Song of Solomon 4:2 BSB

Song of Solomon 4:2

Your teeth are like a flock of newly shorn sheep coming up from the washing; each has its twin, and not one of them is lost.

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ASV

Thy teeth are like a flock of ewes that are newly shorn, Which are come up from the washing, Whereof every one hath twins, And none is bereaved among them.

KJV

Thy teeth are like a flock of sheep that are even shorn, which came up from the washing; whereof every one bear twins, and none is barren among them.

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Commentary

2 voices

Ambrose of Milan

On the Mysteries 7:38 (397)

[There is a] pleasing comparison to those that are shorn; for we know that goats both feed in high places without risk and securely find their food in rugged places, and then when shorn are freed from what is superfluous. The church is likened to a flock of these, having in itself the many virtues of those souls which through the laver lay aside the superfluity of sins and offer to Christ the mystic faith and the grace of good living, which speak of the cross of the Lord Jesus.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

The Chaldee paraphrase applies it to the priests and Levites, who fed upon the sacrifices as the representatives of the people. Faith, by which we feed upon Christ, meditation, by which we ruminate on the word and chew the cud upon what we have heard, in order to the digesting of it, are the teeth of the new man. These are here compared to a flock of sheep.

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Original language & word study

11 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
שִׁנַּ֙יִךְ֙	shi.Na.yikh	teeth your	H8127 →
כְּעֵ֣דֶר	ke.'E.der	[are] like [the] flock of	H5739 →
הַקְּצוּב֔וֹת	ha.ke.tzu.Vot	<the> shorn [ewes]	H7094 →
שֶׁעָל֖וּ	she.'a.Lu	that <they> have come up	H5927 →
מִן־	min-	from	H4480 →
הָרַחְצָ֑ה	ha.rach.Tzah	the washing	H7367 →
שֶׁכֻּלָּם֙	she.ku.Lam	that all of them	H3605 →
מַתְאִימ֔וֹת	mat.'i.Mot	[are] bearing twins	H8382 →
וְשַׁכֻּלָ֖ה	ve.sha.ku.Lah	and [is one] deprived of offspring	H7909 →
אֵ֥ין	'ein	there not	H369 →
בָּהֶֽם׃	ba.Hem	among them

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Where the connections lead

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Through
Jeremiah 15:16
Your words were found, and I ate them. Your words became my joy and my heart’s delight. For I bear Your name, O LORD God of Hosts.
leads to
- Revelation 10:9–10
  And I went to the angel and said, “Give me the small scroll.” “Take it and eat it,” he said. “It will make your stomach bitter, but in your mouth it will be as…
- Ezekiel 3:1–3
  “Son of man,” He said to me, “eat what you find here. Eat this scroll, then go and speak to the house of Israel.”
- Psalms 119:101–103
  I have kept my feet from every evil path, that I may keep Your word.
- Job 23:12
  I have not departed from the command of His lips; I have treasured the words of His mouth more than my daily bread.
- Psalms 19:10
  They are more precious than gold, than much pure gold; they are sweeter than honey, than honey from the comb.
Through
John 15:7
If you remain in Me and My words remain in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be done for you.
leads to
- Psalms 37:4
  Delight yourself in the LORD, and He will give you the desires of your heart.
- 1 John 5:14
  And this is the confidence that we have before Him: If we ask anything according to His will, He hears us.
- John 14:13
  And I will do whatever you ask in My name, so that the Father may be glorified in the Son.

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01Commentary

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02Original language & word study

03The walk

Where the connections lead

04Related verses

05Featured studies on this passage

06About Song of Solomon

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

Featured studies on this passage

About Song of Solomon