Song of Solomon 5:8 BSB

Song of Solomon 5:8

O daughters of Jerusalem, I adjure you, if you find my beloved, tell him I am sick with love.

BSB

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ASV

I adjure you, O daughters of Jerusalem, If ye find my beloved, That ye tell him, that I am sick from love.

KJV

I charge you, O daughters of Jerusalem, if ye find my beloved, that ye tell him, that I am sick of love.

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Commentary

4 voices

John Gill

1697–1771

Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)

I charge you, O daughters of Jerusalem,.... Young converts, as before observed; who, upon the hideous outcry the church made in the streets, came to her to know what was the matter, whom she addressed as after related; this shows the humility and condescension of the church, in desiring the assistance of weaker saints in her present case, and her earnestness and resolution to make use of all ways and means she could to find her beloved; and it becomes saints to be assisting to one another; and conversation with one another, even with weak believers, is often useful.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

It is better to be sick of love to Christ than at ease in love to the world. (2.) What course she took in this condition. She did not sink into despair, and conclude that she should die of her disease, but she sent after her beloved; she asked the advice of her neighbours, and begged their prayers for her, that they would intercede with him on her behalf.

The Nineteenth Century2 voices

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

I am sick of love - “I am exceedingly concerned for his absence; and am distressed on account of my thoughtless carriage towards him.” The latter clause may be well translated, “What should ye tell him?” Why, “that I am sick of love.” This ends the transactions of the third day and night.

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

Historically, His secret friends in the night of His withdrawal (Lu 23:27, 28). Inquirers may find ("if ye find") Jesus Christ before she who has grieved His Spirit finds Him again. tell--in prayer (Jas 5:16). sick of love--from an opposite cause (So 2:5) than through excess of delight at His presence; now excess of pain at His absence.

Voices on this verse

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Original language & word study

14 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
הִשְׁבַּ֥עְתִּי	hish.Ba'.ti	I adjure	H7650 →
אֶתְכֶ֖ם	'et.Khem	<obj.> you	H853 →
בְּנ֣וֹת	be.Not	O daughters of	H1323 →
יְרוּשָׁלִָ֑ם	ye.ru.sha.Lim	Jerusalem	H3389 →
אִֽם־	'im-	if	H518 →
תִּמְצְאוּ֙	tim.tze.'U	you will find	H4672 →
אֶת־	'et-	<obj.>	H853 →
דּוֹדִ֔י	do.Di	lover my	H1730 →
מַה־	mah-	what?	H4100 →
תַּגִּ֣ידוּ	ta.Gi.du	will you tell	H5046 →
ל֔וֹ	lo	to him
שֶׁחוֹלַ֥ת	she.cho.Lat	that [am] weak of	H2470 →
אַהֲבָ֖ה	'a.ha.Vah	love	H160 →
אָֽנִי׃	'A.ni	I	H589 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

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
Song of Solomon 3:5
O daughters of Jerusalem, I adjure you by the gazelles and does of the field: Do not arouse or awaken love until the time is right.
leads to
- Song of Solomon 8:4
  O daughters of Jerusalem, I adjure you: Do not arouse or awaken love until the time is right.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Song of Solomon 2:7
  O daughters of Jerusalem, I adjure you by the gazelles and does of the field: Do not arouse or awaken love until the time is right.
Through
Song of Solomon 2:7
O daughters of Jerusalem, I adjure you by the gazelles and does of the field: Do not arouse or awaken love until the time is right.
leads to
- Song of Solomon 3:5
  O daughters of Jerusalem, I adjure you by the gazelles and does of the field: Do not arouse or awaken love until the time is right.
- Song of Solomon 1:5
  I am dark, yet lovely, O daughters of Jerusalem, like the tents of Kedar, like the curtains of Solomon.
Through
Song of Solomon 2:5
Sustain me with raisins; refresh me with apples, for I am faint with love.
leads to
- Hosea 3:1
  Then the LORD said to me, “Go show love to your wife again, though she is loved by another and is an adulteress. Love her as the LORD loves the Israelites, though they turn…
- 2 Samuel 6:19
  Then he distributed to every man and woman among the multitude of Israel a loaf of bread, a date cake, and a raisin cake. And all the people departed, each for his own home.
- Psalms 63:8
  My soul clings to You; Your right hand upholds me.
- Psalms 4:6–7
  Many ask, “Who can show us the good?” Shine the light of Your face upon us, O LORD.

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02Original language & word study

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Where the connections lead

04Related verses

06About Song of Solomon

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Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

About Song of Solomon