:15 (253)

"Because your voice is sweet." And who would not profess that voice of the catholic church confessing the true faith is sweet, but the voice of the heretics is rough and unpleasant, which does not speak the teachings of truth but blasphemies against God and iniquity against the Most High? Thus also the appearance of the church is comely, but that of the heretics is ugly and foul—that is, if there is someone who knows how to test the beauty of the face, that is, if there is some spiritual person who knows how to examine all things.

The record, by era

The Church Fathers1 voice

Jerome

Against Jovinianus 1.30 (420)

Immediately the turtle says to its fellow, "The fig tree has put forth its green figs," that is, the commandments of the old law have fallen, and the blossoming vines of the gospel give forth their fragrance.… While you covered your countenance like Moses and the veil of the law remained, I neither saw your face, nor did I condescend to hear your voice. I said, "Yes, when you make many prayers, I will not hear." But now, with unveiled face behold my glory, and shelter yourself in the cleft and steep places of the solid rock.

The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices

John Wesley

1703–1791

Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament (1765)

My dove - So the church is called, for her dove-like temper, and for her dove-like condition, because she is weak, and exposed to persecution, and therefore forced to hide herself in rocks.

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

He has assured us that the prayer of the upright is his delight; he smelled a sweet savour from Noah's sacrifice, and the spiritual sacrifices are no less acceptable, 1 Pet. ii. This does not so much commend our services as God's gracious condescension in making the best of them, and the efficacy of the much incense which is offered with the prayers of saints, Rev. viii.

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Original language & word study

16 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
יוֹנָתִ֞י	yo.na.Ti	O dove my	H3123 →
בְּחַגְוֵ֣י	be.chag.Vei	in [the] clefts of	H2288 →
הַסֶּ֗לַע	ha.Se.la'	the rock	H5553 →
בְּסֵ֙תֶר֙	be.Se.ter	in [the] hiding place of	H5643 →
הַמַּדְרֵגָ֔ה	ha.mad.re.Gah	the steep place	H4095 →
הַרְאִ֙ינִי֙	har.'I.ni	let see me	H7200 →
אֶת־	'et-	<obj.>	H853 →
מַרְאַ֔יִךְ	mar.'A.yikh	form your	H4758 →
הַשְׁמִיעִ֖ינִי	hash.mi.'I.ni	cause to hear me	H8085 →
אֶת־	'et-	<obj.>	H853 →
קוֹלֵ֑ךְ	ko.Lekh	voice your	H6963 →
כִּי־	ki-	for	H3588 →
קוֹלֵ֥ךְ	ko.Lekh	voice your	H6963 →
עָרֵ֖ב	'a.Rev	[is] sweet	H6156 →
וּמַרְאֵ֥יךְ	u.mar.'Eikh	and form your	H4758 →
נָאוֶֽה׃ ס	na.Veh	[is] lovely	H5000 →

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The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Exodus 3:6
Then He said, “I am the God of your father, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.” At this, Moses hid his face, for he was afraid to…
leads to
- Luke 20:37
  Even Moses demonstrates that the dead are raised, in the passage about the burning bush. For he calls the Lord ‘the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.’
- Matthew 22:32
  ‘I am the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob’? He is not the God of the dead, but of the living.”
- Mark 12:26
  But concerning the dead rising, have you not read about the burning bush in the Book of Moses, how God told him, ‘I am the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the…
- Exodus 4:5
  “This is so that they may believe that the LORD, the God of their fathers—the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob—has appeared to you.”
- Genesis 28:13
  And there at the top the LORD was standing and saying, “I am the LORD, the God of your father Abraham and the God of Isaac. I will give you and your descendants the…
Through
Song of Solomon 1:5
I am dark, yet lovely, O daughters of Jerusalem, like the tents of Kedar, like the curtains of Solomon.
leads to
- Luke 15:22
  But the father said to his servants, ‘Quick! Bring the best robe and put it on him. Put a ring on his finger and sandals on his feet.
- 2 Corinthians 5:21
  God made Him who knew no sin to be sin on our behalf, so that in Him we might become the righteousness of God.
Through
Song of Solomon 5:2
I sleep, but my heart is awake. A sound! My beloved is knocking: “Open to me, my sister, my darling, my dove, my flawless one. My head is drenched with dew, my hair with…
leads to
- Revelation 3:20
  Behold, I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears My voice and opens the door, I will come in and dine with him, and he with Me.

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06About Song of Solomon

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Where the connections lead

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The walk

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About Song of Solomon