Song of Solomon 6:13 BSB

Song of Solomon 6:13

Come back, come back, O Shulammite! Come back, come back, that we may gaze upon you. Why do you look at the Shulammite, as on the dance of Mahanaim?

BSB

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ASV

Return, return, O Shulammite; Return, return, that we may look upon thee. Why will ye look upon the Shulammite, As upon the dance of Mahanaim?

KJV

Return, return, O Shulamite; return, return, that we may look upon thee. What will ye see in the Shulamite? As it were the company of two armies.

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Commentary

4 voices

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

Return, return - About to withdraw, the bride is recalled by the chorus, desiring yet a little longer to contemplate a grace and beauty which has won all hearts. Shulamite - Probably the same as “Shunamite,” i. e., a native of the town or district of Shunem, situated in the territory of Issachar Jos 19:18, on the slopes of the Little Hermon, overlooking the plain of Jezreel. It is now called Salem. See - Look or gaze at. The bride’s modest reply, taking up their words, and wondering at their request. The chorus answer with a further petition.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

John Wesley

1703–1791

Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament (1765)

Return - Christ recalls his spouse, who as when Christ was gone, she pursued after him, so now when Christ was coming to her, she was ready to wander from him. Return - This word is repeated four times, to signify both Christ's passionate love to her, and her backwardness.

The Nineteenth Century2 voices

Charles Spurgeon

1834–1892

The Metropolitan Tabernacle Pulpit, Sermon No. 1794: “"Return, Return, O Shulamite; Return, Return!"” (lightly modernized text, CCEL edition) (1884)

THE TRANSLATION INTO THE WORD "Shulamite" is unhappy: it is unmusical, and misses the meaning. The Hebrew word is a feminine of "Solomon." "Solomon" may stand for the bridegroom's name, and then the well-beloved bride takes her husband's name in a feminine form of it, which is Shulamith, Salome, or perhaps better "Solyma." The King has named his name upon her, and as Caius has his Caiia, so Solomon has his Solyma. He is the Prince of Peace, and she is the Daughter of Peace.

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

Voices on this verse

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Original language & word study

12 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
שׁ֤וּבִי	Shu.vi	return	H7725 →
שׁ֙וּבִי֙	shu.vi	return	H7725 →
הַשּׁ֣וּלַמִּ֔ית	ha.Shu.la.Mit	O Shulammite [woman]	H7759 →
שׁ֥וּבִי	Shu.vi	return	H7725 →
שׁ֖וּבִי	Shu.vi	return	H7725 →
וְנֶחֱזֶה־	ve.ne.che.zeh-	so we may look	H2372 →
בָּ֑ךְ	Bakh	on you
מַֽה־	mah-	why?	H4100 →
תֶּחֱזוּ֙	te.che.Zu	will you look	H2372 →
בַּשּׁ֣וּלַמִּ֔ית	ba.Shu.la.Mit	on the Shulammite [woman]	H7759 →
כִּמְחֹלַ֖ת	kim.cho.Lat	like [the] dance of	H4246 →
הַֽמַּחֲנָֽיִם׃	Ha.ma.cha.Na.yim	the two groups	H4264 →

The walk

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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
Luke 15:10
In the same way, I tell you, there is joy in the presence of God’s angels over one sinner who repents.”
leads to
- Luke 15:7
  In the same way, I tell you that there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents than over ninety-nine righteous ones who do not need to repent.
- Ezekiel 33:11
  Say to them: ‘As surely as I live, declares the Lord GOD, I take no pleasure in the death of the wicked, but rather that the wicked should turn from their ways and live.…
- 2 Corinthians 7:10
  Godly sorrow brings repentance that leads to salvation without regret, but worldly sorrow brings death.
- Ezekiel 18:23
  Do I take any pleasure in the death of the wicked? declares the Lord GOD. Wouldn’t I prefer that he turn from his ways and live?
- Luke 13:5
  No, I tell you. But unless you repent, you too will all perish.”
Through
Genesis 49:10
The scepter will not depart from Judah, nor the staff from between his feet, until Shiloh comes and the allegiance of the nations is his.
leads to
- Numbers 24:17
  I see him, but not now; I behold him, but not near. A star will come forth from Jacob, and a scepter will arise from Israel. He will crush the skulls of Moab and…
- Luke 1:32–33
  He will be great and will be called the Son of the Most High. The Lord God will give Him the throne of His father David,
- Isaiah 9:6
  For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given, and the government will be upon His shoulders. And He will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of…

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Where the connections lead

04Related verses

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06About Song of Solomon

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

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About Song of Solomon